Memorandum on Exclusion of Citizens Opposed to Capital Punishment from Juries Deciding Capital Cases
Press Release
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 November 23, 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.
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