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...Massachusetts three months ago, a judge overturned the 1974 first-degree-murder conviction of Black Panther Activist Frank ("Parky") Grace; a co-defendant and a witness had changed their testimony, but Grace's lawyers won because they also provided a wealth of new corroborating evidence. In a celebrated New Jersey murder case, a witness against former Middleweight Boxer Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter announced that he had lied at the original 1967 trial. Yet when the state's supreme court reversed the Carter conviction in 1976, it stated that it was not considering the recantation. (At the retrial, the witness changed...
Once they chose their course of action, Keough and Goizueta moved swiftly. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Keough went to an Atlanta television studio to tape a commercial that showed him announcing the return of old Coke. Beamed by satellite to a New Jersey production center, the spot was retaped and flown by helicopter to Manhattan for delivery to the major networks for broadcast Wednesday on the evening news...
...depth of that betrayal may be determined by the House Judiciary subcommittee, which will conduct more hearings this week. Said New Jersey Democrat William Hughes, the chairman: "We're learning a lot more about the E.F. Hutton case by the hour." Yet even before the new hearings open, Hutton is hurting. Said James Hanbury, who monitors financial-services companies for the investment firm Wertheim & Co.: "Hutton's sales force is nearly demoralized, and its customers are starting to hold back. Even after it's over, Hutton will still wear the stigma. And in this business, which is regulated by trust...
...Eisenhower, he began earning a reputation as "the best coalition builder ever to sit on the Supreme Court," says L.A. Scot Powe Jr., a University of Texas law professor and former clerk to Justice William O. Douglas. Brennan has never relinquished the role. A dedicated pragmatist, the onetime New Jersey labor lawyer now uses his negotiating skills to bring the shifting middle of the court--Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell and Byron White--closer to the liberal corner that he shares with Thurgood Marshall and often John Paul Stevens. A hesitating colleague is likely to be asked, "Would you be happier...
...men’s lightweight crew teams started off the season with a bang Saturday, as Harvard swept Penn and Cornell to win the Matthews-Leonard Cup. The Crimson, competing in New Jersey in near-perfect conditions, showed no signs of early-season jitters in capturing its first victory of the season in dominating fashion...