Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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The inquest may or may not solve the basic mysteries of the case-not all of the unanswered questions are legally relevant. If Kennedy is exonerated of any suspicion of guilt, the inquest and transcript will become public. Kennedy has promised his own report on the case if the judge...
When and Why? Originally, an inquest open to the press was to have begun Sept. 3 in Edgartown. But Kennedy's lawyers successfully petitioned the Massachusetts Supreme Court to have the hearing held in secret. Kennedy feared that the inquest would be conducted in effect as an adversary proceeding...
Judge Boyle announced none of his ground rules for the inquest beforehand. He will probably call the eleven guests from the cookout first and then the local witnesses. Attorneys Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham, the two men other than Kennedy who know the most about what happened on the night...
For all the considerable lacunae of the case, the speculation about Edward Kennedy's odd, harrowing night revolves about two central questions: Could he have saved Mary Jo's life by seeking help swiftly, as Diver John Farrar, who recovered Mary Jo's body, claims? Was Kennedy...
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