Word: midtrial
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PERHAPS THE STRONGEST argument advanced against a Helms trial drew heavily on the complications resulting from efforts by Helms' counsel to subpoena sensitive national security documents to use in the courtroom proceedings, a move that might have forced prosecutors to dismiss the case in midtrial. This contention, however, does not bear up under close scrutiny. All requested materials of this nature would have been referred directly to the trial judge, who would have determined each document's relevance. Handing over this weighty responsibility to a presumably independent judge unhindered by political considerations would have proven to be the wisest move...
Despite such stresses, Calley has demonstrated throughout a remarkable restraint, a stiff refusal to lapse into bitterness. He refuses to hate the Army or the country, or even the man trying to take away his life and freedom. At midtrial, Calley said of the Army prosecutor, Captain Aubrey M. Daniel: "He's just doing his job." When Daniel ended the trial with a devastating, impassioned plea for conviction, Calley remarked afterward and with obvious sincerity: "I think he did a great...