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...high-priced, high-powered Washington firm of Arnold & Porter have waged a canny campaign to draw media attention to Coleman's case. Their efforts, launched in 1984 and now spearheaded by a 28- year-old associate named Kathleen Behan, were given a boost when independent investigator Jim McCloskey turned his attention to Coleman in 1988. McCloskey is renowned for tracking down lost or overlooked evidence that has often led to the freeing of convicted murderers...
Coleman may yet be spared. After all, he has McCloskey, one of the nation's most prominent investigators, in his corner. He has a determined, active team of lawyers who have the experience and funds to pursue every possible lead. His clemency petition will be heard by a Governor who is not up for re- election and can therefore be guided by moral considerations without having to worry about political consequences...
...their freedom to new evidence unearthed by Jim McCloskey, a New Jersey independent investigator who took the case after receiving a letter from Chance claiming that he had been wrongly convicted. His alibi: he was locked up in the county jail on the day of the murder. McCloskey tracked down three witnesses who had testified against Chance and Powell under what they said was pressure by the L.A.P.D. County prosecutors who joined the investigation then discovered that police had not revealed the fact that a jailhouse informant who had provided damning testimony had failed two polygraph tests...
Avoiding combat. For Pat Robertson, March 8 marks not only Super Tuesday but also the date his libel suit against Pete McCloskey is scheduled to go to trial. Robertson is suing McCloskey for claiming that he sought help from his father Senator A. Willis Robertson to avoid combat duty in Korea. A review of evidence collected by McCloskey's lawyers reveals that Robertson may be in for a blitzkrieg of bad publicity. Several fellow Marine officers corroborate McCloskey's claim, and a letter from Robertson's father to Marine General Lemuel Shepherd expresses his pleasure that Pat "will get more...
People still bring suits, though; prominent among them are cases involving public figures who should know exactly how arduous a battle they face. Televangelist Pat Robertson is in the early stages of a case brought against Representative Andrew Jacobs Jr. and former Representative Paul McCloskey Jr., who accused Robertson of evading combat during the Korean War by using the influence of his father, the late U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson. The Milwaukee Journal is being sued by a former Democratic state representative, the Chicago Sun-Times by a former president of the city council, and WCCO-TV, the Minneapolis affiliate...