Word: writting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...court. By contrast, Stephens had been a cooperative witness. His lawyers argued that there was no reason to believe that he would not testify; there had been no actual threats on his life. Taking the case to a Memphis Circuit Court, Gipson and Friedman won a plea for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that Stephens had been denied due process and that his bail was excessive...
...such contemporary traumas is that no one does much about them onscreen; the folks just sit around talking about their problems and drinking black coffee in the kitchen. The only time there is any live action in the typical soaper, it seems, is Friday. That's when the writ ers always slip in the "tease" that will lure the listeners back on Monday...
Dangerous Gamble. Jurors are not expected to buck directed verdicts. But in days gone by, they took more of a risk than did Solana. In 16th century England, the remote ancestor of today's directed verdict was called a writ of attaint; under it a judge could refuse to accept any jury verdict he did not like, no matter what the evidence. A new trial was then held, with a larger jury. If the new jury agreed with the judge, the original jurors could '"themselves be imprisoned and their wives and children thrust out of doors." That highhanded...
...Moving Finger writes; and, having writ...
Ever More Ridiculous. Editorial writ ers have been convicted for calling De Gaulle a "liar," and Political Writer Alfred Fabre-Luce was fined $300 for describing him as "a combination of Machiavelli and Cyrano de Bergerac." Truth is no defense. Former Cabinet Minister Henry Lemery, 93, was found guilty and fined for writing that De Gaulle, as the leader of Free French forces during World War II, personally ordered attacks against Vichy French garrisons in Dakar and Algeria-even though most historians now agree that he did just that. The government indicted the anti-Gaullist weekly Minute on charges...