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- pee ee be PO EEALB . “a9 : t. | car WaS WrultG, Gys bells 7 ie ° é Pet, | S d igre R f i | Si alin | alias ‘Cis CW in i cae Calling Dallas ityofHate’ , ) Melvin Pelli, Mamboyunt Cali- ; ; nner : Be | * fornia kuwyer who unsuccessful | > When the time comes fo try 7 : 2 ly defended Jack Ruby in a. the suspect in the successful al ° 7s 3 murder wial here four years, . (MPC on Kennedy's tile, Belli i { azo, has expressed a tinge ot said, the court should grant a. j ; regret about all the unkind | change of venue so the trial will Ee things he’s had to say about "be near the scene of the - ) Dallas. Belli appeared on KRLD ra- ( 3} dio’s “Comment” program . ) Wednesday. During the free. wheeling, wide-ranging discus- sion, Eclli came close to apolo- |: -.gizing for scathing Valias wnen |! "the jury convicted Ruby and » sentenced him to death for kill- _ ing Lee Harvey Oswald. THE VERDICT was returned on Saturday, and Selli thun- dered to newsmen that commu- nion wine should curdle in Dal- las churches the following morning. He termed Dallas a city of hate. - In front of the microphones, the gray-haired lawyer who gained fame in tort, rather than criminal, cases seemed much more mellow than he did four’ years ago. crime, Otherwise, he said, there will be a difficulty jn finding, _dtrors who did not sce or who : do not have knowledge of the | crime, . Also taken ‘under discussion | . . Was * Monday's “Supreme Court” Opinion Prohibiting imposition of the death penalty’ by a jury from which Persons opposed to capital punishment have been excluded, . _ “This*is the end of capital punishment,” Belli Said. “With jurors who won't vote for the death Penalty, you won't have: capital punishment.” ; Of the high count itself, -he’ commented, “The Supreme’ Court is making law that's me | in_context with the times,!t--~» OF INCREASING crime, he “Warren was a DA himself,” insisted, "We have more crime he noted of the chief Justice, ~* nade SAGA: . : 5 , ; to " Even Vietnam came into the’ “The city was trying to pro- ,-because we have more people. ‘ tect its image, and it was wrong } He challenged the validity of that he recently toured ns 4 to all it a oly oe at Dat fl FBI crime statistics and said of Vietnam under Defense Depart- i ; is) FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover: “local patriotism" and said that ig ° ty es “Get that bum out of there. He's} United States is involved in the was one factor which induced . been in too lone.” the Ruby jury to convict him. ' — - - war there because of “inepti ; He maintained Ruby never! Belli said Supreme Court de- tude. , _— : . a should have been tricd in Dalles : cisions do not coddle criminals, “We just got sucked in, he . Po, oe and repeated’ previous claims ‘2? ‘ , that the jury. did not pay heed’ to expert.medical {estimony. STILL TALKING about the - verdict, Belli told interviewers, | “Some things’ Went “on in the Jury room that still haven't been divulged.” He refused to clabo- rate, however, mysteriously hinting that he would reveal jury impropricties at a time of his own choosing. 7 yj The shooting of Sen. Robert | Kennedy in Los Angeles appar- rntly was the incident which prompted ‘Belli to reconsider his | ndictment of Dallas. He said | california and all of America | ment auspices and said the INFOR: ae Same fo the shoot | i BIN IS . soa _ é Va 4 ¥.. Gf) ee Melvin Belli... Dellas is not “city of hate” a