Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stunned by the swift, six-minute sentencing, relatives of the defendants burst into an impassioned chorus of the national anthem. Plainclothes police hastily dragged them from the courtroom. Kim, pale and wan from 60 days of solitary confinement and constant interrogation that he said had driven him to the brink of insanity, attempted to smile bravely as he was led away. The immediate reaction in South Korea, still under tight martial law, was muted. But the verdict evoked outrage in other countries. In Japan, trade unions and student organizations mounted a series of protest demonstrations. In West Germany, Foreign Minister...
Something was obviously up, and Defense Attorney Ray Brown warned his client, Mayor Angelo Errichetti of Camden, N.J., to expect the worst. Just over an hour later, the jurors returned to the federal courtroom in Brooklyn with a verdict: all four defendants were guilty of bribery, conspiracy and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. In addition to Errichetti, the defendants were Democratic Congressman Michael ("Ozzie") Myers, City Councilman Louis C. Johanson and Lawyer Harry Criden, all from Philadelphia. The four were accused of sharing in a $50,000 bribe from FBI agents posing as representatives of an Arab sheik...
...jurors obviously believed Mel, much to the dismay of Ozzie Myers, who like the other defendants plans to appeal Said the Congressman, as he left the courtroom: "The jury was confused. I may be guilty of being an ass, but I have done nothing criminal...
Because much of the prosecution's evidence consists of FBI video tapes and sound recordings of agents' meetings with the defendants, the Brooklyn courtroom looks like a NASA tracking station, with ten television monitors, four loudspeakers and a control panel in the center of the room. The evidence flickers before the jurors, each of whom wears headphones. Weinberg's face never appears on the screens, but his thick Brooklyn accent is heard frequently...
...Cook's memory apparently failed him at the critical moment. Weinberg asked his name. "Nopo," replied Cook. "Nopo?" asked Weinberg in disbelief. "Yeah, Nopo," said Cook. "N-o-p-o. "Suspecting an impostor, Weinberg ordered Cook to leave. As the tape was shown, laughter rippled through the courtroom; even Judge George Pratt cracked a smile...