Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is pictured after his nomination by President Johnson to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 13, 1967. If confirmed, he will be the first black man to sit on the high bench and will succeed Justice Tom Clark, who has retired. Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is pictured after his nomination by President Johnson to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 13, 1967.
In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent. James Earl Ray, right, is escorted by Brushy Mountain State Prison Warden Stonney Lane following his capture in the rugged country near Petros, Tennessee, June 13, 1977. Ray and five other inmates escaped over the walls on June 10.
In 1996, the 81-day-old Freemen standoff ended as 16 remaining members of the anti-government group surrendered to the FBI and left their Montana ranch. James Blassengill and his wife, Willie, react to the death penalty given Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case Friday June 13, 1997. The couple, who lost six family members in the 1995 bombing, viewed the decision with the media at the Oklahoma City Federal Aviation Administration Center. They said they would pray for McVeigh's family.