Word: goettel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reverend Moon had requested a bench trial from Judge Gerard L. Goettel, well aware that a survey commissioned by his lawyers found that 76.4 percent of those questioned reacted unfavorably to his name. But the government, which usually prefers bench trials in tax cases, insisted on a jury trial, purportedly so that Moon could not "blame any adverse result in this case on religious or racial bigotry...