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These cases involve many personal judgments both as to what behavior is cloudy enough to warrant rejection of a gift and upon what evidence and by whom these judgements may be made...
...Fourth Amendment. In its last session, the Court carved out an exception to the so-called exclusionary rule which maintained that illegally obtained evidence could not be used in a criminal trail. Now, the Justices say if police officers happen to overstep the boundries of their search warrant but were neverthelss acting in good faith, the evidence may be used in trial. If any more such whittling occurs, lawyers warn, that precious article which guards against arbitrary searches and seizures many be come an artifact in legal history...
Female actresses had been allowed onstage by royal warrant since 1660. Fraser estimates that while one quarter were professionals, most women used the stage to display their wares and attract protectors. Elizabeth Barry, considered the leading actress of the Restoration, was involved with the Earl of Rochester and bore him a child in poverty...
Understandably shaken, Buscetta fled back to Brazil, though not to the obscurity he sought. In October 1983, Brazilian authorities picked him up on an Italian warrant and made plans to extradite him to Italy. Fearing what awaited him, the hunted boss of two worlds unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide by taking strychnine. Facing a probable prison sentence and Mafia vengeance, he decided to talk...
...meet the stringent "probable cause" requirement, under which they virtually had to prove in advance that a suspect was guilty. Now a "reasonable basis" for believing that the person sought has committed a crime is sufficient. In practice, this means that they provide a certified copy of the arrest warrant, "a summary of the facts of the case, of the relevant evidence and of the conclusions reached." Once extradited, a person can be jailed until his trial, which may be months later...