Word: griswold
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Erwin Griswold, Dean of the Law School; member, Special Faculty Advisory Committee to the Corporation...
...Griswold urged the states to join in raising the standards of criminal justice instead of protesting the court's decisions...
...bring ourselves up to a new level in the administration of criminal justice in this country, and . . . the Supreme Court is obeying not only the mandate of the Constitution, but also the natural progress of history in taking steps to bring us to a higher level," Griswold said...
...Griswold also suggested a need for improvement in publicity before and during trials; in ball procedues which have resulted in "a substantial discrimination against the poor"; in pre-trial disclosure of a defendant's case; in use of prior criminal convictions as evidence; and in post-conviction rehearings and appeals...
When remedies for such injustices are provided by the states, Griswold said, "intervention by the federal courts will wither away...