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...Oblique Rap. Hoover placed much of the blame for rising crime rates on the courts: "I have often said there is too much concern on the part of our federal, state and local courts for the rights of the individual charged with a crime. I think he is entitled to his civil rights, but I think the citizens of this country ought to be able to walk all of the streets of our cities without being mugged, raped or robbed. The rights of the law-abiding citizens are not being given sufficient consideration. In my opinion the courts in some...
...Hull House. The press found her positively closemouthed about her private life. "We New Englanders like to keep ourselves to ourselves," she said. She was brisk with reporters. "When I was a child," she said, "my father used to rap on the table and say, 'Don't waste people's time with vaporings. If you have anything to say, say it definitely and stop...
...Belts v. Brady (1942) said that "shocking" circumstances would require court-appointed lawyers for indigents in noncapital cases. But the court ruled that Smith Betts, a jobless Maryland farm hand, did not meet the test and upheld his eight-year rap for robbery...
...Mallory v. U.S. (1957) forbade federal (but not state) police to use statements produced during prolonged pre-commitment interrogation. That rule saved Andrew Mallory from a death sentence for rape in Washington, D.C. In 1960, Mallory raped a woman in Philadelphia, was convicted, and is now serving a state rap of 1½ to 23 years...
...opinion reversing a $200,000 state tax claim against a now defunct investment company that allegedly milked millions from trusting shareholders. Whatever the facts, it was only last year that evidence began mounting against the three elderly jurists. For federal tax evasion, Welch received a three-year rap but stayed on the bench pending his appeal. For the same charge, Corn pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) and served six months of an 18-month sentence...