West German attorney Robert Servatius, defense counsel for Adolf Eichmann, has asked the Supreme Court to call 15 new witnesses, including Israeli Justice Minister Dov Joseph, Jewish Agency chairman Moshe Sharett, Israeli diplomat Ehud Avriel and Yoel Brand, for the hearing beginning March 22 on the appeal against the death sentence handed down against Eichmann last December by the Jerusalem District Court.
The appeal brief, covering 60 typewritten pages, challenges various aspects of documents introduced in the trial by Attorney General Gideon Hausner and again questions the right of the State of Israel to try Eichmann in view of his abduction.
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