Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...portrayal of life, death and the search for justice in the Tri-Cities area of Kindle County, an imaginary Rustbelt terrain of remarkable moral and spiritual ambiguity. Once again a sensational trial forms the ostensible center of the novel while Turow demonstrates how inadequately the order in the courtroom mirrors the messy reality outside...
...left without the canny politico in custody; his lawyer was on hand to pay $715 in bail immediately. Rao is at the center of a large corruption scandal involving the 1989 document fraud along with two other charges, but is arguing that his poor health, and inadequate courtroom security for a person of his stature preclude his appearance. Rao resigned earlier this month after a five year stint as Prime Minister at the head of the Congress Party, under a cloud of corruption allegations. "Indians are fed up with corruption at all levels," says TIME's Dick Thompson. "When...
...murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas three years ago, Richard Allen Davis has seemed determined to become a poster boy for evil. Swaggering, unrepentant, Davis smiled often during his trial as details of the kidnapping and killing brought tears to many in the San Jose, California, courtroom. Last week, at the sentencing hearing that followed his conviction in June, Davis reached a startling new low when, moments before being sentenced to death, he accused Polly's father of molesting the girl...
...gasp was heard in the courtroom as Davis asserted that the reason he did not sexually assault Polly on the night he killed her was "a statement the young girl made to me while walking her up the embankment: 'Just don't do me like my Dad.'" A family friend yelled, "Burn in hell, Davis!" and Davis' lawyer covered her face with her hands. After a second of frozen shock, Polly's father Marc Klaas leaped from his seat, but he was restrained and led from the courtroom...
...otherwise exploit his celebrity status, though he has spoken on a number of occasions to lawyers' groups. Nonetheless, among L.A. courthouse wags, "pulling an Ito" has entered the legal lexicon to describe someone who has become intoxicated by a celebrity case. Gawkers still occasionally wander into Ito's courtroom, now located on a higher floor, to see the familiar face preside over routine criminal trials. Last April Ito suffered a setback: a federal judge overturned his second most famous case, the 1991 state conviction of Lincoln S&L chief Charles Keating, on the grounds Ito gave flawed jury instructions. Despite...