Word: prosecutors
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Archibald Cox '34, Loeb University Professor and former Watergate special prosecutor, Saturday became chairman of Common Cause, the Washington-based public interest lobby...
...went after corruption among government officials--especially Democrats, not out of any overwhelming hatred for them, but because, as Hartley observes, most government officials in the northern district of Illinois are Democrats. His high-profile method worked, and Thompson became a successful prosecutor in terms of convictions and in terms of popularity with the media and the public...
...courtroom in Winamac, Ind., last week, former Watergate Prosecutor James F. Neal was asking prospective jurors in his Tennessee drawl what cars they owned and whether they had heard of Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader. When Raymond Schramm responded that a member of his family had a 1976 Pinto, the attorney, now representing the Ford Motor Co., asked him if that might affect his judgment. "I don't think so," Schramm replied. "I used to drive a Corvair...
...Indiana trial grew out of a 1978 accident involving a 1973 Pinto that was hit from the rear by a van; the Pinto's gas tank burst, flames erupted, and three teen-age girls in the car burned to death. To win his case, Prosecutor Michael Cosentino must prove that 1) the fuel-tank design was extremely dangerous, 2) Ford was aware of that fact but chose not to correct the problem, and 3) the design led to the girls' deaths. The judge is expected to rule this week on the critical question of whether the purported Ford...