earch_eacr_417 417 eacr earch yes Henley, Jesse Smith Morris, Jeffrey B. Judges--United States--Biography Prisons--Arkansas United States. Federal Communications Commission Judges--Arkansas--Biography Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) Henley, Jesse Smith, 1917-1997 McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977 Biographical entry on Jesse Smith Henley, a federal judge who presided over a number of desegregation cases, but more famously declared the Arkansas penitentiary system in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Little Rock, Ark.] : The Central Arkansas Library System Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007-03-12 Articles http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=417 1917/1997 Saint Joe (Ark.) Searcy County (Ark.) Little Rock (Ark.) Pulaski County (Ark.) copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007 20090526 204831