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...facing hourly deadlines often latched onto one of the many rumors swirling about the closed hearing or resorted to writing in trivial detail about the "picturesque" town and the quaint quirks of some of its citizens. The real news, of course, was concealed behind closed doors, although as the inquest week went on, some significant facts leaked...
...purpose of the inquest was to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to bring any charges against the Senator other than the one to which he has already pleaded guilty: leaving the scene of an accident. That is a misdemeanor, for which he was given a suspended sentence of two months in jail. The only other possible crimes arising out of the accident are manslaughter, a felony that requires proof of "wanton or reckless conduct"; drunken driving, a misdemeanor; and "driving to endanger," another misdemeanor under an unusual Massachusetts law that calls for evidence of a "negligent attitude." The inquest...
...were there leaks, but Kennedy aides continued to urge that the entire transcript of the proceedings be revealed as speedily as possible. That desire, coupled with an air of resignation about District Attorney Edmund Dinis, the normally aggressive prosecutor who had pursued the case, made it apparent that the inquest had revealed nothing new that would seriously hurt Kennedy...
...five women who had attended the cookout, all workers in Senator Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign, were the final witnesses at the inquest. They were presumably questioned about both the degree of drinking at the party and the time at which Kennedy and Mary Jo left the cottage. There was no indication of what they said, but all emerged looking relieved, some smiling. Kennedy testified that he had consumed only two drinks at the cookout, both rum and Coca-Colas, which would hardly be intoxicating when combined with dinner...
...transcript of the inquest, which fills 765 pages, was locked up in a courthouse vault and cannot be released until the Superior Court decides that no further prosecution of Kennedy is likely. That will depend heavily on the report to be made by Judge Boyle, who promised to act "without undue delay." Dinis can still file charges on his own, as can a grand jury. But a grand jury normally acts at the urging of a district attorney. It seems highly unlikely that Dinis will bother to press another misdemeanor charge, and his aides concede that there is no evidence...