Trial: The Third Day

Series: Trial: The City and County of Denver Vs. Lauren R. Watson Se|n3

Duration: 1:30:00

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents the third day in the trial of black defendant Lauren R. Watson, charged with interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest when he was apprehended for an alleged traffic violation. Depicts the prosecution resting its case; and the defense, after making a motion for acquittal, presenting its witnesses, whose position is that Watson did not resist arrest, but was harassed by the officers. States, in segments from post-trial interviews, that defense attorney Leonard Davies believes this trial to have political as well as judicial significance, emphasizing that class justice must be eliminated. Gives Harvard Law Professor James Vorenberg's reaction to public trials as allowing the present trial system to be criticized where it needs to be.

Complete Record: , Presents the third day in the trial of black defendant Lauren R. Watson, charged with interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest when he was apprehended for an alleged traffic violation. Depicts the prosecution resting its case; and the defense, after making a motion for acquittal, presenting its witnesses, whose position is that Watson did not resist arrest, but was harassed by the officers. States, in segments from post-trial interviews, that defense attorney Leonard Davies believes this trial to have political as well as judicial significance, emphasizing that class justice must be eliminated. Gives Harvard Law Professor James Vorenberg's reaction to public trials as allowing the present trial system to be criticized where it needs to be.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.