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Word: raindropped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...murder of three policemen. Despite the five-lawyer defense team, which included William Kunstler, Brown won a limited right to act as his own co-counsel. In a rambling opening statement he told the jury, "Truth is the eye of the storm and I myself no more than a raindrop looking for a fertile place to fall." He never directly answered the charges or appeared as a witness under oath, and the chief defense contention seemed to be only that the defendants had all been innocent bystanders. The jury deliberated for three days and convicted all four of the robbery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Verdicts | 4/9/1973 | See Source »

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