Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That South Carolina was on trial, as well as the nine defendants, was made plain by Defense Counsel Frank Taylor, who told the jury: "Your duty is to back up these men." Referring to a SNCC organizer who had been in Orangeburg during the incident, Taylor told the jury to "show our disapproval of militants coming into South Carolina and inciting students." After less than an hour and a half, the jury decided that the highway patrolmen had only done what was expected of them, and found all nine innocent...
After 22 years on the job, a man would seem entitled to a pension. At least the United Steelworkers union thought so when it offered $25,000 a year to Arthur Goldberg, who had served the union as counsel from 1939 to 1961. The former Labor Secretary, Supreme Court Justice and U.N. Ambassador thought about it for three weeks and then politely declined. "I'm proud of my reputation," said Goldberg by way of explanation. "My integrity is something I value very much...
...Sirhan Sirhan, Ted Kennedy was subject to pressure from both sides. First the prosecution asked the Senator what his family would think if Sirhan were allowed to make a negotiated plea of guilty, thus avoiding the death penalty. Ted responded that the family had no position. Then the defense counsel tried to get Kennedy to petition the jury to reject the death penalty. Again he demurred...
...Hoppe chides California for parochial pretentiousness. According to Hoppe, when the great earthquake finally comes, the rest of the nation, rather than California, will slip into the sea. That will permit "President Reagan" to express his grief: "California has always depended on the rest of the U.S. for counsel in times of peace and strength in times of war. Nancy and I join with our people in mourning this great loss to our nation...
...lawyer for John Sisson '67 in a precedent-setting case last month which established the right of a man to C. O. draft status without the benefit of religious training or belief. He is defending King Collins against the various charges brought against him by Harvard. He is legal counsel for The Old Mole...