Word: prosecutors
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...final position closely followed Shultz's recommendations, and the Administration quite consciously played up Shultz's role in presenting it, to the nation and the world. The U.S., Reagan decided, would play the part of prosecutor in the court of world opinion, presenting evidence of wanton Soviet destruction of civilian lives and demanding an accounting. But the U.S. would talk reprisal principally in the area of the crime, the field of civil aviation. The response had to be measured, acceptable to allies and domestic public opinion. This way the dispute would be seen not as a superpower confrontation...
...started at the University of Washington as the Depression began and returned to Everett with a law degree, taking a job with the new Federal Emergency Relief Administration. But his notions of public service were more ambitious. At 26, he was elected Snohomish County prosecutor; then in 1940, a year after Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mr. Jackson was sent there for real, elected to the House. He caught the nation's eye by speaking out early on against the witch-hunting excesses of the House Un-American Activities Committee. In 1952 Jackson won election to the Senate over...
...trial drew capacity crowds, including families of the accused, Air Force and Army officers and observers from the U.S. and British embassies. In arguments before Dumbutshena, who is Zimbabwe's first black judge, the government prosecutor used signed confessions from the defendants to bolster claims that the men were recruited for the attack by South African agents. According to the prosecution, one officer admitted the bombing was intended to bring about the fall of Mugabe's government...
...agreed-on noncooperation as well between the federal and local authorities. A critical role in the case was played by Samuel Brown, 43, a Brink's suspect who provided FBI agents with crucial early information, which he later claimed was coerced out of him. Questions were raised among prosecutors as to whether some of Brown's statements could be used against him in any trial. Brown does not face any federal charges, but Gribetz wants to try him in Goshen. In order to avoid tainting his case, the local prosecutor insists that he deliberately never examined any evidence...
...well. Apart from whoever took them, anyone in the Reagan camp who used the papers could conceivably be found guilty of receiving stolen goods. If any evidence of theft or bribery develops, the Justice Department will presumably determine whether it will prosecute or recommend the appointment of a special prosecutor...