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...eyes of newsmen who have worked on the story. The first leaks on the Agnew case did not even come from the Justice Department. They came from political sources in Maryland who got an idea what was afoot from questions being asked by investigators. Agnew quickly confirmed that an investigation was under way. A succession of leaks ensued from the White House and the Vice President's office. Only then did the Justice Department leaks begin. In the circumstances, they could have been designed merely to demonstrate what the President himself said last week: that the charges against Agnew...
...Agnew case still get a fair hearing before the grand jury...
...thing, the prosecutors apparently have not been leaking information that they are not prepared to bring before the grand jury anyway. Moreover the publicity over Agnew's case may even help his cause. Usually a potential defendant is not told what charges are being considered by a grand jury; thus he is unprepared to combat them. Even if he is prepared, he often gets no clear opportunity to present a defense. Grand jurors, as Judge Hoffman pointed out last week, decide only whether "the credible evidence before you, if unexplained and uncontradicted, would warrant a conviction." If the prosecution...
...Agnew get a fair trial if he is indicted...
...overwhelming majority of legal experts consider a fair trial for Agnew entirely possible. Stanford's Kaplan thinks the prejudicial damage is "not even close by the standards we usually apply to criminal law." He cites the Charles Manson case, in which damaging mid-trial publicity included a personal verdict of guilty by President Nixon. "Even there," notes Kaplan, "the court did not have much trouble deciding he could get a fair trial." Manson was, of course, convicted. But Philip Berrigan and the rest of the Harrisburg Seven got off, even after their alleged conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger...