Advocates; Should Defenses based on Pleas of Insanity be Abolished in Criminal Trials?

05/02/1974

Moderator: Evan Y. Semerjian Advocate: Zipporah Wiseman Advocate: Lloyd Weinreb Witnesses: Joseph Goldstein: Professor of Law, Yale University Dr. Thomas Szasz: Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York Lawrence Freedman: Psychiatrist, University of Chicago Sanford Kadish- Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley Taped at the Old Federal Courthouse in St. Paul MN

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should Defenses based on Pleas of Insanity be Abolished in Criminal Trials?
Program Number: 424
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: Evan Y. Semerjian Advocate: Zipporah Wiseman Advocate: Lloyd Weinreb Witnesses: Joseph Goldstein: Professor of Law, Yale University Dr. Thomas Szasz – Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York Lawrence Freedman – Psychiatrist, University of Chicago Sanford Kadish – Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley Taped at the old federal courthouse in St. Paul, MN. Co-produced with KTCA-TV. Bears WGBH copyright.
Duration: 00:59:05
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Kadish, Sanford H.; Wiseman, Zipporah Batshaw; Szasz, Thomas Stephen, 1920-; Weinreb, Lloyd L., 1936-; Goldstein, Joseph, 1923-2000
Locations: St. Paul, Minnesota
Genres: Debate
Topics: Public Affairs; Social Issues
Contributors: Freedman, Lawrence (Guest); Goldstein, Joseph (Guest); Szasz, Thomas (Guest); Semerjian, Evan (Moderator); Weinreb, Lloyd (Guest); Wiseman, Zipporah (Guest); Kadish, Sanford (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should Defenses based on Pleas of Insanity be Abolished in Criminal Trials?,” 05/02/1974, GBH Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AE0B4B3682EC47428831D2F15F9C142D.; MLA: “Advocates; Should Defenses based on Pleas of Insanity be Abolished in Criminal Trials?.” 05/02/1974. GBH Archives. Web. December 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AE0B4B3682EC47428831D2F15F9C142D>.; APA: Advocates; Should Defenses based on Pleas of Insanity be Abolished in Criminal Trials?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AE0B4B3682EC47428831D2F15F9C142D

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