Word: criminalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last July in Gannett vs. DePasquale that criminal proceedings could be closed to the public, at least under some circumstances, court watchers and the press had difficulty understanding just what the decision meant.
The reason is complex, but essential to understanding Gannett. In a separate opinion handed down with the decision, Burger emphasized that the Gannett case involved only a pretrial hearing, not a trial. Since Burger's vote to allow judges to close off pretrial hearings was decisive in making up...
The oldest in the U.S., Chicago's commission has been active for 60 years. Founded amidst a public outcry over daylight murder and robbery, it has been a strong lobby for improving the criminal justice system in Illinois. It has successfully pushed for more judges in the criminal courts...
While the legal battles meander through the courts, condominium conversion may be continuing. "At some places, they (developers) have lost their rehabilitation loans, but in other areas it hasn't changed the pace of conversions," Lawrence A. Frisoli, a city councilor who voted in favor of condo conversions, said last...
Chafin has taken up many of the Howland report recommendations in the last year. He has encouraged job advancement through a new open competitive process involving a written and oral test. One sergeant has already been promoted and Chafin intends to fill that vacancy this November. In addition, he has...