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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Owen wasted no time introducing a bit of ice-cold evidence. His first witness was Henry Rask. 39, an FBI special agent from Atlanta. Rask said that during three days in November he had quizzed one of the accused, Horace Doyle Barnette, 25, a meat-truck driver who now lives in Cullen, La. "Did you obtain from him a signed confession?" Owen asked. Snapped Rask...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Strategic Retreat | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

...sooner had Rask spoken than defense attorneys leaped up all around and objected that the agent's statement was only "hearsay." Miss Carter, who, like many U.S. commissioners, has no formal legal training, furrowed her brow, asked a question, then said: "1 will have to sustain the objection of the defendant. I don't think it would be admissible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Strategic Retreat | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

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