Word: lacorte
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...went on trial in a bleak, whitewashed room where the only ornament was a faded portrait of Franco on one wall and the only touch of color was the red plush of the judges' chairs. The accused had six defense attorneys, headed by an able lawyer named Augustin Lacort. The prosecutor read his charges and introduced 17 confessions. Then the presiding judge turned to the first defendant, a worker named Juan Grajales...
...This Tormented Land." One after another, the remaining defendants pleaded not guilty and told almost identical stories of solitary confinements, night interrogations, beatings, hunger, thirst-always with only one way out: signing a confession. Defense Counsel Lacort passionately denounced the police methods. "Here," he said, "are methods unknown to any civilized nation this side of the Iron Curtain . . . absolutely illegal. These men are not criminals. They are victims.This is a mockery...
...prosecution. Last week, although the prosecution had demanded severe sentences for all, 15 of the accused were acquitted or released with light sentences that they were deemed to have already served. Two were sentenced to six years in prison. When the defense lawyers came out, an old woman seized Lacort's hand and kissed it. "Thank you for my son," she said...
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