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Angela Davis receives murder charge in 1970...
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Angela Davis receives murder charge in 1970...

Item # 729468 ·
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Aug. 17, 1970 

* Marxist feminist Angela Davis murder warrant
* re. the Marin County Civic Center attacks

The front page has a two column photo of Angela Davis with heading: "Charged With Murder" (see images) 
Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, generally good.

Background: On August 14, 1970, a federal warrant was issued for Angela Davis, charging her with kidnapping and murder—a milestone in American legal history notable for both its political flashpoint and the rare legal theory used to prosecute her. Following the Marin County courthouse hostage crisis—where 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson used firearms registered to Davis in a deadly attempt to free the "Soledad Brothers"—California prosecutors invoked a rare application of vicarious liability, arguing that merely purchasing the weapons made her a principal to murder regardless of her absence from the crime scene. The charges prompted J. Edgar Hoover to add Davis to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list—making her only the third woman in history to receive the designation—and sparked a massive two-month nationwide manhunt. Her subsequent arrest transformed the proceedings into one of the most famous political trials of the 20th century, inspiring a global "Free Angela Davis" movement that culminated in a historic, unanimous acquittal by an all-white jury in 1972 after her defense successfully proved that gun ownership did not equate to criminal conspiracy.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.