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Prodded by a crime rate that has sharply increased since World War II, the Labor government introduced a Criminal Justice reform bill into Parliament last fall. Tucked away among its provisions was the proposition that instead of being unanimous, criminal jury verdicts should require only a 10-to-2 majority. The proposition was surprising in almost every way, not least of all because it provoked practically no reaction from either the public or the press. It was supported by some of the highest ranking jurists in the land, notably the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Parker of Waddington, who argued that...
Unreasonable? The problem, said those who supported the 10-to-2 majority, is that too often justice is frustrated by a silly, prejudiced, stupid, obstinate or even bribed juror who will not go along with the other eleven. Tory shadow cabinet Home Minister Quintin Hogg joined his Labor opposite number Roy Jenkins in supporting the legislation. "A reasonable doubt," he said, "is nothing more than a doubt from which reasons can be given. The fact that one or two men out of twelve differ from the others does not establish that their doubts are reasonable...
Ladies & Englishmen. Such shortages are changing the look of the labor force. Houston's Ada Oil Co. is now hiring female gas-station attendants who must be at least 5 ft. 6 in. tall in order to reach windshields. And-shades of TV's Josephine the plumber-women really are going into plumbing, because male plumbers are in short supply. Chicago's Checker Cab Co. has taken on 40 wom en drivers, and Deere & Co. of Moline, Ill., has women draftsmen, engineers and office managers. With even the supply of qualified women limited, some companies are going...
...less than anticipated because of inclement spring weather and delayed building projects. Up by 260,000, on the other hand, were the number of people employed in service industries, retail trade and all levels of government. In all, unemployment during the month hovered at 3.7% of the labor force, and the number of Americans at work in non-farm jobs rose 100,000 to 65,600,000 people on a seasonally adjusted basis. Such is the demand for labor that even the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is having a hard time finding young economists to fill out its charts...
...wows his seducible secretary (Sandra Dee). After a night together, the lovers argue, then separate for a pregnant pause of nine months' duration. One day, Hamilton gets run over by five cars. Thus it happens that the lovers meet again and marry in the hospital-she writhing with labor pains, he writhing with visceral pains, and the audience writhing at a fade worse than death...