Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...music likewise mirrors Britko's thoughts. When he looks up at a church steeple, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" briefly enters the soundtrack. A bittersweet fiddler's tune of his dilemma, while a full choral anthem accompanies his moment of decision. Finally, the cheerful and ubiquitous band music characterizes the optimism about human nature which Kadar and Klos insist on maintaining through the entire film...
...been asked to do in the pending cases that you so compellingly described. It seems particularly doubtful that the responsibility for devising fair and effective criminal processes should rest entirely on the court at a time when, as now, so many other expert bodies are grappling with the confession dilemma. The American Law Institute, the President's Crime Commission and other groups are trying to provide the information needed for intelligent decision. There surely is a strong argument against the freezing of any particular formula into the Constitution before this process of research and debate has time to work...
...prosecution proves him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. As a result, the defendant may remain silent-while the jury scrutinizes his lawyer's every word for any hint of doubt as to his client's innocence. In this situation, says Freedman, the lawyer's moral dilemma is compounded by the American Bar Association's 1908 Canons of Ethics. While Canon 22 requires "candor" toward the court, Canon 37 tells the lawyer "to preserve his client's confidences," and Canon 15 commands his "entire devotion to the interest of the client." As Freedman sees...
Even worse is the dilemma of whether to give sound legal advice that may well tempt the defendant to give false testimony. When the accused confides his guilt in the 1959 bestseller Anatomy of a Murder, for example, his lawyer replies: "If the facts are as you have stated them so far, you have no defense, and you will be most likely electrocuted. On the other hand, if you acted in a blind rage, there is a possibility of saving your life. Think it over, and we will talk about it tomorrow." Is this unethical? Even though perjury may result...
Washington's Dilemma. The advocates of a tax rise last week picked up such prominent recruits as Walter Heller, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers; Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, chief of the International Monetary Fund; and most important, William McChesney Martin...