People v. Harris

I cannot join in the affirmance of defendants’ convictions.

On January 4, 1974, the partially clothed body of a young woman was found in the snow outside a Pontiac grocery store. Clothesline was around her neck, hands and feet. Burns, bruises and cuts on various parts of the body indicated vicious torture. An autopsy revealed strangulation by ligature and substantial internal hemorrhaging.

A few days after the victim’s body was found, her brother led a group of young men in "investigating” her death. They were brutal with their four suspects, defendants Joseph and Anita Harris, Rosemary Tipton,…