This audio recording is of one of a series of sessions held at The New School, entitled: "American Cities: Law, Survival and the Administration of Justice." This recording contains the fifth part of the session on social change and the courts, which continues the question and answer period of the session. Topics of questions include: the trial of Weather Underground members Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, potential changes in the court system, race in the criminal justice system, the Panther Twenty-one trial, the adequacy of the public defender system, pre-trial discovery, court dispositions, and the election of judges. Moderator attorney Martin Gallent concludes the event at 25:30.
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