Word: zobel
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CAMBRIDGE: Shock waves continue to reverberate through the American legal system one day after Judge Hiller Zobel's surprise decision to free a British au pair convicted by a jury of murder. Aghast, prosecution attorneys swore vengeance for baby Matthew Eappen. Others were uneasy at the way Zobel had imposed his will over the jury?s. "We are a system that believes in juries," said TIME National Correspondent and former civil rights lawyer Adam Cohen. "When a judge steps in, you have...
...Meanwhile, at least one woman didn?t get the news via television or computer screen. Facing Judge Zobel for sentencing, Louise Woodward learned her fate the old-fashioned way: word of mouth...
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...decision that delighted the English and polarized America. "It is a little troubling," confessed TIME National Correspondent (and former civil rights lawyer) Adam Cohen. "We are a system that believes in juries. When a judge steps in, you have to ask why." Nevertheless, Zobel ruled earlier, there had been no malice in Woodward's actions ? and therefore her murder conviction was invalid...