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...alone, you gave it 106 lines of news and 225 lines of editorial and on April you returned to the charge. Both news and editorial were written by the reporter-a curious procedure and one that involved much rehashing of the material. I presume that the breathless quality of Ms. Russell's prose--with its "parody" of justice, its hushed courtroom and bursts of applause and rounds of chuckles, its tear-stained mother and then the man "wearing a grieved face"--can be attributed to haste and high feeling. Ms. Russell's and Mr. Ezera's emotions are understandalbe...
...Ms. Russell describes the trial as a parody "meant for the stage," a spectacle of "ignorance." And Mr. Ezera tells us that the "trial represented a stripping of students from the cocoon of middle-class isolation" (sic) and "a rude awakening to the blatant racism inherent in the American judicial system." "During the trial," he says, "I felt as though someone were out there...
Chief Justice Elam did not "duck" a difficult trial; he was involved throughout the afternoon in a more difficult case. Had Ms. Russell wished to know where he was, she had only to ask any of the prosecutors or court officers. Justice Elam was presiding over a three-hour hearing to determine whether probably cause existed to charge a man with attempted murder...
Associate Justice Charles Grabau was described by Ms. Russell as "white," while certain defendants were described either as "Chicano" or "Hispanic." Justice Grabau grew up in Cuba, only leaving when his family fled Castro's regime...
...sinister machinations which Ms. Russell's articles seemed to suggest are not supported by the facts. While she is certainly entitled to have a particular view of the judicial system in this Commonwealth, she also has an obligation to refrain from allowing these opinions to color her presentation of the news. Peter R. Huntsman...