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When Circuit Court Judge Byron Kinder stepped to the bench in his Jefferson City, Mo., courtroom one day last week, he looked down on an unusual audience: 100 lawyers. They were not there by choice; they had come in response to a subpoena that warned, "Fail not to appear at your own peril." All 100 work for Missouri agencies based in Jefferson City, the state capital. In a drastic and perhaps unprecedented step, Kinder had summoned them so that he could press them into service as public defenders for indigent criminal defendants...
...public defender and has run out of money to pay private attorneys to help. The result: nearly 200 suspects biding their tune in the county jail. Since Cole County has a "speedy trial" law that terminates prosecutions that fail to lead to trial within 180 days of arraignment, Kinder was concerned that many criminals might end up going free. Until more state money becomes available July 1, the judge explained, "I have no choice but to reach out and touch someone...
...touched nearly every local lawyer on the state payroll. Among the exceptions: the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the attorney general and his staff, and a woman who is 8½ months pregnant (she may be called after she gives birth). Nor was Kinder disposed to exempt those who believe they are too busy. "There are only four reasons anyone would work 60 to 70 hours a week," Kinder told his audience. "First, they're unhappily married and don't want to go home. Second, there's one man doing the work of two, and that would certainly...
...protective Government made plans to ensure them a measure of privacy. The reunion with their families was set for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where -aside from one scheduled news conference-authorities could keep the news-hounds at bay. A few more days in a kinder sort of captivity was necessary before the hostages could face freedom -and the press. -By Janice Castro
...From that day to this, the Island has been haunted by her ghost, and if you don't believe me, just ask the caretakers, none of whom ever managed to explore all 17 miles of underground tunnels on the Island before being scared off by The Lady in Black. Kinder to tourists than custodians, the Lady graciously permits thousands of Bostonians to visit her home each year, aboard the less than regal vessels of the Mass Bay, Boston Harbor or Bay State cruise companies. Three dollars and don't trust the schedules...