Word: confessionalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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As if the continuing U.S. confession controversy were not complicated enough, now the custom of joint trials has surfaced to compound the confusion. When a crime involves more than one defendant, most prosecutors aim to try them together; indeed, joint trials have occurred in many of the most famous U.S...
The question arises because of a jewelry-store holdup in Los Angeles, after which the police arrested Henry Martinez and his alleged accomplice, John Aranda. At their joint trial, a policeman testified that Martinez had confessed, implicating Aranda. The judge followed a common practice: he ruled Martinez's confession...
Pride & Problems. Widely praised as it is, though, Gideon has inevitably raised problems. It pointed the way for Escobedo v. Illinois (1964), which recognize an accused's right to see his lawyer during police interrogation and started the current U.S. confession controversy, and it has not been easy to...
The reluctant chief witness for the defense was George Whitmore, 21, a Negro laborer who was first charged with the crime and later exonerated after Robles' arrest. Defense Attorney Jack Hoffinger read to the jury a confession that police said had been made by Whitmore. On the witness stand...
By his sudden switch, Subandrio served notice that he was through with President Sukarno and ready to side with Defense Minister Abdul Haris Nasution and the rest of the military brass, who are consolidating their hold on the country. Whether his move will be successful is in doubt. Many officers...