Joanne Little’s Lawyer Loses Contempt Appeal, Newspaper Article.

Title: Joanne Little’s Lawyer Loses Contempt Appeal, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-01--1977-03-05
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: A newspaper article from The New Jersey Afro-American about Attorney Jerry Paul, whose appeal of contempt of court from his successful defense of Joanne Little in 1975 was denied by the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals. Little was the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted for murder using the defense of using deadly force to resist sexual assault.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Law See all items with this value; Justice See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.54.2
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0791
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
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson