Word: laying
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Over the past century, the organized bar in the U.S. has waged a relentless and effective campaign against lay judges. In Vermont, which is still governed by a part-time legislature where lawyers are in a minority, most efforts to curtail the assistant judges' power through legislation have failed...
Still, the legislature has not permitted side judges to sit in some kinds of civil cases, such as those involving taxes and the sale of real estate. In 1976, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that it was a violation of defendants' right to due process for lay judges to rule on matters of law in criminal cases. Side judges, however, can still rule on questions of fact and sentencing (in an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court, Gordon Hunt's attorney is currently challenging the side judges' right to interfere with plea bargaining...
...system, then it serves an important role." Some jurists are not convinced that they need any help from assistant judges. Chief Justice Franklin Billings of the state's supreme court thinks "their use as far as the law is concerned has been outdated." Says Montpelier Attorney Robert Kurrle: "Lay people are just not as sensitive as lawyers to questions of due process...
Vermonters are not likely to let anyone take Willis Bragg's job away. Says New York University Law Professor Linda Silberman, co-director of the 1979 study of lay judges: "The notion of abolishing the system in Vermont is like tearing down the American flag. It is a unique system, and it is going to remain." -By Michael S. Serrill. Reported by Richard Hornik/Montpelier
...retailed at $2.95 a month. The expectations were wrong: Time Inc. announced last week that TV-CABLE WEEK was far behind its circulation targets, and will close with the Sept. 25 issue. Estimated pretax losses: $47 million, almost half of the $100 million that the company had planned to lay out during a four-to five-year startup. Said Time Inc. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald and President J. Richard Munro: "We were prepared to spend more-if the prospects had warranted it. In our judgment they...