Word: suspects
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fictionalizations, presented a symbolically credible portrait of moral chaos in Nixon's White House. Both King and Ruby and Oswald claim to be based on fact -and contain obvious inaccuracies. But such things matter less than the grand design-the overall impression that the facts, both real and suspect, deliver...
Many of Carter's budget decisions came down on the side of the young, the black, the poor, the small businessman. Small was beautiful, large was suspect. Yet the mathematician in Carter dragged him to the understanding that he had to entice corporate America to greater efforts through tax incentives. The welfare of Ms little people depended...
Local prosecutors select their career violators using individual systems. Louisville targets suspects with two previous felony convictions or five arrests. Washington concentrates on parolees who are arrested again, for a crime of violence; Detroit zeros in on three-time offenders charged with murder, rape, household burglary and armed robbery. Boston uses a "case evaluation form," based on a ten-point penalty system. Penalty points are given for brutality, use of firearms, parole or bail status at the time of the crime, and even strength of the evidence against the suspect. Any suspect who gets ten points or more gets...
Once identified and apprehended, a career criminal will find his case assigned to a district attorney for start-to-finish prosecution. With a light case load (one-third that of other prosecutors), the D.A. usually seeks high bail, or no bail, to keep the suspect in jail, refuses to plea bargain, and pushes for an early trial...
Reluctant witnesses, who tend to disappear, thus scuttling the prosecution's case, are cajoled into court. Several prosecutors have allowed defense attorneys to look through all police evidence against the suspect in an "open file" policy, to prevent long courtroom delays for "discovery." Says Washington Attorney Charles Work, who started the program in 1975 when he was with LEAA: "These cases get the same attention they'd receive in a small town. It's not a concentration of resources against an individual. It's a simple effort to keep the important cases from falling apart...