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Medgar Evers — Part 1
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MOST OF ARGUMENT TRYING TO SHOW THAT A REASONABLE PERSON -
"WOULD NOT HAVE "DONE WHAT BECKWITH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE
IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER, THAT IS , SUCH THINGS
AS PUBLICLY EXAWINING SCENE PRIOR TO SHOOTING, PUBLICLY
HAKING INQUIRY AS TO WHERE EVERS LIVED, AND THE LIKE.
QF INTEREST TO THE BUREAU IS COMMENT MADE BY SANDERS
iN ARGUMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT STATE DID NOT USE AN FBI
EXPERT TO BACK UP CAPTAIN RALPH HARGROVES TESTIMONY CONCERNING
THE AGE OF A LATENT PRINT. DWELLED ON FACT NO EYE WITNESSES
TO SHOOTING. REITERATED TESTIMONY OF ALIBI WITNESSES —
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AND SAID THE DEFENSE HAD MET THE BURDEN OF PRO®F REQUIRED
OF THE STATE. SANDERS LAST COMMENT TO JURY WAS QUOTE
“: pO NOT BELIEVE THIS JURY WANTS TO RETURN A VERDICT
MERELY TO SATISFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE NATIONAL PRESS UN@UOFE.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILLIAM WALLER LISTED THE FOLLOWING
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POINTS WHICH HE SAID TIED BECKWITH TO THE MURDER{GOLON
MOTIVE, PLANNING, ABILITY AND CAPACITY, TELESCOPIC
SIGHT, WEAPON, SCAR, FINGERPRINT, CAR, BECKWITH-S PRESENCE
IN JACKSON, BECKWITH-S SILENCE COUPLED WITH HIS ACTIVITIES
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