This program is examining the new use of the Grand Jury, as a problem in American criminal justice and Constitutional law. The guests have all had first hand experience with investigative grand juries during the past year. Jim Reif, a lawyer from the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York; Tom Davidson, who was indicted in the Harrisburg Kissinger kidnapping case; Sister Carol Vericker, a member of the Sisters of Charity of the St. Vincent De Paul in New York; Judy Gumbo of the Madam Inn Brigade and who has been subpoenaed in front of the Grand Jury in New York; and Leslie Bacon who testified before a Grand Jury in Seattle. The guests are interviewed by Bruce Soloway and Jackie Friedrich. This is an edited version (produced by Tiji) of the 96-minute program produced by Bruce Soloway at WBAI on October 18, 1971. See BC0364.
PRA metadata viewThis recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
Request form