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During hearings before Cambridge District Court Judge Arthur Sherman '50, the charges against the nine were continued without a finding after the defendants admitted there were sufficient facts to convict them...
This mob mentality condemned William Bennett for the Stuart murder before trial. Similarly, mobs lynched hundreds of innocent Black men at the turn of the century for alleged attacks against white women. Eighty years ago, the accusation of one white person was sufficient evidence to convict a Black of any crime. Have we gotten any better since...
Noriega may hope to escape a guilty verdict because of weaknesses in the Government cases. The indictments in Tampa and Miami are based largely on testimony by convicted felons, whose word juries sometimes find less persuasive than evidence provided through wiretaps or documents. Said a prominent federal prosecutor: "Sounds to me that they got nothing but snitches." A probable witness is Steven Michael Kalish, 37, a convicted drug dealer serving time in Louisiana who claims he passed on $6 million to Noriega over a ten-month period in 1983 and '84. Two other likely convict-witnesses who have given testimony...
Many American officials feel that a fitting coda to Noriega's infamous career would be his capture and extradition to the U.S. to stand trial on the 15 drug-related and money-laundering charges handed down by federal grand juries in Tampa and Miami in February 1988. But to convict Noriega, prosecutors would have to rely largely on the testimony of two convicted felons who traded their stories for plea bargains. Moreover, Noriega's long association with the CIA could block any successful prosecution. His lawyers are certain to demand access to classified material that the Government will be reluctant...