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...convinced that he did not get a fair trial. It charged Fulton County Prosecutor Blaine Ramsey and his special assistant, Roger Hayes, with deliberately misrepresenting evidence by repeatedly waving a "bloodstained" pair of men's shorts before the jury. "In the context of the revolting crime," said Justice Potter Stewart, the underpants' "gruesomely emotional impact upon the jury was incalculable...
...JOHN V. POTTER JR. White Sulphur Springs, Mont...
...statute says very clearly that all "citizens of the U.S. shall have the same right, in every state and territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property." Congress, said Justice Potter Stewart, "meant exactly what it said." And it had the power to say so under the 13th Amendment, which, according to an earlier court decision, had enabled the legislature to abolish "all badges and incidents of slavery." In addition, said Stewart, Congress had not indicated any distinction between private and public acts of discrimination. "So long...
...been tried by a true cross section of the community, since only 42% of the nation favors the death penalty according to a 1966 Gallup poll, said the court. His conviction stands, but his sentence does not. "Whatever else might be said of capital punishment," said Justice Potter Stewart in the emotional climax of his opinion, "it is at least clear that its imposition by a hanging jury cannot be squared with the Constitution...
Other faculty members who have expressed interest in the course are Robert Coles '50, research psychiatrist at UHS; Joseph L. Featherstone '62, graduate student in history and associate editor of the New Republic; Barbara N. Cohn, lecturer in General Education; and Paul Potter, a founder of SDS and instructor in philosophy at M.I.T...