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Horrid quasar Near or far, This truth to you I must confess; My heart for you is full of hate O super star, Imploded gas, Exploded trash, You glowing speck upon a plate. Of Einstein's world you've made a mess...
...recall anything of the defendant's background? A. He's supposed to be an ex-con, isn't he? Q. You didn't have an opinion that this man was innocent, did you? A. You mean the-the defendant? Q. Yes. This man, Speck. A. I couldn't say. Q. But you did remember that...
Embarrassment. No answer. Excused. And so, on to the next venireman in the subtle search for twelve jurors who could rightly claim to be "impartial" about the case of Richard Speck, accused of murdering eight student nurses in Chicago last July. Not one of the prospective jurors could claim that he had never heard of the case; each had to be examined closely by prosecution and defense to discover whether he had formed an opinion and how it might affect him in reaching a verdict. The selection process, called voir dire, ran through 27 days and 610 prospective jurors before...
Death Verdict? To greater or lesser extent, all of these factors weighed in the Speck voir dire. For his part, State's Attorney William Martin, 30, took a cool approach. "Where the crime speaks for itself," he said, "it is not for us to seek the sympathy of the jurors." Though he was searching for the relatives of policemen, nurses and young girls, Martin mainly focused on reactions to the most important question: "Do you have any conscientious or religious objections to the death penalty...
...Gasch said, "I see no reason why jury selection should be the slowest process in the American system of justice." The process is much swifter in federal courts, because judges-not attorneys-usually question prospective jurors. But even without the built-in difficulties of digging up unprejudiced jurors for Speck, the Peoria selection was destined by Illinois state law to be a seemingly endless process. Besides dismissal of jurors for cause, the prosecution and defense both have 20 peremptory challenges (meaning the dismissal of potential jurors without explanation) on each of the eight murder charges-making a total...