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...only two," said McCrystal. "With the progress in the field now, maybe 10 years down the road they'll have the answer...
...McCrystal is thus quashed in one of his many attempts to withdraw from his tenuous involvement in the Irish Republican Army. He is a mild-natured young man who falls into the organization's web by innocently doing a friend a favor and becomes a reluctant pawn. He is a peripheral puppet, rather than an 'actor', on the political stage. The father he lives with and the woman he grows to love remain non-actors. Nevertheless, the Irish 'Troubles' permeate to the core of their lives. Fear and tragedy are etched indellibly on to these, and the other characters, that...
There are exceptions. The courtroom of Erie County, Ohio, Judge James L. McCrystal is one. It is equipped with a videotape machine and television monitors. McCrystal does not need to bring all the lawyers, parties and witnesses into court at the same time for a trial. Witnesses can be questioned by lawyers and have their testimony video-taped at their convenience. One local law firm has fixed up a large mobile van with video-tape recorders so the court can come to the witness, rather than the witness to court. Judge McCrystal edits the film in his chambers or sometimes...
...Judge McCrystal spent less than three hours reviewing the objections in the 14 trials; under the regular system he would have had to sit through 52 hours of testimony. Where the evidence is critical to the instructions to the jury, "I'd have to hear the testimony," McCrystal explained. But "it's just not necessary in a routine case...
Moreover, the 14 trials were completed in eleven working days; normally, McCrystal estimated, they would have stretched over 40 to 45 days with delays. He thinks that he could double his docket without adding personnel...