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...court found Kelleher not guilty of a lesser charge of “intimidation,” according to Middlesex D.A. spokeswoman Kathryn Norton. The case was heard as a “bench trial??—where the judge is the sole adjudicator of guilt and sentence—as opposed to a jury trial...
...several surprising developments have brought Zacarias Moussaoui’s trial to the covers of major dailies around the world. Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan descent, is in the penalty phase of his federal trial, having already plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. The trial??s latest revelation was that Carla J. Martin, a lawyer for the Transportation Security Administration, had coached several aviation officials who were scheduled to testify for the prosecution. In light of these facts, District Judge Leonie Brinkema last Tuesday decided to exclude the testimony of any witnesses...
...paid to take a position,” Abrams said. “The notion that somehow, some member of the media...is less credible than someone being paid to advocate for somebody is an absurdity.” He also attacked the belief that media somehow affects a trial??s result, a sentiment shared by the other panelists. “It’s such an easy scapegoat to blame the media,” Abrams said. “I don’t buy the argument that media coverage somehow leads to a particular...
...intelligent design.”The national debate about intelligent design marks the latest front in the battle between proponents of teaching creationism and evolution in public schools. The century-old debate, which reached a pinnacle in the media with the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial??, has surfaced anew with the emergence of intelligent design.Intelligent design refers to the theory that while evolution can explain some natural phenomena, other aspects of life are too complex to be a result of randomized natural selection, and thus must have come from an “intelligent designer...
...April 1991, and had an outstanding warrant against him because he had failed to register with SORB as a sex offender. In court last Thursday, Vick admitted to sufficient facts—in effect, acknowledging that the Commonwealth has sufficient evidence to find him guilty and forgoing a trial??on all three counts with which he was charged, according to Middlesex District Attorney spokeswoman Emily LaGrassa. Cambridge District Court Judge Severlin Singleton sentenced Vick to three concurrent sentences in a house of corrections: 30 days for his failure to register as a sex offender, two years for trespassing...