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The Daily Express
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Leon Johnson, a Negro fugitive from a Georgia life sentence for murder, fighting extradition from Pennsylvania. Justice Douglas dissented. Johnson, captured in Pittsburgh, can now pursue the case in federal courts.
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WASHINGTON, April 16 (INS)- The Supreme Court today turned down a new plea by a Negro fugitive fighting extradition to a Georgia chain gang.
The court, with Justice Douglas in disagreement, rejected an appeal by Leon Johnson-- alias Robert McMillian--from a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision supporting his removal to Georgia.
Johnson has been in the Allegheny County Prison since his capture in Pittsburgh several years ago. He escaped from a life sentence imposed in 1943 in Georgia for the murder of a woman.
The case has been in the courts ever since former Gov. Ellis Arnall issued a warrant of extradition. Johnson is free now to renew the fight in federal courts.
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Washington
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April 16
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supreme court rejected appeal supporting extradition; johnson free to renew fight in federal courts.
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Supreme Court turned down plea by Negro fugitive Leon Johnson (alias Robert McMillian) fighting extradition to Georgia chain gang. Johnson escaped 1943 life sentence for murder, captured in Pittsburgh, held in Allegheny County Prison. Case ongoing since Gov. Ellis Arnall's extradition warrant.