Word: codinha
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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LARRY HARDOON and BILL CODINHA--And now, the defenders of public virtue. In case anyone thinks the district attorney's office had the same motivation in protesting the showing as the women who gathered outside Quincy House, they are wrong. Codinha, the chief assistant DA, and Hardoon, an assistant DA charged with handling the Deep Throat case, considered the movie obscene--not sexist, not likely to lead to violence against women, but just plain dirty...
...civil court judge ruled two hours before the showing that, as far as he was concerned, the film was not obscene. Outside, in the hallway, Hardoon and Codinha said they were "unsure" what the judge had ruled, and that anyway they would not let it stand in the way of a good prosecution...
...Codinha takes a back seat after the first few days of the affair, but Hardoon stays out in the spotlight. One of the mighty and unanswered questions of this drama, spoken aloud by almost every member of the entire cast on occasion, was "Is Hardoon's heart really in this?" At times, he seemed to realize that he was handling a case only someone running for re-election could love. At others, though, he seemed to take the case seriously. "I am absolutely convinced we could have won...I have no idea what the federal judge (W. Arthur Garrity...
...anticipatory throngs that their lust would have to be sated elsewhere. A week later, they agreed not to stand in the way. But not Epps, who called the district attorney's office to let them know the film was on. Droney again: "apparently the Dean of Harvard told Bill Codinha he would try to prevent it...he said he thought they would not show it, and if they did, he would call Bill Codinha and inform...
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