Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...warrant charging a specific crime must be brought forthwith before a magistrate who will inform him of his rights. Those arrested without a warrant must be informed of their rights, but may be held at the station house for taped questioning for up to four hours&-without a lawyer, if the suspect has none. After that, those involved in less serious cases must be either freed or charged. > In serious felonies, such as murder, a suspect may be held for "further screening" (grilling, lineups, etc.), which could extend his detention as long as 22 hours. During "sustained questioning...
...enforce the code, which has yet to be approved by the American Law Institute's full membership, the drafters aim to exclude illegal confessions and such "poisonous fruits" as incriminating leads gathered from inadmissible statements. The drafters have stirred intense controversy by 1) approving some interrogation without lawyers present, and 2) not calling for free lawyers for all indigent suspects-thus admittedly giving an advantage to anyone able to afford counsel. The drafters argue that the U.S. simply does not have enough lawyers to represent every arrested indigent. They point to such other pioneering safeguards as tape-recording...
...victim can collect only if he was not negligent and the defendant was. Because these issues are often hotly disputed, a deserving victim may have to haggle for years before getting his just award-and then he may have to share about one-third of it with his lawyer. The costly, complex process has been steadily boosting the price of auto insurance, but the amount paid out in accident awards remains far less than the 50? of each dollar that the insurance companies collect in premiums...
...nation's "esoteric" law schools "fail to help the practicing lawyer," fumes E. Donald Shapiro. "They prattle about great principles, but who is helping the slob in Cedar Rapids...
Promoter Shapiro, once a Philadelphia lawyer noted for proving a ship unseaworthy because one of its mates had malaria, got into the teaching business because he was apparently avid for audiences bigger than juries. He now tours 14 Michigan cities with 53 programs for practicing lawyers. Delighted to be called "dean," Shapiro is wont to order lawyer-aides to pick up his children at school, or require them to don white coats and serve cocktails. He first-names Michigan Supreme Court justices, tells everyone who will listen that "educators should get off their duffs," papers the country with lawyer-luring...