Supreme Court upholds California death penalty law
The high court declined to rule on capital punishment's constitutionality but said California's law is reasonable in upholding jury guided death sentences. Governors and officials across states weighed effects, with many delaying executions pending further rulings and appeals.
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Off Broadway Drama Wins Pulitzer Prize in 1971
The 1971 Pulitzer Prize for drama went to Paul Zindels The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, an off Broadway work. No fiction prize was awarded, and three judges reportedly backed different books.
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Protesters jailed as Washington braces for further demonstrations
FBI arrests Rennie Davis, Chicago 7 organizer, on conspiracy charges amid mass protests that disrupted traffic and led to tear gas and arrests. President Nixon supports police action while 4000 federal troops guard bridges and public buildings as others stage continued demonstrations.
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Los Angeles Officers to Face Rights Violation Trial
Two police officers Lt Edgar Brown and Sgt Marshall Gaines and informant Angelo Dirien- 20 face trial June 1 in a Federal Court Jury in Los Angeles on conspiracy and civil rights charges linked to a burglary at the West Los Angeles home of Virginia van Shaw on March 10, 1970.
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Court Rules On Death Penalty Juror Authority
The court upholds states power to impose capital punishment and allows one stage trials. dissenters urge broader standards, warning against arbitrary death sentences. The ruling also preserves government power to prosecute pornography by mail and seize obscene material at the border.
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