Word: hearsay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Alexander O'Neal's latest album, the Jam/Lewis produced and written Hearsay, demonstrates, there's an advantage in using the same formula. They say that practice makes perfect, and in this instance, Jam and Lewis just about perfect what they've practiced many times before with artists as diverse as the SOS Band and Herb Alpert...
...Lewis have constructed Hearsay as almost a companion piece to their triumph of last year, Janet Jackson's Control, On Control, Janet plays the jilted female who has decided to take `control' of her life. As the album progresses, Janet's resolve weakens and she ends up returning to a man in the album's closer, "Funny How Time Flies...
...allegedly illegal acts; he can lay a long, complex story before the jury in its entirety. He can use the testimony of minor conspirators to convict more important figures; Channell and Miller have already named Oliver North as their co-conspirator. And in conspiracy cases a jury can weigh hearsay evidence...
Military courts are more lenient, however, in admitting hearsay evidence that a witness claims to have heard from someone else, which may work against the two Marines. Lonetree reportedly made damaging statements about himself and Bracy to a Marine buddy. While many civilian courts continue to require a unanimous jury verdict, only two-thirds of the jurors in a court-martial are needed for conviction -- meaning less chance that the defendants can fall back on one stubborn holdout...
...Navy last week was having difficulty preparing cases against Sergeant Clayton Lonetree and Corporal Arnold Bracy, the two Marines whose confessions triggered the scandal. The embassy guards have apparently repudiated or contradicted key sections of their initial statements, and much of the investigators' case against them rests on hearsay evidence and polygraph tests...