Word: kennedyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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General Inquisition. In the hearing before Justice Reardon in Boston's Suffolk County Courthouse, Kennedy Attorney Edward Benno Hanify argued: "It is difficult to see in the inquest something other than a general inquisition into his reputation and conduct over and above that to which he has already pleaded...
Four Alternatives. The Massachusetts Supreme Court is scheduled to reconvene early in October, although Reardon indicated that it might meet earlier in special session if Dinis and the Kennedy lawyers are prepared for a hearing. There are at least four decisions that the court might reach:
2) The court could find that an inquest is not designed to deal with the extraordinarily publicized Kennedy case and that any action must be left to a grand jury-an inquiry held in secret. District Attorney Dinis, however, would prefer to avoid a grand jury investigation, since he himself...
4) The justices could agree with Kennedy's lawyers that Boyle's rules are inappropriate and that counsel for one or all of the witnesses should have the privilege of crossexamination, subpoenaing witnesses and so on. Some lawyers regard this as a remote alternative, since the inquest is...
Some legal experts believe the most likely outcome is that the inquest will be canceled-leaving Dinis the option of calling a grand jury-or that it will be held in secret to protect the rights of Kennedy and the other witnesses. In either case, the public, which is presumably...