Word: owen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frome is going up this weekend, the first of the Ex's six shows. The adaptation (by Donald and Owen Davis) is little-known, though it was successful on Broadway in the 1930s and again on a rief tour in the '70s But while those productions demanded an elaborate naturalistic set--not the Ex's style, to be sure--director Bill Rausch is exploring the effects of gray paint and suspended bare trees (borrowed from the Harvard Forest) to create the "cold, stagnant environment where nothing ever changes"--the one usually associated with Wharton's spare style...
Your story on Jailhouse Lawyer Richard Owen [Sept. 21] makes the criminal a hero. We give praise to Mr. Owen for his fine accomplishments, which came about because he shot a policeman who was performing his duty...
...Social Democrats, who are already the most potent new force to arrive on the British political scene since the Labor Party itself was formed in 1900. The S.D.P. was founded last spring by the so-called Gang of Four-former Labor Cabinet Ministers Williams, Roy Jenkins, David Owen and William Rodgers-after longstanding differences between Labor's left and right wings finally seemed irreconcilable. The Social Democrats now have only 16 M.P.s-15 disaffected Laborites and one ex-Tory-but have built up wide public support for their moderate views. Party leaders endorse British membership in the European Community, nuclear...
...Owen occasionally has been allowed, at the judges' discretion, to appear in court on behalf of his prisoner clients. He usually shows up wearing handcuffs and a yellow leisure suit, his papers in a briefcase made by a fellow convict. In 1978, he won freedom for Elisar Yzaguirre, who was serving a life sentence for kidnaping, when he persuaded the judge to downgrade his client's offense to unlawful confinement. Such victories have helped Owen compile a record that many an appellate attorney would envy: in 25% of his cases, the clients have won at least some relief...
Although he can still appear in federal courts, Owen is no longer allowed to take part in state proceedings. A year ago, Indiana's chief justice concluded that since Owen is not a member of the bar (he has only a junior college degree, earned in prison), he could not represent others. Nevertheless, he is free to write briefs for fellow prisoners, which can be polished and signed by full-fledged lawyers. Last March Owen helped win a reversal of a murder conviction for Isadore Serrano. He argued that the case had posed a conflict of interest because Serrano...