James RHEM et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Benjamin J. MALCOLM, Commissioner of Correction for the City of New York, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 7, 1974.
January 7, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
The Legal Aid Society, New York City, for plaintiffs; William E. Hellerstein, Joel Berger, Barbara A. Shapiro, Steven Herman, New York City, of counsel.
Norman Redlich, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants Benjamin J. Malcolm, Peter Schaefer and Abraham D. Beame; John Nachazel, New York City, of counsel.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for defendants Peter Preiser, Malcolm Wilson and Owen McGivern; David Berman, New York City, of counsel.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.
LASKER, District Judge.
Sixty-two years ago, Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary of Great Britain, observed with characteristic eloquence that "[t]he mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country". This suit raises most serious issues relating to one element of the criminal process — the constitutionality of...
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