Word: inquest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...granted on the incident. Rather plaintively, he acknowledged that his behavior after the accident had been "irrational and indefensible and inexcusable and inexplicable." Kennedy stuck to the main points of his original story, sometimes ducking tough questions by referring the reporters to his inconclusive testimony at the official inquest. He did admit, however, that he had erred in telling the court that he had never been on Chappaquiddick before the day of the accident, and that he had fixed the time of his return to the cottage after the accident by the dashboard clock of a Valiant driven...
...Soon after the accident, Stephen Smith, Kennedy's brother-in-law, hired lawyers for some who had attended the party. The same two lawyers represented eight of the inquest witnesses. Said Ray LaRosa: "The lawyers coached us pretty good. We knew what to expect...
Community uproar over a possible police beating forced City Manager Corcoran to hire Boston University Law Professor Paul J. Liacos as an outside consultant to conduct a full investigation into the case. At the same time, Middlesex County District Attorney John J. Droney began an inquest that would sent its findings to a grand jury...
...inquest report recommended that Officers DeLuca and Carbone be charged with assault and manslaughter, but a Middlesex grand jury of February 16, 1973 declined to return indictments because of insufficient evidence...
DeLuca, through his attorney Daniel J. O'Connell, filed for a court injunction on December 1, 1972, to bar a hearing before City Manager Corcoran, charging that Corcoran could not act as a neutral party. He cited a letter Concoran sent him before either the Liacos or inquest reports were completed that said, "I am contemplating discharging you from the police department for several charges...