Word: nichole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minded answers in court that contradicted computer predictions. A tip revealed that far from being the regular Methodist churchgoer she claimed to be, she had actually quit her church after an unsuccessful fight to oust a minister she considered too liberal. She was dismissed for cause by Judge Fred Nichol because of her lack of candor...
...Nichol, who is doing all the juror questioning himself, is frankly impressed with the team's techniques and is using some questions it suggests. Soon the panel will be whittled down to 38 possible jurors who have not been disqualified for cause; the prosecution will then have six peremptory challenges, the defense 20. Means and Banks will exercise the final say as to how the defense uses its challenges...
Though many lawyers are interested in the Schulman technique, there is also some skepticism. Ramsey Clark, one of the defense attorneys at Harrisburg, observes, "Generalizations developed through sociological data can be very misleading. They can be used to reinforce prejudice as well as eliminate it." Judge Nichol is far more enthusiastic: "I can see the Government adopting this system some...
Judge Fred Nichol (a folksy, jocular man who tries so hard to make jurors feel comfortable that they feel ill at ease) said that newspapermen were too tough to be influenced by the government. The prosecutor, a Young Republican type, said, "I'm not aware of any law forbidding conversations between agents of the federal government and newspaper editors!" He glanced at the spectators to see how his remark had come...
McGuane carries the process of Tom's self-definition to its ultimate conclusion as Tom persists in his ambition and courts inevitable mortal opposition from old-timer Nichol Dance over his share in Key West's tourist guiding trade...