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...someone is cracking down on all that expense-padding, paper-shuffling, perk-taking corruption. That's why it was satisfying to hear of the collaring and conviction of two of the most amoral reprobates ever to take the sacred oaths of government service. Norman Edward Wilson, 59, and William Earl Ferguson, 44, who were found guilty of tampering with the U.S. mail in their jobs in the section of the U.S. Post Office which rewraps damaged packages. Specifically, Wilson and Ferguson opened a parcel of chocolate chip cookies and according to Post Office inspectors testimony, "devoured a small but undetermined...
...birth, the exclusionary rule seemed to many an overreaction. "The criminal is to go free because the constable has blundered," objected New York Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin Cardozo, who was later to join the high bench. The real howls, however, did not come until 1961, when Earl Warren's Supreme Court ruled that state as well as federal courts were bound by the rule. About half the states had not previously adopted it; they hurriedly set up programs to school patrolmen on the ins and outs of the new requirements. The specifics changed almost monthly as courts grappled...
...drama takes place on a rainy afternoon in the tea room of Master Harold's mother. Harold (Charles Michael Wright), an odd, nervous white boy of about 16, comes home every day to the lounge and indulges in an afternoon's entertainment with the hired Black help, Sam (James Earl Jones) and Willie (Delroy Lindo). The trio share a wonderful relationship dating back to when Harold--Hallie as he's affectionately called--was a child...
Glover starred with James Earl jones in "Master Harold... And the Boys" on Broadway, but will not appear in the play's Boston run: Bonjoko played one of the lead crows...
...Earl Baker, 19, Steven Booker, 19, and Anthony Freeman, 18, all drowned while in custody of three county deputies. They had been arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession at the annual "Juneteenth" public festival (commemorating June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas first heard they had been freed). While the officers were ferrying the youths across Lake Mexia, the small boat capsized 80 feet from shore. The deputies swam to safety, which was impossible for their handcuffed captives. The Dallas Medical Examiner found that none of the suspects had any traces of marijuana in their bodies. The deputies were acquitted...