Word: courtroom
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...along.) The enabling power of fear was remarkable; even now conservatives note that the flimsy links between Saddam and al-Qaeda “have not been totally disproven”—as though standards of evidence for war were looser, not stricter, than those of the courtroom...
...white jury convicted Sims on a lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter (to which Farley then pleaded guilty). A white judge, Wallace Gibson, suspended the boys' sentences and gave them two years' probation--scolding them for their "lapse"--which made Lorene Ware "break down in the courtroom crying and hollering," recalls Melvin. Says James: "You could get more time back then for killing a good hunting...
Throughout the day, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) alumni participated in discussions in Ames Courtroom and Austin East on the HLS campus, sharing shocking and sometimes humorous stories about their experiences at law school and in the professional world...
...alumni include two of the most prominent openly gay elected officials in the country; the nation’s first openly gay or lesbian federal judge; several of the nation’s top authorities on sexual orientation and the law; and many, if not most, of the leading courtroom advocates for gay and lesbian civil rights. In addition, a large number of openly gay Harvard graduates have become powerful and senior partners at the nation’s premier law firms...
...really have two campuses here, one for the faculty that is very nice, and one for the students, which is not so nice,” Kagan told packed audience of mostly students in the Ames Courtroom, in the law school’s first such address. “And we need to change that...