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Bonanno. Joseph Messina, 43, is already acting as boss of the family, according to Franceschini. He had been a capo for only four years, when his superior, Philip Rastelli, 68, was indicted in the commission case. (Rastelli has a heart condition and will stand trial alone when his health permits.) Messina promptly took over Rastelli's role...
Shortly after the takeover, the university obtained a temporary restraining order from a Superior Court judge barring the protesters from occupying Munson Hall, said Associate Chancellor James Leheny...
...principal owners of the tow service, Walter Tauro and Richard J. Bonnell, are among 23 persons and one company arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court on November 7 for allegedly making fraudulent claims amounting to approximately $500,000 from the National Grange Insurance Co. in New Hampshire. A trial date has been set for July...
...contrast to the engrossing banalities of People's Court, the newer shows are filled with hokey courtroom theatrics. Defendants leap to their feet to protest adverse testimony, judges are portrayed as benevolent father figures ("This job sure gets to you once in a while," muttered Superior Court's Burns after one tough decision), and surprise witnesses abound. Viewers of Divorce Court have grown accustomed to salacious testimony that borders on parody. (Cross-examining lawyer to grocery delivery boy: "Aren't you the one ^ who propositioned Mrs. Cullen at the produce department, saying she was 'ripe and ready to eat?' " Delivery...
...judge doing on TV what I did for 20 years on the bench," says Keene of Divorce Court. People's Court, still the genre's great original, has clearly increased public understanding of small-claims procedures. "It tends to demystify the court system," says Wapner. The Judge and Superior Court have drawn good ratings in their initial weeks -- and another legal show, Parole Board, will debut in January -- but the jury is still out on whether TV viewers really want that much education in the law. Or whether, like the nation's real judiciary, TV's court system has already...