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...each other. As Portia, Peterson is the highlight of the show. Her role is difficult--she must move from a state of disillusion with her many uninspiring suitors to a state of elation upon seeing Bassanio as a new suitor. Peterson exhibits her acting ability most notably during her plea for Antonio--"The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven upon the place beneath." Peterson delivers this resonant monologue beautifully...
...case involved Robert Chambers, who was tried and convicted in 1988 for the murder of Jennifer Levin in Central Park. The episode quickly became known as the preppie murder case, attracting headlines around the world, producing a book and a movie. While the jury was out, you accepted a plea of manslaughter. Weren't you disappointed...
...trial lasted 11 weeks. The jury worked on the case for nine days, the longest deliberation of a single-defendant case in New York County history. We took the plea realizing there was not going to be a verdict. Of course I was disappointed...
...case was in my hands, and it was predictable to the detectives and all of us who worked on the case that this was the right guy -- whether or not the victim could articulate the reasons why -- and that he was a very, very dangerous man. I've taken plea bargains from defendants, settling for eight-year sentences rather than lose the cases altogether. Then the guy does his eight years and gets out and attacks somebody else. And you think to yourself, maybe if I had got 20 years...
...election, which the Prime Minister saw as a referendum on his relatively open style, brought him mixed tidings. His People's Action Party received 61% of the popular vote, 2.2% lower than the total accumulated by Lee in 1988. The vote was less a repudiation of Goh than a plea for a viable opposition to the country's ruling party...