thurtciay, January 22, 1976
daily nebraskan
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Deadline extended
one or two weeks
for Lewis petition
Efforts to call a grand jury investigation of the Sept. 24
shooting death of Arvid Sherdell Lewis will continue for
one or two more weeks, according to Jesse Payne, chair
man of the Justice for Lewis Committee.
The committee is circulating petitions requesting a
grand jury to investigate the deaths of two black Lincoln
men, Elijah Ch II tiers and Lewis. Both men were shot last
year, Childers by a Lincoln Police Dept. officer and Lewis
by a Lancaster County deputy sheriff.
Signatures of 4,828 registered Lancaster County voters
must be collected within 90 days after the drive started,
and filed with the clerk of the district court to call a grand
jury. ' .-
Cynthia Grandberry, committee member, said the
group originally thought the signatures had to be obtained
and filed by Jan. 13. She said the group discovered just
before deadline that it could extend the drive.
She said the 90-day period is counted from the date of
the first signature filed in the district court. Under state
law, she said, the 90-day period can be extended by dis
carding signatures obtained at the beginning of the drive.
The date of the first signature then would be later.
Payne estimated that if the drive is extended for one
week, 1,100 signatures will be discarded.
The petition drive, about 800 signatures short of its
goal on Jan. 13, was extended because committee
members thought the effort was gaining momentum,
Payne said, and the goal could be reached if circulators
had more time. Circulators also plan to ask persons whose
signatures were discarded to sign again, he said.
Payne said he still thinks the petition drive can be
successful. He said if petition circulators continue to get
an average of 500 signatures a week and can get 60 to 65
per cent of the discarded signatures, the goal can be met
However, he added that the drive has lacked reliable
petition circulators. He said he thinks the petition's pur
pose should be of interest to all Lincoln citizens, but few
persons have offered their time and support.
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