Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...living room where he said he was attacked, for instance, and FBI experts testified that the pattern and type of slashes in a pajama top did not fit MacDonald's account of the struggle. Defense Attorney Bernard Segal intends to appeal, partly on the ground that the long delay violated Mac-Donald's constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Kassabs professed not to be worried. Said Mildred Kassab...
...been a target of community opposition since the fall of 1977, when Observatory Hill residents petitioned to delay construction of the center. Construction began in September...
...called the plan "stupid." Sadat wanted nothing to slow the Camp David timetable calling for Egypt in January to regain two-thirds of the Sinai, including valuable oilfields. He feared that a U.S. proposal on the Palestinians would so outrage the Israelis that they might find some pretext to delay in fulfilling their Camp David conditions or to walk out of the current autonomy talks aimed at granting some self-rule to West Bank and Gaza Palestinians...
...world's largest democracy, with almost 360 million voters, the majority of them illiterate, India needs time to organize its election. The chief election commissioner has already started work, but the logistics involved mean a delay of three to four months. Meanwhile, the caretaker government can only administer existing laws. Without a Parliament, it cannot initiate policy. Yet India is in desperate need of firm government to tackle urgent economic problems, including inflation currently running at 15%. To add to India's troubles, Pakistan has not abandoned its efforts to acquire an enriched-uranium plant, a crucial step...
...Plea bargaining. This is the most common solution to delay in the criminal courts. It is frequently denounced. In theory, criminal courts determine guilt or innocence only by the most thoroughgoing "due process." In reality, justice is usually done by way of a deal: a guilty plea in return for a lighter sentence or reduced charges. The accused's "day in court" lasts only a minute or two. In one such case in California, a defendant pronounced guilty of assault with a deadly weapon exclaimed in bewilderment: "What? You mean I've been tried...