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...kind of deception for which professors are rightly fired—not because their views are controversial but because they are violating the most basic canons of historical scholarship.” To paraphrase a colleague of Dershowitz, if the glove fits, we cannot acquit...
...Protect Journalists. But the police have yet to return my passport, credit cards, ATM card, mobile phone or address book. And I must still go before the courts to face the charges against me, which carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. I am confident the High Court will acquit me of all charges...
South Dakota voters are currently considering whether to allow individual juries to acquit criminal defendants accused of violating laws deemed “misguided or draconian.” This power, known as jury nullification, would base criminal convictions on juries’ judgment not only on the facts of a case, but on the soundness of the law broken. Under the proposed Amendment A, to be voted on during the November elections in South Dakota, individual defendants could confess their guilt but ask for acquittal by arguing that the laws violated were misguided. Juries would then decide whether...
...ROYALTIES FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT: In October, St. Martin's/Dunne will publish "A Lawyer's Life," a memoir by O.J. Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran, with David Fisher. PW is critical. "Unfortunately, this memoir reads as though it was dictated to co-author Fisher; it drifts from one legal war story to the next, often repeats details and occasionally leaves thoughts dangling. And that's a shame, because Cochran's experience gives him the authority to utter some uncomfortable truths, among them that justice is is often reserved for the wealthy...
Athena’s maiden production succeeds, then, as a new vehicle to demonstrate the talents of women in the theater community. All those involved with the production acquit themselves nicely but leave one wishing that Athena had chosen a more dynamic piece with which to make its debut...