Telles family at the Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

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Title: Telles family at the Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal
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Subject: Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles, Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, 1942-1943, Hall of Justice (Los Angeles, Calif.), Events, Legal
Description: Defendant Robert Telles, age 19, recieves kisses from family members Betty Telles and Josie Telles following his acquittal., After the murder and assault convictions of 17 Mexican American youths in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee advocated for the defendants until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions as a miscarriage of justice.
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Contributor: Telles, Robert, 1924-1967 (subject)
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Type: news photographs, StillImage
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Identifier: edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.losAngelesDailyNews:36, uclamss_1387_b72_32252-4
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Relation: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California at Los Angeles.
Coverage: Los Angeles (Calif.)
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