Word: edelin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Massachusetts Supreme Court two weeks ago cleared Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin of all charges in his appeal of a conviction for manslaughter for an abortion he performed...
William P. Homans Jr. '41, attorney for the defense, said yesterday he believes that the jury which originally tried Edelin was incorrectly instructed by James P. McGuire, the presiding judge, at that trial and he said he does not see how the Supreme Court could have ruled otherwise...
...Edelin was convicted in April 1974 in a nationally publicized manslaughter case after he performed an abortion using a technique called hysterotomy on Oct. 3, 1973, while he was chief resident in obstetrics and gynecology at the Boston City Hospital...
Homans said the appeal was based on the fact that the jury found Edelin guilty of charges that were not those in the original accusation...
Supporters send Edelin thousands of pieces of encouraging mail when he was indicted, and a fund set up to pay his legal his legal expenses has now received contributions totaling over...