Reform group exposes brutal prison abuse in Cook County Jail
John Howard Association chief Joseph R. Rowan testified before a Senate subcommittee that in Cook County Jail young inmates faced beatings and sexual assaults by adult offenders, with some inmates even dying. He contrasted this with private cells for high-profile prisoners and urged systemic reform and community-like programs.
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UPI
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Cook County
Senate
Joseph R. Rowan
John Howard Association of Illinois
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Massie Execution Delayed by Supreme Court Stay
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stayed the March 12 execution of Robert Lee Massie in California for a 1965 murder. A team of attorneys will pursue federal constitutional claims, over Massie’s objections, including jury selection issues. Massie has asked that no further appeals be pursued and wishes to be executed. The lawyers cite Melvin Davis Rees Jr. as a related case the Court has continued.
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UPI
Supreme Court
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Robert Lee Massie
California
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Los Angeles
Massie
Paul N. Halvonik
The
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San Francisco
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Hyattsville, Md
High Court
Rees
Kerr urges nonviolence to solve campus problems
Clark Kerr former president of the University of California told 2,500 Seton Hall students and faculty that students and outsiders must reject campus violence. He urged insistence on the arts of friendly persuasion to solve campus problems.
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N.J
UPI
Clark Kerr
University of California
Kerr
Seton Hall University
Correction calls and threats against witnesses to prison inquiry
A Dodd aide quoted a state prison official as asking to blacken the names of correction officials. Dodd declined to identify callers but said the messages came from people who could be hurt by disclosure of brutality and other prison shortcomings. He noted attempts to discredit witnesses who testified to the subcommittee.
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