Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a state may not prosecute Communists who can be prosecuted by the federal government, District Attorney George E. Thompson of Middlesex County is planning to go ahead with the prosecution of Dirk J. Struik, suspended Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor...
...statement by District Attorney Thompson implied that Struik might well escape trial because of the legal points involved in the Nelson case. Thompson had said that he "had sent for the Pennsylvania, decision" and would "have to study it before making any final decision...
...discovered yesterday that Thompson had no intention of cancelling the Struik trial. "Pennsylvania law is not necessarily the law of Massachusetts. So far as I am concerned, there is nothing to prevent Mr. Struik's prosecution here," he declared. Nevertheless, he still maintained that he was interested in reading the Pennsylvania case...
...Thompson last night said he was not in a position to reveal any information about Furry or anyone else whose case would be before the jury. "We plan to examine the activities of various others," he explained, "but other than that it will be a matter for the jury and not for me to discuss...
...police investigation began before Senator McCarthy questioned Furry and Kamin last Friday, Thompson said. At that time Furry admitted he had been a Communist, but declined to name his associates. Thompson refused to comment when asked if his police examination had turned up the names of these associates...