Word: rightfully
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Harmless Error. The Warren court imposed that "fundamental" right on the states in 1965. But last week, in the case of Alex Evans, the Burger court limited the right somewhat. Evans was charged as one of the murderers of three policemen who were found handcuffed together with multiple gunshot wounds in the backs of their heads. At Evans' trial, a Georgia prisoner testified that he had heard one of the murder defendants say: "If it hadn't been for that dirty son of a bitch Alex Evans, we wouldn't be in this now." The trial judge...
Crucial Fifth. Justice John Harlan did not agree that the evidence was "peripheral," but he did concur in upholding the conviction. He argued that exceptions to the hearsay rule should not be weighed against the Sixth Amendment confrontation right at all. Instead, he gave priority to the due process clauses of the Fifth and 14th amendments, which, he says, ask whether or not the contested evidence compromised a fair trial. In Evans, he concluded that...
...with a pinpoint pass. He has the height to see over mountainous linemen and the speed (10.2 sec. for the 100-yd. dash) to turn the ends for long gainers. Beyond that, he possesses that rare quality that marks all great quarterbacks: the instinct to call the right play at the right time...
...second shattering event of 1970 was the biggest collapse in U.S. corporate history. On June 21 the Penn Central Transportation Co., owner of the nation's largest railroad, went bankrupt. The Penn Central had long been a victim of mismanagement and executive infighting, but it was pushed right off the tracks by its inability to refinance $152 million of its commercial paper. Such paper is a form of unsecured, short-term IOU. When money became difficult to borrow from banks, scores of corporations issued commercial paper to raise funds. Because such securities are usually bought by other companies that...
...Research Center, reported that the consumer's confidence is low and still falling, largely because he is worried about his job security and about a prolonged recession. In marked contrast to earlier years, says Katona, today's consumers spend money freely only when they are in the right mood to do so, rather than because they urgently need goods and services. Katona believes that buying habits are more affected than they once were by such problems as racial conflicts, student riots, crime, even pollution...