Word: crime
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...witness is not the ultimate judge of the tendency of an answer to incriminate him. He can be required, on pain of contempt punishment, to disclose enough to show a real possibility that an answer to the question will tend, rightly or wrongly, to convict him of a crime. Manifestly, this is a delicate business. The witness must not be required to prove his guilt in demonstrating the incriminating character of the answer sought. A judge must decide when the witness has gone far enough to demonstrate his peril...
That statment, as it stands, seems strangely at odds with our usual criminal procedures, whether those of the police, or of Grand Juries, or of a Court of Justice. It is true that a man standing trial on accusation of crime must await the decision of a judge as to whether or not he will answer questions asked by the prosecution? It is true that persons other than the accused may be summoned as "witnesses," to give evidence for or against him. And these witnesses are, with respect to their testimony, subject to that final authority of the judge...
...Congressmen heard a drawl out of the past. Texas' Representative Martin Dies, first chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee, was back on a well-worn trail. Dies, who returned to the House in 1952 after an absence of seven years, introduced a bill making it a crime to belong to the Communist Party in the U.S. Maximum penalty: ten years in prison and $10,000 fine. Although five similar bills are already resting in committee pigeonholes, Dies was hopeful. Cried he: "It will once and for all end this issue so far as the U.S. is concerned...
...smile came over Vag's face; he rushed into the bedroom and started packing his bag. "No Crime Monday, Washington's birthday," he shouted to his roommate as he closed the door and headed West...
...best way of combatting crime, he stated, is to inform the public about critical situations through the press, radio, and television. Properly Indignant civic groups would then put pressure on the underworld to halt its activities...