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...criminal-justice system is "on the verge of a crisis of credibility," says Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti. He admits that in the Menendez brothers' cases, he and his team underestimated "the emotional pull" the abuse defense had on the jurors. Garcetti hopes to head off such tendencies among jurors by changing the system itself. At his initiative, a team of judges along with the heads of the state and county bar associations has formed a task force to study the possibility of altering rules about juries. Among ideas to be explored: broadening the pool of jurors to include...
directed by Fernando Trueba starring Jorge Sanz, Ariadna Gil and Fernando Fernan Gomez...
Rocio (Maribel Verdu) is a coquettish imp who wastes no time in dragging Fernando into bed. Violeta (Ariadna Gil) is a lesbian who wears her hair short and likes tailored clothing. She has what is arguably the best scene in the film. During a carnival masquerade in the town, Violeta dresses in Fernando's uniform and the sisters dress Fernando as a French maid. Violeta leads Fernando in a lascivious, passionate, hilarious tango, much better than Al Pacino's in "Scent of a Woman." She then takes Fernando to a barn and h as her way with...
...Gil B. Lahav '94 is an editor of The Harvard Review of Philosophy
...Michael that may take a while. His bodyguards, for example, are pressing their own suit against him, and court cases await over the cancellation of his tour. And Los Angeles D.A. Gil Garcetti insisted that his office has not closed the Jackson file. But California law does not allow the state to compel testimony from juveniles in sex-crime cases. Without the boy's evidence, the authorities may have only hearsay testimony -- probably not enough to win or even bring a case against Jackson. So for now his freedom is assured, if not his reputation. Neither...