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...Philadelphia radio the night of the Hinckley decision, an angry young "man in the street" was quoted as saying of the verdict: "...Yeah, and now [H.R.] Haldeman [a Nixon White House aide] is gonna be able to get a pardon by saying he committed Watergate for Jody Foster," Such analogies will be the Right's main ammunition in trying to use last week's decision to weaken controversial court practices that and defendants, like the exclusionary rule, which prohibits the use of illegally seized evidence in a trial. In defense of those liberal practices, it's worth observing two things...
...second observation is that any forced analogies the Right will make-like that of Hinckley to Haldeman-are preposterous. Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon offended us because Nixon evaded liability for his action by using his contacts within government, when a friendless outsider, a loser like Hinckley, is let off there is, at least, no collusion to abhor. Whether the jury last week correctly deemed Hinckley insane will always be a judgement call. But the fact that he could win his reprieve from a system whose participants were predisposed against him seems worth applauding for a moment...
...Stuart Magruder, 47, former Haldeman aide and deputy director of Nixon re-election committee. Admitted plotting burglary and participation in coverup. Served seven months. Completing graduate study at Princeton Theological Seminary. Chosen last month over 120 other applicants to be assistant pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Burlingame, Calif. "I paid my debt to society and more," he says. "Is anybody free...
Hugh Sloan Jr., 41, Haldeman aide and treasurer of Nixon re-election committee who disclosed Liddy's withdrawal of campaign funds for Watergate snooping, cooperated with investigators. Now president of Budd Canada, branch of car-and truck-frame company. "There was a lot of personal tragedy involved," he says of Watergate. "It created a learning experience that one might not have chosen, but that certainly was a valuable...
James F. Neal, 52, chief prosecutor at Watergate conspiracy trial whose closing arguments clinched convictions of Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mardian. With sarcasm, he accused defendants of switching their view of "good John Dean" to "mean John Dean" after Nixon's counsel told the truth. Now practicing law in Nashville. Successfully defended Ford Motor Co. against criminal charges in Pinto gas tank fires and Elvis Presley's doctor against accusation of overprescribing drugs...