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...Supreme Court ruled that a verdict must be voided if the judge fails to properly instruct the jury that it has to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. That was a relief to civil libertarians in light of the court's previous rulings that other irregularities, such as coerced confessions, can be deemed "harmless errors," which would not automatically taint a conviction...
...sure all of this has been a nightmare for Sheldon," says a friend of 25 years. "It plays to every weakness he has. He carries a classic load of communal Southern guilt on racial issues. He has always had a hard time with the notion that members of a minority group can misbehave...
Approximately four weeks ago, when Harvard detectives stopped a suspect for stealing wallets near Harvard's athletic facilities, they received a somewhat an unusual admission of guilt...
Restructuring her life this way, however, made her feel a great deal of guilt. While there were working mothers at Harvard, their families were kept far in the background, and all the women professors at the time were childless. "I feel like we never had any role models at Harvard or got a message at Harvard that said it was okay to stay home with our kids," she says...
...story of Bobby Shaw's life makes some people cry. At his recent competency hearing, the court stenographer had to stop several times to compose herself. But guilt or innocence is not in dispute here. Nobody argues that Bobby Shaw did not kill Calvin Morris. No one suggests that he did not then fatally stab prison guard Walter Farrow while doing time. For many who have followed the case, anger rises from the story of his journey through America's justice and social-welfare system. For Bobby Shaw has never been able to raise the defense of insanity, even though...