Parole Rights (Telegram)

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- Press Releases
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- 1be291c0-b892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Parole Rights (Telegram), 1968. 1be291c0-b892-ee11-be37-6045bddb811f. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/06d9baa1-51cf-4cea-a35a-6ce96dd1fbb8/parole-rights-telegram. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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Os NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fun 
JAP 10 Columbus Circle, Nyc 10019 

‘Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to 

June 27, 1968 Pe 
ATTORNEYS OF THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. (LDF) WILL 

_ FILE A BRIEF WITH THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT IN NEW 
ORLEANS FRIDAY, JUNE 28, ON BEHALF @ WILLIE POWELL, A FLORIDA PAROLEE. 
POWELL'S PAROLE WAS REVOKED BY THE FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION ALTHOUGH HE i 
HAD BEEN ACOUITED OF RAPE BY A PALM BEACH JURY IN APRIL 1967. LDF ATTORNEYS 
CONTEND THAT THE FLORIDA PAROLE COMMISSION DENIES PAROLE PROCEDURES WHEN 
IT CONSIDERS WHETHER TO REVOKE PAROLE. ‘THE ATTORNEYS SAY THAT THE CASE 
CHALLENGES THE PREVAILING REVOCATION PROCEDURES OF MOST PAROLE COMMISSIONS 
IN THE NATION. 

Jesse DeVore 
Director of Public Information 
10 Columbus Circle, N.¥.c. 10019 

Ls 

News Desk = 
UNITED PRESS INTERNATION 
520 Royal St. oe 
New Orleans, La. 

i a7 News Desk 
; ASSOCIATED PRESS 

Daily News Bdlg. 
: 1001 N.W. 7th st. 

i = Miami, Fla. — 

News Desk 
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 
Miami Herald Bldg. 
1 Herald Plaza 
Miami, Fla. 

TIMES-PICAYUNE 
3800 Howard Ave. 
New Orleans, La. 

“"""News Desk 
MIAMI HERAAD 
1 Herald Plaza 
Miami, Fla. 

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ASSOBIATED PRESS - 
Times-Picayune-States Bldg. 
615 North St. 
New X#XK Orleans, La.

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