Word: verdicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...verdict seems fair," said Greaney yesterday...
...went to the Garden, to watch his beloved Celtics, with a beeper just in case the jury returned a verdict that evening. A car waited for him outside the area to take him to Providence where the trial was being held...
...verdict "will not close the chapter on investigations," said Emilio Mignone, a leading human rights activist. "It will do just the opposite, prolong them indefinitely." Indeed, attention quickly turned to the 1,700 cases pending against 300 or so lower-ranking military officers charged with carrying out the dirty war. Said Mignone: "There have to be more trials of military leaders...
There was a promising sign last week that the country is indeed heading in the right direction. A few hours before the verdict in the junta trial was delivered, the government announced that it had lifted a 60-day state of siege under which constitutional guarantees against arbitrary arrest had been suspended. Alfonsin declared the siege in October to clamp down on an alleged conspiracy by twelve right-wing officers and civilians to disrupt the Nov. 3 congressional elections. The siege ended 15 days ahead of schedule. In that instance, as in so many others, Alfonsin appeared to have moved...
...last week was due to review the decision. He could uphold, overturn or reduce the award. Journalists, high-priced lawyers, Wall Street traders and more than 200 onlookers last Tuesday squeezed into a cramped fifth-floor room in the Harris County Civil Courts Building, anticipating a decision. Casseb's verdict was expected at 1:30 p.m., but after taking the bench he called a recess so Pennzoil and Texaco could conduct last-minute discussions. Finally, at 5:17 p.m., the judge read his ruling: the jury's decision will stand. On top of the award would go $3 million...