Memorandum on Exclusion of Citizens Opposed to Capital Punishment from Juries Deciding Capital Cases
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March 12, 1968

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Memorandum on Exclusion of Citizens Opposed to Capital Punishment from Juries Deciding Capital Cases, 1968. 42986388-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f604171a-76fa-4fea-b336-05139aae53a8/memorandum-on-exclusion-of-citizens-opposed-to-capital-punishment-from-juries-deciding-capital-cases. Accessed August 19, 2025.
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MEMORANDUM FROM THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. MARCH 12, 1968 The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. today filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases of Witherspoon v. Illinois and Bumpers v. North Carolina. The LDF asks the question, "Should citizens opposéd=to capital punishment be excluded from juries which decide on the guilt, innocenee, and penalties of persons charged with capital crimes?" LDF attorneys argue that persons opposed to capital punishment should not be excluded from juries because it denies persons on trial a fair and representative jury. The LDF is involved in the defense of 200 of the 400 persons facing the death penalty in this country. 91