Word: lawing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defendants in the revolutionary courts are tried under the Shari'a, the Islamic law based primarily on the Koran, rather than under Iran's penal code. Trials are conducted by a five-man panel of judges. Verdicts in the trials, some of which have lasted less than an hour, are reached by a majority vote of the judges; the sentence is handed down by the senior judge, whose appointment is approved by Khomeini, and carried out immediately. There are no appeals. The new regulations allow for defense attorneys, though none were seen at last week's trials...
...Hubei (Hupeh) province, the local radio station declared that April 5 to May 4 was "Uphold Public Morals Month." Citizens were directed to observe law and order, behave politely and "cherish public property." In Sichuan (Szechwan), the authorities denounced "muddled ideas and unhealthy trends" among "some young people." In Henan (Honan), the Provincial Revolutionary Committee decreed a "total ban" on posters and other publications that criticized socialism, Communist Party leadership or Mao Tse-tung's thought. In Peking, foreign residents learned that Chinese would henceforth be forbidden to make contact with them unless instructed to do so. All across...
...reaction of Melton's father Carl, 70. He wanted revenge, which is considered almost a family duty in a part of the world where blood feuds can last for generations. But instead of taking the old route of getting a gun and going outside the law to seek vengeance, Melton hired a lawyer. The attorney's job: to make sure the state put Roberts behind bars for as long as possible...
...just to make a statement of the case at the beginning of the trial and turn the rest over to the lawyer hired by the victim's family. Kentucky Attorney General Robert Stephens sees no legal or ethical barrier, but former U.S. Attorney General Edward Levi, now a law professor at the University of Chicago, has some doubts. He warns that the judge must be careful to see that the defendant is not getting railroaded...
...parents; some to parents but not to grandparents; some to families and friends but not employers. They are never sure of the reaction they will get. A young San Francisco attorney who handles the account of a major oil company for one of the city's most prestigious law firms finally steeled himself to reveal his homosexuality to one of his senior partners at dinner. The boss said he did not care, but cautioned the lawyer not to tell the other senior partners just yet. Elaine Noble, another assistant to Boston Mayor White, belongs to a 200-member organization...