Word: retrial
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story the critics have cited concerns a 1972 decision, Moore vs. Illinois, that denied a new trial to a man who faced a life sentence for murdering a bartender in a tavern quarrel. As the book tells it, Brennan favored a retrial but decided to join in the majority opinion. Reason: Brennan was concerned that Harry Blackmun, who wrote the opinion, would be "personally offended" if he dissented and thus might not support him in other cases. New York Times Columnist Anthony Lewis decided to probe this account of cynical legal horse-trading, which the book suggested was based...
September-October 1978. Representative Daniel Flood, 76, Pennsylvania Democrat, was indicted for taking more than $50,000 in bribes. His trial ended in a hung jury. Flood, who has suffered a variety of illnesses, resigned his seat. A federal judge last week ruled him mentally competent to face retrial later this month...