Defendants and prisoners : rights in eclipse? / produced by WBAI and the Nation Institute's Supreme Court Watch Project.

Program Title:
Defendants and prisoners : rights in eclipse? / produced by WBAI and the Nation Institute's Supreme Court Watch Project.
PRA Archive #: 
IZ0323.04
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Series which examines the judicial direction of the Supreme Court, and how it has been shaped by recent appointments.|DEFENDANTS AND PRISONERS : RIGHTS IN ECLIPSE? / produced by WBAI and the Nation Institute's Supreme Court Watch Project. - SERIES: Supreme Court watch : rights revisited and the Reagan-Bush court| 4 - Series which examines the judicial direction of the Supreme Court, and how it has been shaped by recent appointments. CONTENT: Examination of some recent decisions which have stripped away the defendant's rights, ranging from self-incrimination to search and seizure. Specific discussion of U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain which permits the forcible kidnapping of a Mexican national to be brought to trial in Los Angeles. Guests include David Addams, President of the Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, George Kendall, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Barbara Underwood, Senior Executive Assistant District Attorney for Legal Affairs in Queens County New York. Background report by Jose Santiago. BROADCAST: Satellite, 10 Aug. 1992.

Examination of some recent decisions which have stripped away the defendant's rights, ranging from self-incrimination to search and seizure. Specific discussion of U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain which permits the forcible kidnapping of a Mexican national to be brought to trial in Los Angeles. Guests include David Addams, President of the Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, George Kendall, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Barbara Underwood, Senior Executive Assistant District Attorney for Legal Affairs in Queens County New York. Background report by Jose Santiago.

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Item duration: 
1 reel (30 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.|30:00
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Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1992.
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