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...four judges read the same record, the odds are that two of them will conclude exactly the opposite of what the other two conclude. Or so it seems from the endless case of Dr. Sam Sheppard, the Ohio osteopath who was convicted ten years ago for the bludgeon-murder of his wife...
Having lost in the Ohio Supreme Court, Life Prisoner Sheppard turned to the federal courts, and last year his trial record came before U.S. District Judge Carl A. Weinman. Ruling only on the question of fair trial rather than guilt or innocence, Judge Weinman concluded last July that "inflammatory" reporting by Cleveland newspapers so prejudiced Sheppard's jurors that it made his trial "a mockery of justice." Weinman's opinion, which freed Sheppard, became a milestone in the unfolding U.S. furor over the evils of "trial by newspaper...
Last week, by a vote of 2 to 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati reversed Weinman's opinion. To dissenting Judge George Edwards, a former Detroit police commissioner, the record showed a "flagrant" denial of Sheppard's constitutional rights. But to Judges Clifford O'Sullivan and Harry Phillips that was pure assumption. While praising Weinman's "commendable concern," they concluded-that Cleveland's admittedly "shabby" reporting was still not enough to prejudice Sheppard's jurors. Moreover, they went on to virtually sweep aside the entire bar position on the effects of prejudicial...
...Johnson's dirty war in Vietnam should be condemned," Barry Sheppard, editor of the Young Socialist, told 250 onlookers yesterday at the May Second Committee's largest rally to date...
...Sheppard, the opening speaker, said that the war is illegal, since it has never been declared by Congress nor discussed by the American people. "The war was started by Eisenhower, escalated by Kennedy, and brought to a peak by Johnson," he continued...