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Advocates; Would Justice Be Served Better if a Jury Didnt Have to be Unanimous to Convict Someone?
Part of The Advocates.
11/09/1972
Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Evan Semerjian Advocate: James Hill Witnesses: Jacob Tanzer Solicitor General, Oregon 1969-71 Keith Mossman American Bar Association Prof. Samuel Dash Georgetown University Law Center Melvin Belli Attorney, San Francisco
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- Series
- Advocates
- Program
- Would Justice Be Served Better if a Jury Didnt Have to be Unanimous to Convict Someone?
- Program Number
306
- 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
- Duration
00:59:01
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
- Semerjian, Evan
- Hill, J. D. (James D.)
- Dash, Samuel
- Tanzer, Jacob
- Belli, Melvin M., 1907-1996
- Locations
- Georgetown University
- Genres
- Debate
- Topics
- Social Issues
- Public Affairs
- Contributors
- Dash, Samuel (Guest)
- Semerjian, Evan (Guest)
- Hill, James (Guest)
- Mossman, Keith (Guest)
- Belli, Melvin (Guest)
- Dukakis, Michael (Moderator)
- Tanzer, Jacob (Guest)
- Publication Information
- Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
- Citation
- Chicago: “Advocates; Would Justice Be Served Better if a Jury Didnt Have to be Unanimous to Convict Someone?,” 11/09/1972, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_73914A7DBB0F4A37A089A106F016C357.
- MLA: “Advocates; Would Justice Be Served Better if a Jury Didnt Have to be Unanimous to Convict Someone?.” 11/09/1972. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_73914A7DBB0F4A37A089A106F016C357>.
- APA: Advocates; Would Justice Be Served Better if a Jury Didnt Have to be Unanimous to Convict Someone?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_73914A7DBB0F4A37A089A106F016C357