Word: prosecutors
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...might already have been decided in the abolitionists' favor. Bittaker's prosecutor had an apt beyond-the-pale phrase for Bittaker and his partner: "mutants from hell." Can they be human? Without killers in this league, more of America's logic and instinctive sense of mercy could prevail. There might be more electorates like Michigan's and more Governors like New York's who declare that capital punishment is unworthy of a decent society...
DIED. Jack ("the Dandy") Parisi, 83, natty, baggy-eyed triggerman for the infamous Murder, Inc. gang of the '30s who beat every rap brought against him save one: he served six years for narcotics trafficking; in Hazleton, Pa. Said one prosecutor of the tightlipped, Italian-born hitman: "If you hung him up by the thumbs for eight weeks, he might tell you his first name...
...Teamster tradition. In 1957 the union's president, David Beck, was found guilty of embezzlement, larceny and income tax evasion. Beck's successor, Jimmy Hoffa, got 13 years in 1964 for jury tampering, fraud and conspiracy. Williams, 67, had thrice before escaped federal conviction. Said Chief Government Prosecutor Douglas R. Roller after the verdict, "The message of the jury is clear. Such conduct will not be tolerated...
Harrelson may not have seen his last of Texas courtrooms. He could be tried again for the murder in a state court, where conviction could lead to the death penalty. Said Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Jahn, the chief prosecutor: "When Judge Wood died, justice...
...lawyers, but the money is drying up. Boston last year simply ran out of funds to pay court-appointed counsel. So did Cole County, Mo. In St. Louis in 1983, 22 attorneys are expected to handle 12,000 cases on a budget of $695,000. The city's prosecutor, by contrast, has 45 attorneys and $2.4 million. In New York City, Legal Aid Society lawyers, who handle 70% of all criminal cases in the city, are on strike, in part because they believe superiors fired one attorney for refusing to add cases to his heavy client list. Says Gary...