Word: indictment
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...Manhattan grand jury decided that he had been justified in his use of force, and declined to indict him on any charges but illegal possession of weapons. District Attorney Robert Morgenthau was criticized for a lack of vigor in pressing for a homicide indictment and for his decision not to allow any of the youths to testify. Morgenthau, who is up for re-election this year, was accused of swaying with the breeze of public opinion. Morgenthau rationalized his decision not to allow any of the youths to testify by saying that he did not want to give them automatic...
...complicated public image of Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante," seems to be shifting. The initial perception of him as a mild-mannered Clark Kent who changed into an intrepid punk stopper was certified last January when a grand jury refused to indict the weedy, self- employed engineer for attempted murder. But lately Goetz's righteous aura has been smudged by new revelations, principally that he admitted firing a bullet into one of his four victims with the words "You don't look so bad. Here's another...
...reluctant to allow any of the other three to testify before the first grand jury and thereby gain automatic immunity. He was concerned that it would appear to the grand jury that he was letting off a rather unsavory character with a previous criminal record in order to indict someone (Goetz) without one. Morgenthau says he subsequently urged one of the youths to testify before the new grand jury, but the boy's family was unwilling; it has already received 50 death threats since the shooting. The prosecutor's case against Goetz has been made more difficult by New York...
...January, after reading the report and watching a video-taped interview Goetz gave to Concord detectives, a New York grand jury decided not to indict him on the four attempted-murder charges sought by the Manhattan D.A. The jury charged Goetz only with illegal weapons possession. At week's end Troy Canty, one of Goetz's victims, decided to testify against the gunman, without immunity from prosecution. His testimony could constitute "new information," which would be grounds for resubmitting the case to a second grand jury...
...scheme had started, according to the indictment, in 1982, when Edwards was a private attorney between terms as Governor. His initial alleged co- conspirators were another attorney and a former state health official. Edwards is accused of concealing his partial ownership of four hospital corporations, reporting nearly $2 million in income from their sale as attorney's fees. When he became Governor again in 1984, the indictment claims, Edwards declared a moratorium on the issuance of all new certificates but exempted eight pending projects, five of which belonged to his associates. Edwards and the others are charged under the same...