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Bemoaning the economic ignorance of most priests, a financial adviser to the New York archdiocese told Gollin, "It's a good thing they have God on their side." They need secular help as well. Urban parishes increasingly depend on raffles, lotteries, Monte Carlo nights and bingo to make ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: God's Mammon | 11/8/1971 | See Source »

Whether George Jackson was guilty of murder in the death of John Mills is, like the issue of his guilt in the $70 robbery that sent him to prison for one to life, a question without a legal answer. Just as Jackson's confession to the $70 caper prevented the...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: If We Must Die | 10/27/1971 | See Source »

Laurent (Benoit Ferreux) is the youngest son of a prosperous Dijon gynecologist (Daniel Gelin) and his Italian wife (Lea Massari). Laurent's brothers are well-bred juvenile delinquents, but despite a pronounced affection for mischief, Laurent is different. Hardly into adolescence, he reads Camus and writes essays on existentialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: I Remember Mamma | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

Whether George Jackson's confession to a $70 stick-up was elicited this way or not is perhaps an open question. All that is certain is that he did confess. Perhaps he did so because he knew that he was guilty or knew that the state had enough evidence to...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: West to Crime and Punishment | 10/21/1971 | See Source »

His own explanation of the motivation of his confession seems more plausible. Either on his own initiative or, more probably, in response to an offer by the county, Jackson confessed hoping or with the understanding that he would be sent to the county house of correction. In effect, Jackson was...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: West to Crime and Punishment | 10/21/1971 | See Source »

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