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Extraction Summary
5
People
3
Organizations
3
Locations
2
Events
2
Relationships
5
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Narrative excerpt / evidentiary submission (likely from a memoir or deposition included in house oversight files)
File Size:
1.15 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a narrative or memoir included in House Oversight files (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015066). It details the narrator's interactions with law enforcement in the late 1960s, specifically Bronx DA Burton Roberts, regarding an investigation into illegal abortions. The text describes the narrator refusing immunity deals and attorney Gerald Lefcourt filing a suit to challenge the constitutionality of abortion laws.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Narrator ('I') | Subject of investigation |
Person being interrogated regarding abortion laws; refuses to cooperate with DA.
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| Burton Roberts | Bronx District Attorney (later Judge) |
Attempted to get the narrator to cooperate with a grand jury by offering immunity in September 1969.
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| Gerald Lefcourt | Attorney |
Filed a suit on behalf of the narrator challenging the constitutionality of the abortion law; later president of the ...
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| The Doctor | Unknown/Associate |
Person the narrator called from a phone booth instead of a lawyer.
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| Unidentified D.A. | District Attorney |
Interrogated the narrator prior to the Burton Roberts incident; threatened arrest but released the narrator at 2:00.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Bronx District Attorney's Office |
Investigative body mentioned.
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| National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers |
Organization later presided over by Gerald Lefcourt.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015066'.
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Timeline (2 events)
September 1969
Meeting with Bronx DA Burton Roberts regarding an abortion investigation and grand jury cooperation.
Bronx District Attorney's Office
Narrator
Burton Roberts
Unknown
Filing of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the abortion law.
Unknown Court
Gerald Lefcourt
Narrator
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Inferred from 'Bronx District Attorney'.
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Location of the interrogation.
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Location where the narrator made a call.
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Relationships (2)
Lefcourt 'filed a suit on my behalf'.
Roberts attempted to prosecute/flip the narrator; narrator refused to shake hands.
Key Quotes (5)
""I'd better call my lawyer," I told him."Source
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Quote #1
""That never happened," he said."Source
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Quote #2
""Okay, you can go home now.""Source
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Quote #3
""That's not true," I said, refusing to shake hands with him."Source
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Quote #4
"If I *had* ever accepted any money, I'd have no way of knowing that he was bluffing."Source
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Quote #5
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,201 characters)
"I'd better call my lawyer," I told him.
I went outside to a public phone booth and called, not a lawyer, but the doctor.
"That never happened," he said.
I returned to the D.A.'s office and told him that my lawyer said to continue being uncooperative. Then I just sat there waiting for the cops.
"They're on their way," the D.A. kept warning me. But at two o'clock, he simply said, "Okay, you can go home now."
Bronx District Attorney (later Judge) Burton Roberts took a different approach. In September 1969, he told me that his staff had found an abortionist's financial records, which showed all the money that I had received, but he would grant me immunity from prosecution if I cooperated with the grand jury. He extended his hand as a gesture of trust.
"That's not true," I said, refusing to shake hands with him.
If I had ever accepted any money, I'd have no way of knowing that he was bluffing. The D.A. was angry, but he finally had to let me go.
Attorney Gerald Lefcourt (later president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) filed a suit on my behalf, challenging the constitutionality of the abortion law. He pointed out that the district
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