Word: prolix
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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When Dewey became Manhattan's district attorney, Fuld headed his indictments bureau and soon became a leading criminal-law reformer. Appalled at the prolix, mumbo-jumbo language of indictments, he boiled the lengthy forms into two or three precise sentences. Fuld's forms are still in use throughout the state. By weeding out other legal technicalities, such as overly narrow categories of larceny, which left loopholes for the guilty, Fuld earned high praise from at least one leading judge, who wrote to urge his elevation to New York's top court. Governor Dewey soon obliged...