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...closing arguments to make its points. But as it turned out, it was no gamble at all: several jurors had already decided that the prosecution had no case, and once the nine-month trial ended, the rest of the twelve-member panel agreed. Only one vote was needed to acquit all ten defendants of each of the ten charges against them. All that remained after 9 1/2 hours of deliberations was for Jury Forewoman Rosa Milligan to pronounce the words not guilty 100 times...
...When enough lawyers begin withdrawing from cases instead of promoting falsity, perjury and fraud," he says, "the sooner faith in the criminal-justice system will begin to be restored." Rubin, 61, has never shied from controversy. In 1977 he made headlines when he unsuccessfully sought to have a jury acquit Teenage Killer Ronald Zamora on the ground that "subliminal TV intoxication" had diminished his client's sense of right and wrong. He has defended Watergate burglars, championed Cuban refugee causes and in 1978 even staved off a disbarment move for allegedly neglecting several clients' cases. Now his license to practice...
...crosslike exit mark. Pete Dexter's novel is packed with grisly details (the severed head of an outlaw, the emergency treatment of gunshot wounds and syphilis), although not all agree with history. McCall was hanged for the killing, but in the Dexter version, the jury takes one hour to acquit the assassin, "on account of his mortal grudge against Wild Bill, and self-defense...
...Sharon would win his suit still held him accountable for the troubles that followed the country's war in Lebanon. Al Hamishmar, a Hebrew-language daily, hailed the jury's initial finding of defamation, but went on to say that "the court . . . was not asked to, and could not, acquit Sharon of the blame for this unnecessary...
...acquit De Lorean is to emphasize that drugs are accepted by our society...