High court weighs move to end death penalty
The Supreme Court hears arguments on banning capital punishment amid 694 inmates on death row. Stanford law professor Anthony Amsterdam and NAACP LDF attorney Jack Greenberg argue that the death penalty is cruel and unusual, while California and Georgia officials defend it as constitutional. They note disparities, with the condemned often being poor and Black, and list states with or without capital punishment.
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Supreme Court
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Amsterdam
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ACLU
Jack Greenberg
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
LDF
Earnest Jones Aikens Jr
San Francisco
John Henry Furman
Savannah
Lucious Jackson Jr
California
Ronald M. George
Georgia
Dorothy Beasly
George
Greenberg
Alaska
Hawaii
Iowa
New Jersey Supreme Court overturns death penalty law
The court ruled the New Jersey death penalty statute unconstitutional, lifting the threat to 20 inmates on death row. It held the provision violated defendants’ rights to a jury trial, while life imprisonment for guilty pleas remains allowed. The ruling follows a U S Supreme Court decision and narrows capital punishment in the state.
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N.J
UPI
New Jersey Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
New Jersey
U.S. Court
Vermont House panel weighs tighter abortion controls
The Vermont House Judiciary Committee votes this week on a bill to tighten abortion conditions after the Vermont Supreme Court voided a large portion of the 1846 statute. The ruling allows abortion on demand up to 12 weeks and under certain later conditions. Debate pits reform advocates against opponents urging quick tightening while preserving physician woman confidentiality.
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Senate Natural Resources Committee
Fish and Game Department
Vermont
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Burlington
St. Albans
Vermont Bar Association
Vermont doctors seek guidance after abortion statute invalid
The Vermont State Medical Society urged the legislature for direction after the Vermont Supreme Court struck down the 125-year-old abortion law. Dr. Porter Dale of Montpelier said reform should allow abortion on demand in the first 12 weeks, with later exceptions for health, incest, or resulting deformity, while Attorney General James Jeffords noted the old common law may apply until new action. The court ruling declared the 1846 statute unconstitutional, allowing abortion rights but prohibiting physician-provided abortions beyond life-saving cases.
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Jeffords
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Chittenden
Jacqueline R
Vermont
New York
Willis Higgins
Champlain Valley
Albert Barney
St. Johnsbury
Two candidates named for Vermont Supreme Court seat
The Judicial Selection Board recommends William Moeser of Springfield and Rudolph Daley of Newport for the Vermont Supreme Court vacancy. The board sent its picks to House Speaker Walter Kennedy and Lt. Gov. John Burgess as lawmakers prepare to select the successor after Chief Justice James Holden moved to the U.S. District Court.
CVPS Imposes 18 Percent Rate Hike Without PSB Action
Central Vermont Public Service Corp raises electric rates 18 percent under six month rule after filing last June 15. Some customers report up to 23 percent, while CVPS notes 18 percent average for most and 9 percent for electric heat. Hearings closed December 2 before the Public Service Board, which will decide early in 1972. bond filed to adjust if full 18 percent is not granted.
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Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Public Service Board
CVPS
PSB
L. Douglas Meredith
Inside Montpelier politics and policy clash on salt and fees
Page notes recount how road salt use reflects state budget concerns as Montpelier debates pollution permit fees for Vermont towns. Several columns discuss crime and punishment parallels, a campaign trail report from New Hampshire, and a Burns book review on contemporary politics.
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Montpelier
Gerald Raftery
Tom Braden
New Hampshire
Boondocks
Vermont
Pownal
BBS Bulldogs
Israeli troops hunt killers of U S nurse in Gaza
Israeli troops rounded up 15 Arab guerrillas for questioning after an ambush near Gaza City on Sunday killed Mavis Pate, 46, a nurse from Ringgold Louisiana, and wounded Roy Nicholas, 47, and his daughter. Authorities say the attack may have been a mistaken strike on a hospital truck near the Jebaliya refugee camp.
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Gaza Strip
UPS
Here
Mavis Pate
Ringgold
Roy Edward Nicholas
Austin
Tex
Carol Beth
Jebaliya
Energy conference at Johnson calls for national policy
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall urged a national energy policy through a presidentially responsible energy board as 400 attendees at a Sierra Club conference in Johnson Vermont weighed environmental costs against growth. Panelists debated siting, demand control, emissions, and overall sector management amid industry and environmentalist voices.
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Interior
Stewart Udall
National Energy Board
Udall
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Sierra Club
National Conservation Organization
Johnson State College
Vermont
Power Company
Jacoby
Howard P. Allen
Southern California Edison
Allen
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