Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Presley is by no means the only departed celebrity whose ongoing aura is the subject of courtroom clashes. In the past few years a number of cases brought by heirs of stars have produced so many conflicting rulings that probably only Congress can settle the is sue of whether fame-or, at least, its residuals-can be inherited...
...trial was already under way when a score of chanting demonstrators approached the courtroom doors. Guards informed the protesters that no one else would be allowed inside. Suddenly, a pushing match began, and officers wrestled one of the marchers to the ground. "Tell me, man, you're going to keep me out!" screamed Paul Bermanzohn, sitting in a wheelchair. "You try to live with a bullet in your head...
...crowded Tehran courtroom, five frightened defendants faced the empty bench. The judge, a scowling, bearded figure who was also acting as prosecutor, circled behind them and cursed, "I shall exterminate you vermin!" Then, without permitting a word to be spoken in their defense, he meted out the sentences. "Those two-execution," he barked. "This one -life imprisonment. The other two-100 lashes each." As Islamic guards led out the two men to be whipped, the judge called out after them, "Remember, every lash must draw blood...
...postal supervisor, his mother a caterer; her business is now operated by one of Jordan's two brothers. Though Jordan never lived in actual poverty, he once observed: "I rode in the back of the bus, I sat upstairs in the theater, I sat upstairs in the courtroom." After earning a bachelor's degree in political science at DePauw University ('57) and a law degree from Howard University ('60), Jordan set out to do his best to end those injustices...
Alan Dershowitz, professor of Law, represented the pair in a series of courtroom appearances for the next two days, and lawyers for the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed a federal civil rights action on their behalf, alleging that the district attorney's office had abridged their Constitutional rights by arresting them...