Word: rape
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...north of Tokyo. The sex directives are part of a 45-page code of conduct issued to 6,840 members of the Saitama police force. The handbook, which also includes strictures against drinking and bribe taking, was prompted by the rising crime rate among police in Japan. Following the rape-murder of a college student by a bachelor cop last year, one Tokyo newspaper sagely observed that despite the police force's proud record of professionalism, "under the uniform there is nothing but naked flesh...
...Last month in New York, the conviction of Eric Michael, 24, for robbery, burglary, rape and sodomy was overturned because he had been tried twice for the same crime. The first trial had been terminated by Criminal Judge Arnold G. Fraiman...
...leniency. Instead, they are apt to plead not guilty but waive their right to a jury trial because they know waivers judges will go easy on them. Too easy, complain Philadelphia prosecutors. In White's court, defendants convicted of shootings and stabbings get off on probation; attempted rape of a girl of 16 by three men with criminal records got the three only six to 23 months in jail...
...nuclear physicist, a Tennessee boy convinced he's in the midst of the Civil War, and a roomful of scantily clad nymphomaniacs, all of whom give the hero something to think about. If you imagine that the film's basic situation, and its episodes of violence (a riot, a rape, an attempted lynching) have possible metaphorical significance regarding the American soul, you're right, but it's a good idea not to think about it too seriously...
...judges, particularly elected judges, will grand stand. In short, that defendants will be deprived of their right to a fair trial. Foes of televised trials, who include many on the bench and in the bar, also fear that cameras will invade the privacy of defendants and witnesses, especially in rape cases or seamy divorces...