Jill Harris addresses the court at the needle exchange trial

Jill Harris, one of the defense attorneys, addressing the court in the needle exchange trial in April of 1991, in New York City.

The defendants, Gregg Bordowitz, Velma Campbell, Cynthia Cochran, Richard Elovich, Phillip Flores, Debra Levine, Kathryn Otter, Jon Stuen Parker, Monica Pearl and Dan Keith Williams were arrested on March 6, 1990 after they set up a table in Lower Manhattan and tried to give clean hypodermic needles to drug addicts to prevent them from getting AIDS. Most of the eight defendants were members of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power).

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Filename: Needle Exchange Trial 1
Copyright: ©1991 t.l. litt
Image Size: 4800x3209 / 103.1MB; Gregg Bordowitz Velma Campbell Cynthia Cochran Richard Elovich Phillip Flores Debra Levine Kathryn Otter Jon Stuen Parker Monica Pearl Dan Keith Williams Drug Addicts ACT UP AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power Clean Needles Needle Exchange Judge Laura E. Drager AIDS Epidemic Health Commissioner Dr. Stephen C. Joseph Harm Reduction Jill Harris Mike Spiegle
Contained in galleries: ACT UP - Needle Exchange Trial

Jill Harris, one of the defense attorneys, addressing the court in the needle exchange trial in April of 1991, in New York City.<br />
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The defendants, Gregg Bordowitz, Velma Campbell, Cynthia Cochran, Richard Elovich, Phillip Flores, Debra Levine, Kathryn Otter, Jon Stuen Parker, Monica Pearl and Dan Keith Williams were arrested on March 6, 1990 after they set up a table in Lower Manhattan and tried to give clean hypodermic needles to drug addicts to prevent them from getting AIDS. Most of the eight defendants were members of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power).