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Advocates; Should your state adopt a pre-trial preventative detention law?

Should your state adopt a pre-trial preventative detention law? Moderator: Roger Fisher Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: William Rusher Witnesses: Judge Tim Murphy – Superior Court, Washington, DC Donald Santarelli – Dept. of Justice Justice Arthur James – High Court, England Sgt. Hugh Williams – Newark Police Dept. Alan Dershowitz – Harvard Law School Produced by WGBH, bears WGBH copyright.


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Series
Advocates
Program
Should your state adopt a pre-trial preventative detention law?
Program Number

58

Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Program Description

Moderator: Roger Fisher Advocate: Howard Miller Advocate: William Rusher Witnesses: Judge Tim Murphy – Superior Court, Washington, DC Donald Santarelli – Dept. of Justice Justice Arthur James – High Court, England Sgt. Hugh Williams – Newark Police Dept. Alan Dershowitz – Harvard Law School Produced by WGBH, bears WGBH copyright.

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Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Debate
Topics
Public Affairs
Social Issues
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APA: Advocates; Should your state adopt a pre-trial preventative detention law?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_299047DA84084C4C8593EFB8846B7B7A
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