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Defending Counsel Melvin Belli, who has been offered all kinds of curious jobs since he defended Jack Ruby, ingeniously asked for dismissal on the grounds that the girls had been made to incriminate themselves, since nobody had told them they could refuse to have their pictures taken in the nonattire they were not wearing when they were arrested. Municipal Judge Leo Friedman concurred, further ruled that bare bosoms, in and of themselves, are neither lewd, lascivious nor obscene, and advised the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. The jury complied...
About the Ruby trial itself, Belli philosophized that "in Dallas they subconsciously had to show that they were a lawful community and wouldn't stand lynchings," and thus were compelled to have Ruby executed...
...mentioning the forthcoming suspension proceedings against him by the American Bar Association, Belli defended his allegation that the Ruby trial was "a kangaroo and a railroad." He added that the truth of his charges outweighed the impropriety of the remarks...
...remarks directed to law students, Belli presented the case of Caryl Chessman to support his premise that a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of law is essential to becoming a good lawyer. By studying the basics of law while on Death Row at San Quentin Prison, Chessman was able to obtain writs staying his execution for twelve years...
...Belli charged that today law schools are more interested in emphasizing commercial and computer aspects of law than the historical foundations upon which society and law are based...