A Superior Court judge here agreed Monday to review a complaint that demonstrators arrested at Soviet Jewry protests are being subjected to “selective prosecution.” The charge of selective prosecution was put forward by attorneys for a group of 20 rabbis and
130 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
Attorneys for the more than 130 people arrested in a series of Embassy demonstrations
Judge Carlisle Pratt, who has not presided at previous Soviet Embassy protest trails, said he would take the argument ” under advisement” and suspended Monday’s hearing until September 30. The
SEEN AS A BREAKTHROUGH
The judge’s decision was taken as a breakthrough in the efforts of group after group to
“Despite government pleas, the judge is willing to look at the causes behind the prosecution,” Shapiro observed following Monday’s hearing. “It dramatizes the contrast between our system
The Administration has consistently denied the selective prosecution charge, maintaining that its policy is to prosecute in all cases where the embassy statute is violated, unless the embassy involved specifically requests that the
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