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...Older, who had previously prohibited lawyers and others involved from giving out information on the case, decided to punish the source of the leak. He asked Farr to identify the offender. The reporter promptly refused, claiming immunity under Section 1070 of the California Evidence Code, which protects newsmen from contempt citations for keeping sources confidential. There, apparently, the matter ended...
...been trying to find a permanent sanctuary in Israel for himself, his ailing wife and his dog. The Israeli high court rejected Lansky's application for citizenship, and now the Interior Ministry has given him two weeks to get out. Since he faces prosecution for tax evasion and contempt if he returns to the U.S., Lansky is reported to be offering the million in cash, plus substantial investments, to any country that will give him a home. So far, no takers...
Worried that the sheriff's office had created a hostile climate of opinion, Hawk made his charges despite a court-ordered ban on talking to the press. That won him the first of eight contempt citations calling for up to 40 days in jail and $3,700 in fines. "I had to," says Hawk, "to take the pressure off Juan." And his tactics did help to turn Corona from an ogre into something of a hero. When the trial opened, Mexican-American pickets marched with signs saying JUSTICE FOR JUAN CORONA...
...sick in bed when some of the murders were committed.) As the contradictions piled up, Judge Richard Patton repeatedly summoned the lawyers into his chambers to thrash out problems. Patton has done most of the thrashing, citing not only Hawk but each of the two prosecutors for contempt. The judge also pronounced himself "outraged" by the withholding of 1,650 pages of documents, including toxicology and coroner's reports, that the defense was entitled to see. In one closed session, Special Prosecutor Bart Williams, 39, a private attorney hired to supervise the county's case, finally admitted that...
Unfortunately, the majority of the Faculty have just as consistently refused to acknowledge student contempt for the CRR and its decisions. It is doubtful Tuesday's dispute will produce a different response...