Word: inquests
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...girls who attended the cookout are uniformly bright, efficient, fascinated by politics and cultishly pro-Kennedy. None is strikingly attractive, and as a group they are hardly the sort that older men would invite for a weekend of dalliance. From the beginning, they have intended to go to the inquest. Explains one: "My God, can you imagine what the reaction would be if we refused to attend? The great coverup, right? We'll all be there, if for no other reason than to defend the reputation of Mary Jo." All of the girls were scheduled to spend the Labor...
...Kopechne and two other girls. She was graduated from the Newton (Mass.) College of the Sacred Heart in 1964, and did public relations for the Norfolk County Tuberculosis and Health Association before she got a job, through an employment agency, in Ted Kennedy's office. Discussing the inquest, she remarks: "Anonymity is the name of the game when you're a staff person, and it's very tough to all of a sudden be in the public...
...death of Mary Jo Kopechne has already become one of the most controversial fatal accidents in the history of the U.S. Last week, as the date of an inquest demanded by Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund Dinis approached, it stirred even more controversy. Disturbed by all the publicity, attorneys for Edward Kennedy appeared before Judge James Boyle in Edgartown to insist that the judge grant their client the rights of a defendant in a criminal trial. The judge refused, pointing out that inquests are not trials but investigations to determine the cause of death and to discover whether any criminal...
Kennedy's lawyers could still ask for an injunction in higher Massachusetts courts, but they have hesitated to do so, apparently wary of giving the impression that the Senator has something to hide. As for Dinis, he seems determined to go ahead with the inquest, even though he has so far had no success in persuading a Pennsylvania court to order an autopsy on Mary Jo's body...
...those who remain unconvinced by Senator Kennedy's explanation of the accident, an inquest may provide a few answers, particularly since the judge wants Kennedy himself to appear. Boyle has agreed to let lawyers for the witnesses into the courtroom to advise their clients when they take the stand, but he points out that Massachusetts law does not require him to do even that. Still, a question arises as to the fairness of the inquest. Some lawyers across the U.S. believe that there might be better ways to get at the facts...