MRY and LDF Attorneys Challenge NY State Court of Appeals on Legal Rights of the Indigent (Telegram)

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October 30, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 5. MRY and LDF Attorneys Challenge NY State Court of Appeals on Legal Rights of the Indigent (Telegram), 1967. 7f055233-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/08da81f3-282e-4712-affa-99543908a1bb/mry-and-ldf-attorneys-challenge-ny-state-court-of-appeals-on-legal-rights-of-the-indigent-telegram. Accessed April 27, 2025.

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ALBANY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 2:00 P.M. sLENGE THE CONSTITUTIO 
ALITY OF DENYING PRE-TRIAL LIBERTY TO AN SOLELY ON § 
POVERTY; OF PUNISHING THE INDIGENT THROUGH PRE-TRIAL IMPRISONMENT WITH ITS 
CORRELATIVE PRESUMPTION NOT OF INNOCENCE BUT OF GUILT, ALTHOUGH HE ALLEGES | 
HE IS NOT GUILTY; OF DETAINING THE -INDIGENT ACCUSED WHEN THE DETENTIO 
ITSELF MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DISPOSITION OF HIS CASE AND DEPRIVE HIM 
OF A-FAIR TRIAL. . ATTORNEYS Mz N SPIEGEL AND- MICHAEL MELTSNER WILL 
REPRESENT ANTONIO GONZALEZ, A 19-YEAR-' -OLD PUERTO RICAN YOUTH. 

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MRY and LDF Attorneys Challenge NY State Court of Appeals on Legal Rights of the Indigent (Telegram)

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