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...cars parked on a siding. While none of the passenger cars turned over, 25 ft. of the Silver Star's stainless-steel skin was peeled back, ripping out seats and killing five men and two women. "Glass and metal were flying in," said Dave Elmers, a passenger from West Palm Beach, Fla. "It just opened up that train like a sardine can." Said Steven Clark, a passenger from Philadelphia who was thrown from the train by the collision: "It was devastating...
...court of public opinion, as the Palm Beach rape case proved again last week, the rules can be merciless compared with those of a court of law. In the | public eye, a defendant may be judged guilty until proved innocent, all evidence is admissible, all tactics are acceptable. Perhaps with that in mind, the defense team for William Kennedy Smith continues to rake through his alleged victim's history in search of scandal. But last week the prosecution resurrected some ghosts from Willy's past -- ghosts who may yet come to haunt him even if they never have their...
...latest headlines erupted when prosecutor Moira Lasch disclosed that she had found three more women who would swear that William Kennedy Smith had attacked them. Even if their testimony is ruled inadmissible, the prosecutor has won an early tactical victory. "In a high-publicity case," observes West Palm Beach defense attorney Craig Boudreau, "what you say in court isn't necessarily what's going to win the case...
...silent. "There weren't any other witnesses, and I felt that it wouldn't be believed," says one, who is now a physician. Why not? "Because I know how powerful his family is, and he does seem to be such an upstanding student." But when they read about the Palm Beach case, they all reconsidered...
...probably be a hearing to decide whether the women's testimony is admissible. The defense lawyers asked for a postponement to investigate the latest charges. They also argued for the trial to be moved to a different location, on the ground that an impartial jury cannot be found in Palm Beach County...