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...youth "came at me." He also acknowledged making conflicting statements immediately after the incident, saying that he had feared that he would be blamed for all three deaths. Judge William Beer, in a highly unusual move, ruled out conviction on lesser charges and directed the jury either to acquit August or to find him guilty of first-degree murder, with a mandatory life sentence. The judge reasoned that the prosecution's contentions ruled out manslaughter or second-degree murder. The all-or-nothing choice, however, made conviction more difficult. After two hours and 50 minutes, the eleven women...
...them impossible. Mother Night opens with the voice of Vonnegut coming at us through the mouth of a Nazi war criminal sitting in an Israeli prison awaiting trial. At the end of the book he does himself in when he suddenly finds he has the evidence to acquit himself...
...article "Obscenity," it is reported that I said that Lenny Bruce was guilty of obscenity [March 1]. The contrary is true. As a judge of the court, I voted to acquit Lenny Bruce and to dismiss the information. I dissented from the conviction and wrote a dissenting opinion that expressed some of my distaste for the whole proceeding-which opinion was found so sharp as to warrant the censorship of non-publication in the official reports. The reversal on appeal of the co-defendant cannot set aright the fatal judicial wrong done Lenny Bruce-a wrong that...
...PLAYHOUSE (shown on Fridays). The 5½-day court-martial of ten Bounty mutineers in 1792 is the subject of "Acquit or Hang." an original play by Stanley Miller...
There are many very bad actors in the -production and several very good ones. Theseus and his court bumble about, recalling the less palmy days of high school. The fairies acquit themselves no better...