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Jencks v. United States ''Jencks v. United States'', 353 U.S. 657 (1957), is a U.S. Supreme Court case. The court held that the government must produce documents relied upon by government witnesses in federal criminal procedures. The petitioner, Clinton Jencks appealed, ...

'', a U.S. Supreme Court case **

Jencks Act In the United States, the Jencks Act () provides that the prosecutor is required to produce a verbatim statement or report made by a government witness or prospective government witness (other than the defendant), but only after the witness has test ...

, a law passed by the U.S. Congress regarding the rules of procedure in Federal courts, after the Supreme Court case had been decided

People with the surname Jencks

Bob Jencks Robert William Jencks (July 15, 1941 – September 6, 2010) was an American football kicker and end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Miami University and wa ...

(1941–2010), American football player * Charles Jencks (1939–2019) American cultural theorist, landscape designer, architectural historian, cancer center founder. *

Christopher Jencks Christopher Sandy Jencks (born October 22, 1936) is an American social scientist. Career Jencks is currently the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He graduated from Phillips E ...

(born 1922), social scientist *

Clinton Jencks Clinton Jencks (March 1, 1918 – December 15, 2005) was an American lifelong activist in labor and social justice causes, most famous for union organizing among New Mexico's miners, acting in the 1954 film '' Salt of the Earth'' (where he portra ...

(1918–2005), American labor and social justice activist *

Maggie Keswick Jencks Margaret Keswick Jencks (10 October 1941 – 8 July 1995) was a Scottish writer, artist and garden designer who co-founded Maggie's Centres with her husband Charles Jencks. Early life Margaret Keswick was born at Cowhill Tower near Holywood in ...

(1941–1995), Scottish writer, artist and garden designer *

Penelope Jencks Penelope Jencks (born 1936 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American sculptor and a graduate of Boston University (BFA, 1958). Her public works include a statue of the historian Samuel Eliot Morison (1982) on Commonwealth Ave. in Boston, Massachu ...

(born 1936), American sculptor *

Richard Jencks Richard William Jencks (1921 – June 30, 2014) was an American television executive, lawyer, former president of the CBS Broadcast Group, and former member of CBS' board of directors. He retired from his position as Corporate Vice President of C ...

(1921–2014), American television executive and lawyer * William Jencks (1927–2007), American biochemist.

People with the surname Jencks

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