Court Aids Retarded Youth Interrogated by GA Police

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Court Aids Retarded Youth Interrogated by GA Police, 1967. 8bd3d13f-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9ed19392-bb8e-4ba3-bf23-4784a96335c4/court-aids-retarded-youth-interrogated-by-ga-police. Accessed February 23, 2026.

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    PRESS RELEASE 

egal efense und 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 » JUdson 6-8397 
FOR RELEASE 
SATURDAY 
NOVEMBER 18, 1967 =6 

COURT AIDS RETARDED YOUTH 

INTERROGATED BY GA.POLICE 

LDF Asserted Parents Not Advised 

President 
Hon. Francis E. Rivers 

Director- Counsel 
Jack Greenberg 

Director, Public Relations 
Jesse DeVore, Jr. 
NIGHT NUMBER 212-749-8487 

ATLANTA---Conviction of 12 year old mentally retarded youth, jailed on 

charges of arson after four hours 

attorneys. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on grounds 

was not voluntary since his interrogation 

counsel or knowledge of his parents. 

"This ruling," according to LDF 

"astablishes that the police have a 

of police questioning, 

here this week by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 
was reversed 

Inc. (LDF) 

that the youth's confession 

took place without legal 

Assistant Counsel Michael Meltsner, 

heavy responsibility to insure that 

the constitutional rights of juveniles are protected before questioning 

Ee 

“The courts from here on will scrutinize ‘confessions 

carefully before permitting 

of any juvenile 

the evidence to be introduced," he added. 

LDF attorneys told the court that Charles Brown was removed from 

Blakeney Elementary School 

The law officials had been informed that the youth was 

school where fire subsequently broke out. 

"During the hours of 1l a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. 

various locations in and around Waynesboro, including some 

areas, where fires had been set," the lawyers said. 

in Waynesboro, Ga. by sheriff's officers. 

seen leaving a 

he was driven to 
unpopulated 

He was interrogated during the trip by officers whose guns were visible 

to the youth, the LDF asserted. 

The LDF also argued that neither Brown nor his parents 

provided with satisfactory notice of the charges." 

LDF attorneys handling 
Mr. Meltsner and James 
Ruffin of Augusta. 

-30- 

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 

distinct and different organization from the NAACP. 

nation is: 

frequently shortened to LDF. 

"have ever been 

the case are Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg, 

Finney of New York City and Attorney John H. 

Inc. (LDF) is a separate. 
Its correct desig- 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, Inc- which is

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