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Title
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Request for Ballistics Expert Rejected: Chesimard Defense, Judge Clash on Witness Denial, Newspaper Article.
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Date
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1977-03-10
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Description
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A newspaper article from The Star Ledger about the defense team for Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard), on trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper, being denied calling an extra ballistics witness by the judge. The prosecution contended the witness was not valid since the defense team missed the cutoff date to add witnesses to their list.
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Additional Subject
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Black Panther Party (BPP)
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Prison
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Black nationalism
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Type
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Textual document
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Medium
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Paper
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Format
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PDF
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HBCU Identifier
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mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.44
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.JSU.0836
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Rights
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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.
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Contributing Institution
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Jackson State University
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Source
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Originally published in The Star Ledger, 10 Mar. 1977, p. 6.
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Language
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English
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