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...DEBORAH WEISSMAN National Young Judaea Haverhill, Mass...
...Paul Weissman '65, who will edit Cambridge 38, has made preliminary plans for the second and third issues. One issue on religion at Harvard is scheduled for early December, and another on graduate occupations, with articles by Harvard graduates, is planned for January...
...testimony, Gloria described in an incongruously little-girlish voice how Mark Fein had phoned her Oct. 10 in an obviously agitated state. He asked her to hurry over to the secret, $178-a-month apartment he maintained on East 63rd Street under the name Weissman to pursue his many outside interests. "I walked in and there was a big trunk in the middle of the living room," said Gloria. " 'What do you think is in the trunk?' " she quoted Fein as asking. She said she did not know, and he told her: " 'It's the body...
...typical dilemma, the D.A. was stymied by the problem of intent. Weissman was charged with first-degree murder under a law that covers any "depraved" attempt to kill people in general, though the culprit aims at no one in particular. But the law has never yet been applied successfully to an auto-murderer, only against crowd attackers using bombs or bullets. Weissman might have argued that he was simply trying to drive away from danger when Schaffer got in his way. In short, the D.A. did not think he could have proved intent to murder in general, let alone...
...prosecution next thought of second-degree murder, but that requires proof of intent to kill an individual. Seeing no other choice, the prosecution finally allowed Weissman to plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter on the theory that he would still get a rap of up to 15 years. But the D.A. guessed wrong. Accepting Weissman's plea, State Supreme Court Justice Frederick Backer mulled over a psychiatric report and gave Mike Schaffer's killer 3½ to seven years...