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LAW AND LEE OSWALD, THE (TV)
LAW AND LEE OSWALD, THE (TV)
Summary
This special program examines the issue of a citizen's right to a fair trial, and focuses on the debate as to whether Lee Harvey Oswald would have been deprived of that right, had he been tried for the assassination of President Kennedy. The question "should the criminal go free because the constable has blundered?" is discussed by Prof. Paul Freund of the Harvard Law School, Leon Douglas, state's prosecuting attorney before the Texas Court of Criminal appeals, Percy Foreman, president of the National Association of Defense Attorneys, and Newton Minow, former chairman of the FCC. The release of information to the press public is a central issue.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 29, 1963 Sunday 4:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T77:0432
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Assassination; Justice, Administration of; Liberty of the press
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1963
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Perry Wolff … Producer
- Harry Morgan … Associate Producer
- Jac Venza … Associate Producer
- Tom Donovan … Director
- Dan Rather … Host, Moderator
- Paul Freund … Guest
- Newton Minow … Guest
- Leon Douglas … Guest
- Percy Foreman … Guest
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- John F. Kennedy