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Word: confessionalism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Had the confession clearly been coerced, the trial judge would have ruled it inadmissible. But the facts were in dispute. Consistent with New York practice, the judge submitted the issue to the jury along with the question of Jackson's guilt or innocence. If you find the confession involuntary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: New Headache for State Courts | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

Is he an ambassador? Is he a Cabinet member? Though the title has an august ring, a U.S. commissioner is not nearly so easy to define. In Mississippi, for example, a suddenly famous U.S. commissioner has turned out to be a middle-aged spinster totally devoid of legal training, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courts: Problem of Quality | 12/25/1964 | See Source »

Investigation teams were beefed up, and President Johnson announced that "substantial results can be expected in a very short time." Public pressure, from civil rights leaders and ordinary citizens alike, also mounted, while various circumstantial stories of how the crime had been committed got into print. The Department of Justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Strategic Retreat | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

Owen wasted no time introducing a bit of ice-cold evidence. His first witness was Henry Rask. 39, an FBI special agent from Atlanta. Rask said that during three days in November he had quizzed one of the accused, Horace Doyle Barnette, 25, a meat-truck driver who now lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Strategic Retreat | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

As far as the rigid, righteous Christians of Elburg were concerned, justice had been done, and the case was closed. "Ministers are sinners, like you and me," said one elderly fisherman, contentedly. "We are all sinners, day and night." Another Elburger, who last week heard Van der Wiel deliver his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protestants: The Sinner of Elburg | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

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