Word: inquests
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...titled family and an attack on her employer, the Countess of Lucan, that put the countess in the hospital for a week (TIME, Nov. 25). Thirty-two witnesses, Lady Lucan among them, dryly recited their testimony as the coroner summarized it in longhand. From the start, the inquest had become virtually a trial in absentia of Lord Lucan, 40, who has been missing since the night of the murder. The verdict of the coroner's jury, after only 31 minutes of deliberation: "Murder by Lord Lucan...
...younger Meeropols clearly believe in that defense. They cite a number of the 25 books that have been written about the case, some raising unsettling questions about the conduct of the trial and evidence used at it. Walter and Miriam Schneir's Invitation to an Inquest, for example, alleges after lengthy examination that one of the two Albuquerque hotel registration cards used by the prosecution to link Gold to Greenglass is a forgery...
...viewed the film literally hundreds of times. This was brought home by the unanimous gasp of horror as the frame with the gunman dominated the screen. He had apparently remained unnoticed by the Warren Commission as well, although it had held the film as evidence while making its inquest. According to filmmaker Robert Groden, the unidentified gunman was just spotted earlier this year with the aid of a computer blow-up technique...
...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...