Supreme Court decision affects death row cases nationwide
United Press International reports reactions across states after the Supreme Court ruled jurors who oppose capital punishment cannot be automatically excluded. The decision opens appeals for many death sentences, potentially sparing inmates on death row and prompting renewed questions in states like Texas and Arkansas as prosecutors and officials assess impacts.
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Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S.A. Witherspoon
Richard Speck
Chicago
Speck
Gerald Getty
Witherspoon
Supreme Court
Texas
Crawford Martin
Huntsville
Tex
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Phil Hansen
Utah
Montana
Forrest H. Anderson
Harvey Dickerson
Nevada
Whashoe County
Reno
William Baggio
National District Attorneys Association
Bob Scott
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Rockefeller
Florida
California
South Carolina
United States
California primary tests Kennedy and McCarthy battle
Kennedy and McCarthy faced a pivotal California primary with 172 of 174 Democratic convention votes at stake. Polls showed Kennedy ahead narrowly amid nearly three million expected voters. McCarthy’s path depended on victory while Humphrey stayed out of the race. Reagan led unopposed for 86 Republican delegates.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
Kennedy
Thomas H. Lynch
Johnson
Lynch
Humphrey
McCarthy
Oliver Quayle
National Broadcasting Co
Rocky Woos National Committee As It Plans GOP Convention
In Portland the Republican National Committee organized 48 hours of housekeeping to set Miami Beach convention plans to pick the party nominee. Nixon led among contenders but no lock. Rockefeller pressed for cross over votes while signaling Nixon would hurt GOP chances. Reagan quietly courted support. Dirksen platform chair, Evans keynote, Ford convention chair were expected to be named. Delegates and primaries in play as Humphrey leads in UPI tally. Brown backs McCarthy.
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Ore
UPI
Republican National Committee
Miami Beach
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
National Committee
Ings
Ray Bliss
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dan Evans
Washington
Michigan
Gerald R. Ford
Warhol shot by visitor at studio in New York
SCUM founder Valerie Solanas, 28, shot Warhol, 37, at his sixth floor studio in Times Square. Solanas, film star in Warhol's project I A Man, held on felonious assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. Warhol underwent four and a half hours of surgery with a guarded prognosis. A witness said Solanas approached during a phone call and fired. Mario Amaya was also shot but not seriously injured.
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UPI
Andy Warhol
Valerie Solanas
Warhol
Miss Solanas
Greenwich Village
The
Village Voice
Society For Cutting
SCUM
Times Square
Mario Amaya
London
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