Word: panels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Constantine Fafoutis accused him of "inflicting le thal injuries" on his wife Eugenie, and asked for an indictment (TIME, Aug. 31). Greek Shipping Magnate Stavros Niarchos insisted that he had bruised her only while attempting to revive her after she had taken an overdose of barbiturates. Last week a panel of three judges sided with the defendant and ruled that "no charges should be pressed. After telephoning the good news to his uncle, Niarchos' Nephew Constantine Dracopoulos announced to newsmen: "Mr. Niarchos never doubted that Greek justice, with its reputation for strict impartiality and fairness, would finally vindicate...
Appearing on a panel discussion of the race question, Guinier gave an impassioned condemnation of white liberals who had sat idly by as blacks fought for black studies and other improvements in the University...
Last week the panel of ten whites and two blacks answered in the affirmative. After deliberating for 33 hours over six days-longer than any other jury in Connecticut's history-it convicted McLucas of conspiracy to murder for his role in the 1969 slaying of Alex Rackley. The maximum punishment is 15 years. At the same time, the jurors acquitted McLucas of three other charges that carried heavier penalties, including the capital offense of kidnaping resulting in death...
...President's person, more and more people seem to do it. From 2,400 reported threats in 1965, the number rose to 12,800 last year; in 1970, it will probably reach 15,000. Now Secret Service agents have another reason to be nervous. A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, divided two to one, has narrowed the grounds for conviction. The majority opinion, written by Judge J. Braxton Craven Jr., held that a threat to the President could lead to a verdict of guilty "only if made with the present intention to do injury...
...intervene vigorously in local housing disputes, even where federal subsidies are involved. George Romney, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, told a congressional committee last week that Washington would not cut off such funds as a means of compelling local action to facilitate residential integration. A presidential advisory panel had urged the White House to use the withholding of subsidies as a weapon, a measure favored by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. As in the school desegregation area, the federal judiciary is ahead of the executive. Items...