Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sheriff in the courtroom walked over to him. "King, we got you a special seat, how do you like that?" he said...
...lawyer, his first duty is to his client. As a Negro, his duty is to himself--and thus to his people. On this occasion, at least, King's role as a Negro was finally victorious, for the next day, when the case was through, he returned to the courtroom and refused to move from the white lawyers...
...King does not waver in his belief in the law's efficacy. "If laws are conscionably created, interpreted, and executed," he said at Harvard, "they must help the Negro." King manages to reconcile the two causes by his concept of his role as a lawyer. Essentially, he considers a courtroom appearance a chance to educate whites about Negroes. "I like to practice law," he says, "because I'm in the peculiar position of being able to talk to twelve people who have to listen to what I say. White men usually think the Negro is invisible, they don't look...
...became a formidable lawyer before becoming a judge in 1956. A stickler for detail, he has ground out opinions of more than 600 pages, once fined Atlanta newspapers $20,000 for contempt for describing a defendant's past, banned news cameras and tape recorders not only in his courtroom, but also on "adjacent sidewalks and public streets." At 54, Pye is tetchy as a loaded derringer; he is wont to hector witnesses and explode at any moment over what he calls "mongrelization of the races." Trying to be fair to Pye, another Atlanta judge sums...
...farm worker named Gregorio Molina, his wife, and eight of their children. The parents and three of the children were killed. The other five children were injured. Morris admitted that he was boozed up at the time of the accident and pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. With his usual courtroom briskness, Judge Tackett took less than two hours to hear the case. Morris was ordered to pay a $500 fine, which was suspended on condition that he pay $500 court costs. Morris was also ordered to report to a probation officer once a month for a year before he appears...