Word: handing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is an excellent opportunity for seniors and recent alumni to explore the range of training programs in management consulting, manufacturing, investment banking, communications and so forth. Now is your chance to find out what positions are available with which companies. Put the rumors to rest and speak first hand with company representatives. Take the opportunity to discuss their company, the competition, and the industry...
...mock trials in high school--so this would be a chance to see the real thing in action. I also firmly believe in the concept of trial by a jury of one's peers; it is undeniably one of the cornerstones of our judicial system, and goes hand in hand with the American conception of democracy...
...questions to determine which of us were impartial. He asked how many had been the victims of a robbery, or knew someone who had, how many knew the accused or had seen him before, how many knew the victims, and so on. After each question, anyone who raised their hand was called to the bench to explain to the judge why they might not be impartial. He would either excuse them or determine that it would not have bearing on the case at hand...
...struggled with what I should do, and when the judge asked if there were any other reason why someone felt they could not be impartial, I raised my hand. I did not know if this was the right thing to do, but when I explained it to the judge, and answered yes when he asked if I truly believed that it would prevent me from objectively listening to the facts as presented by the lawyers, he said he had no choice but to excuse...
Unfortunately, the majority of the Court concluded that there was insufficient evidence to show when or how often the prosecution had excluded qualified jurors on the basis of race, besides the case at hand. A dissenting opinion was written by Justice Arthur Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Warren and Justice Douglas, pointing out that this reasoning unfairly put the entire burden of proof on the defendant...