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High Court Stays King Jail Term
The Supreme Court delayed five day jail terms for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and seven Negro ministers in Alabama. Justice Potter Stewart ordered the stay while the court considers a petition for a new hearing. The court had affirmed King’s convictions in Birmingham demonstrations from 1963, and the ministers argued the order violated constitutional rights. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund questioned if Alabama courts would grant speedy hearings. The stay was issued a day before the first protest was to occur.
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