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...most hated lawyer in America," died Monday in New York of a heart attack. The radical barrister, once "special trial counsel" to Martin Luther King Jr., made a national name for himself defending the Chicago Seven and, more recently, such diverse and controversial figures as Indian activist Leonard Peltier, flag burner Gregory Johnson, mob boss John Gotti and Washington, D.C. Mayor Mayor Marion Barry. "He was definitely one of the leading left-of-center lawyers in this century," says legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "His cases showed the country that it was divided on many issues. But he was criticised late...
Chasing a man they suspected had stolen a pair of boots, the G-men stumbled into an AIM camp and, perhaps understandably, a fire fight broke out, at the end of which the agents were dead. Three AIM members were charged with their murder. Two were acquitted, but Leonard Peltier, who was tried separately, was convicted on the basis of evidence the film insists -- quite convincingly -- was trumped up. He continues to serve double life sentences...
...staged, is unpersuasively upbeat, given the brutality and helplessness of life on the reservation that the movie has so indelibly impressed upon us. Incident at Oglala is, by contrast, evasive about a significant point. One comes away from it convinced that the men accused of this crime (including Leonard Peltier) were victimized by the FBI and prosecutors in need of hasty revenge for the death of two of their own. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the agents were executed by shots fired at close range after they were wounded and defenseless. One cannot completely sympathize with a movement that does...
...Harvard streak began in the 200-yd. backstroke, when freshman Paul Watson earned his second championship of the meet, touching just ahead of senior Jeffrey Peltier to give the Crimson a 1-2 finish...
...Backstroke: 1. Paul Watson, HARVARD, 1:51.36; 2. Jeffrey Peltier, HARVARD, 1:52.04; 3. Mike Ross, Princeton, 1:52.19; 13. Andy Pardieck, HARVARD, 1:56.04; 15. Paul Ryder, HARVARD...