Word: zobel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Citing past cases, Zobel said: "The judge must, above all, use the power sparingly, and with restraint...Because [the power to overturn a verdict] is a kind of safety valve, a means of rectifying disproportionate verdicts, the test is not whether the evidence could support a verdict of second-degree murder, but whether a lesser verdict more comports with justice...
...opinion about a case that has stirred up more local public attention than any in recent memory, Zobel made it clear that his ruling was based upon law, not emotional outcry...
Healy argued that since Zobel's decision was to be announced electronically, there was "no reason to occupy residential streets with large commercial vehicles for extended periods of time...
Some who had protested the original conviction and were elated by Zobel's announcement on Monday said they doubted the ability of the jurors to make a valid decision...
...Everybody is offering an opinion on something they really don't know anything about," said Philip Cronin '53, who was a classmate of Zobel at Harvard and was president of The Crimson while Zobel was assistant sports editor...