In a Puff of Smoke
Ray Elliott, an attorney who is well known for his advocacy against the draft, is charged with murder after a young man he was counseling immolates himself in public to avoid conscription, and prosecutors contend Elliott encourage...
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"... that being the Vietnam War and resistance to it. Attorney Ray Elliott is heavily involved in representing clients who are resisting the draft, not by running to Canada, but by staying and fighting legally. A prosecutor wants to make an example out of Elliott and initially is going to prosecute him for some kind of conspiracy because helping these "draft dodgers" as they called them at the time, seems to be his main business. But then the troubled young man he is currently helping, Barry Thurston, self-immolates during an anti-war demonstration and dies as a result. The prosecuto..."
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Ray Elliott, an attorney who is well known for his advocacy against the draft, is charged with murder after a young man he was counseling immolates himself in public to avoid conscription, and prosecutors contend Elliott encourage...