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...meeting with the Liberals, Williams roused the audience with a stirring plea for unity. "We shall never be forgiven-nor should we be," she said, "if we allow struggles over personalities or the pursuit of advantage for one party over the other to deflect us from our purpose." The alliance, she said, would be "nothing less than a new beginning for Britain and our battered and unhappy world...
Jury trials are actually not as common as is generally believed. Of all the criminal jury trials in the world, some 80% occur in the U.S. Yet more than 90% of all cases in the U.S. never come before a jury. Most litigants plea bargain, settle out of court or opt for trial before only a judge. Still, some 300,000 cases a year do come before a jury...
...prosecution. The Government, according to a lawyer familiar with the case, decided he was competent to stand trial and was probably sane when he shot Reagan. Hinckley and his lawyers now have 30 days to decide whether to plead not guilty by reason of insanity or to change his plea to guilty. He faces five terms of life imprisonment...
Salvucci's union suffered the heaviest job losses and was the last to sign the agreement. Its members were persuaded in part by the magnanimous example of Shop Steward Jim Healy, 30, a Bulletin pressman for 13 years. In a brief, impassioned plea, Healy urged the membership to ratify the agreement, though it meant his own dismissal. The pressmen had been especially reluctant to sign because their contract, unlike those of the other unions, contains a "uniformity clause" that could allow concessions granted to the Bulletin to be extended to Philadelphia's Inquirer and Daily News...
...taken back aboard. If the FAA rules against him, however, he then has 20 days to file an appeal before the Merit Systems Protection Board, a federal arbitration agency. If the board affirms the firing, a controller may still take his case to the U.S. courts. If that plea fails, a controller would best be advised to start circulating his resume...