Word: prosecutor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hill change her answers to questions about whether Senate staffers ever discussed with her the possibility of Thomas's withdrawing over her allegations? Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), a former prosecutor, says such flipflopping constitutes perjury. We agree...
...sample Carlson's interview technique in this week's issue by reading her Q. and A. with veteran Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein. With her new duties, Carlson has to apportion her reporting time more carefully than ever -- even when keeping to her schedule means taking a bumpy flight. "I can't say, 'I'll catch up with you later,' " she laughs. "I have to get on the plane and fly through thunder and lightning...
...enough inconsistencies in a story, they may reject the story. And if some acts are consensual and others aren't, you have to separate these for a jury. We've had a lot of experience where victims have used alcohol leading up to what becomes a sexual assault. A prosecutor should be able to present a picture that says yes, she did x, y and z, and that's what made her more vulnerable, that's what made her less able to repel an attacker. You have to get the jury to see that you may not want to take...
INTERVIEW Veteran prosecutor Linda Fairstein on convicting rapists...
...There he was booked for espionage but, astonishingly, was released by a magistrate on $30,000 bail. The magistrate's reasoning: that since Wolf had turned himself in, there was little likelihood that he would try to flee the country. The ruling was promptly appealed by Germany's chief prosecutor, Alexander von Stahl, and Wolf was put in investigative custody. A ruling on the appeal could come this week and set Wolf free...