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An Asian-American guard said last week a supervisor sexually harassed her in 1990, and a former guard said yesterday officials put him on probation because he is Black.
Johnson also said Harvard officials once placedhim on probation for six months after a whiteguard falsely accused him of stealing. He said theformer head of security often harassed minorityguards.
The action centers, naturally enough, on the judge, who sits behind his desk in the front of the room. The assistant clerk, the probation officer, and the lawyers buzz about the judge like workers attending the queen bee. They all mumble, and it is difficult to her the proceedings when...
The defendant always understands, of course. He has a limited set of options. He can demand to continue with the case, and take more days off from work, and pay more court fees, and spend more days waiting in the dimly lit back of the courtroom. Or he can pay...
The process continues, and there are not windows of clocks to mark time. The probation officer off each defendant's record, and they all sound the same; shoplifting in 1983, disorderly person in 1984 continued without a finding, 1986 driving after suspension, default in 1988 on a possession of Class...