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Steen acknowledged the ambiguity of Harvard's policies, describing the particular rules governing access to the log file simply--and too easily--as "a grey area." While users should realize that ultimately there is no such thing as network privacy, passing sensitive matters off as "grey areas" is no answer...
Not easily. Belfi had heard competing psychologists and then accepted the prosecution's contention that although the defendant might be paranoid, he was competent to stand trial. The judgment is debatable. Says Kuby: ``They should have found him incompetent and packed him off to a mental institution.'' But it was...
However, having decided competence, Belfi was obligated to let Ferguson represent himself. Reason: a 1993 Supreme Court majority opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas. If a defendant is competent to stand trial, it ran, he is competent to decide whether to represent himself. And if he so opts, then the...
The 1993 Supreme Court decision was not unanimous. Justice Harry Blackmun, in a dissent dear to champions of the rights of mentally impaired defendants, wrote that ``a defendant who is utterly incapable of conducting his own defense cannot be considered `competent' to make such a decision, any more than a...
Although he falls short when invoking high passions, Edmunds invoking high passions, Edmunds proves a competent tour guide through more earthly terrain. His travels lead readers through the desert communities of New Mexico, and allow them to wander briefly into Egypt and Russia.