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26
November
1963

The court rejects the application to quash the indictment

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Biografie 📅 26 November 1963 📍 Zuid-Afrika

Justice De Wet dismissed the defence application to quash the new indictment. The ruling cleared the way for the trial to proceed. The courtroom remained a site where the state exercised power through criminal law and where the accused and their lawyers challenged the legal and political basis of the prosecution.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nelson Mandela

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Rivonia Trial

South African judiciary

defence team