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AFTER the many months of argument among expensive attorneys, confused public officials and embattled judges in two states, the long-awaited inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne proved unexpectedly low-key and uneventful. Intruding upon the wintertime serenity of Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, the inquest gave Senator Edward Kennedy new hope that he may yet recover from the public disgrace of the night his car hurtled off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island...
There was no inquest or grant jury investigation into the three gunshot deaths. Sellers said two of those killed were shot in the back...
...inquest may or may not solve the basic mysteries of the case-not all of the unanswered questions are legally relevant. If Kennedy is exonerated of any suspicion of guilt, the inquest and transcript will become public. Kennedy has promised his own report on the case if the judge's decision does not fully explain the incident. But there is also the possibility that Kennedy might face a grand jury. Although Massachusetts has no criminal-negligence law, Boyle is charged with finding out "when, where and by what means the person deceased came to her death," and whether...
When and Why? Originally, an inquest open to the press was to have begun Sept. 3 in Edgartown. But Kennedy's lawyers successfully petitioned the Massachusetts Supreme Court to have the hearing held in secret. Kennedy feared that the inquest would be conducted in effect as an adversary proceeding, with his lawyers denied the right of crossexamination...
Judge Boyle announced none of his ground rules for the inquest beforehand. He will probably call the eleven guests from the cookout first and then the local witnesses. Attorneys Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham, the two men other than Kennedy who know the most about what happened on the night of the accident, might unravel some of the contradictions: When did the accident occur? How did Kennedy return to Edgartown? Why wasn't the accident reported immediately? Kennedy, who prepared for his ordeal with a skiing vacation in Colorado, will be his own most important witness...