Chesimard: Pathologist Backs Defense; Credibility Doubted, Newspaper Article.

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Title: Chesimard: Pathologist Backs Defense; Credibility Doubted, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-18
Creator: Lawrence Nagy
Description: A newspaper article from The Star-Ledger about the testimony of defense witness Dr. David Spain during the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. He testified about the wounds she sustained, arguing that she couldn’t have shot from a crouching position due to the position of her wounds from the shootout.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Law; Justice; Black power
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison; Black nationalism
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.74
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0866
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Originally published in The Star-Ledger, 18 Mar. 1977.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Relation: Chesimard's Hands Raised During Shootout-Surgeon, Newspaper Article.; "Impossible'" For Her to Crouch: MD Backs Chesimard in Describing Wound, Nespaper Article.; Impossible for Joanne to Fire: Doc, Newspaper Article.; Doctor Testifies on Bullet Scars in Chesimard Trial, Newspaper Article.; 2d Doc Says Joanne Could Not Have Shot, Newspaper Article.

Item sets: JSU Frankye Adams Johnson Articles

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0866.pdf

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