Word: doe
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...federal district judge in New York City ruled last month that Jane Doe, a pseudonym for publicity-shy litigants, would have to put her real name on her lawsuit if she wanted to pursue the case. "The press and public," explained Lynch, "can hardly make an independent assessment of the facts underlying court cases ... without knowing who the litigants are." Now that sounds like a judge with his head on straight--until you hear Doe's story...
...February night in 2005, Doe and her husband John, also a fake name, were walking when, they say, three plainclothes policemen demanded John's ID. The Does claim the stop was unprovoked. The cops say John was urinating on the street...
...biggest problem with anonymity is how it can damage a defendant. Since ostensible victims need not disclose their names, they may feel less constrained from making bogus accusations. The sergeant accused of attacking Jane Doe has been portrayed in court documents as a sexual thug. Maybe he deserves it. But maybe he did nothing wrong...
...just slow him down. He needed his hands and legs free to prowl, keep the band pumped up, work the crowd into a practiced frenzy. For 50 years, he was a full-service entertainer. James Brown, a name so common it was almost a generic pseudonym like John Doe, was one of a kind...
...annual report was released by HUPD as part of the Clery Act, which requires campus police departments to disclose annual crime statistics to provide “students and families, as higher education consumers, with the information they need to make informed decisions,” according to the DOE website. National statistics are not yet available, however, because not all campus police departments have reported their 2005 numbers to the DOE, which are not due until the end of this week.The decrease in the number of violent crimes—from 32 in 2004 to 18 in 2005?...