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...Ehrenburg's biographer, it is perhaps to be expected that Rubinstein becomes his advocate, trying to acquit him of the moral taint of collaboration. Rubinstein's thesis is a reasonable and, for the most part, well-supported one: namely, that Ehrenburg used his public image as "a harsh spokesman for Soviet interests" as "a cover to pursue his ultimate goal: to challenge the limits of Soviet censorship, revive Russia's connection to European culture, and restore to living memory the names and works of those whom Stalin first killed and then erased from history...
...evidence will show Mr. Davis is guilty. I won't be asking you to acquit Mr. Davis; I won't be asking for any kind of reduced charges. I won't be offering excuses." --Barry Collins, in the continuing trial of Richard Allen Davis in the kidnapping and murder of Polly Klaas HEALTH REPORT...
...however, a film has appeared that has surpassed all expectations. "The Celluloid Closet," directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and based on the book by the late Vito Russo, is thorough, honest, coherent and artful. Tackling the tricky, complicated question of gay Hollywood, the creators of this film acquit themselves admirably. The movie, narrated unobtrusively by Lily Tomlin, is a comprehensive view of the presence of gay themes and characters in movies from the very beginning to the present. We witness the dramatic evolution from total stereotype and vague innuendo to movies wholly about gay life, including realistic love...
Abramson is battling for a verdict of manslaughter. "We're not going to get up and say you must acquit because the gloves don't fit," she said during her opening argument. If she succeeds, the brothers, who have been in jail nearly six years, may have already done much of their time. But if Conn manages to convince the seven male and five female jurors that the murders were premeditated--whether motivated by fear, as the defense contends, or greed--then the verdict will be first-degree murder, with a possible sentence of death. He will tell the jury...
...closing arguments, Cochran's most effective pitch played off the Darden glove gambit, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." The rhythm might be that of a black Baptist preacher, but the inspiration came from Uelmen. "I first suggested [the phrase] after the glove experiment," he recalls. "But what I was really proposing was that it would provide a good theme for the whole argument, because so much of the other circumstantial evidence didn't fit into the prosecution's scenario." The slogan--and the idea behind it--proved pivotal. "I was really heartened by what I've heard...