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...They're not going to shoot us; it's not Iraq. We might have to pay a fine and serve a little time in jail.' TED STEVENS, Alaska Senator, caught on a taped phone conversation played during his corruption trial...
...Turkey Coup Trial Gets a Shaky Start Chaos erupted at the opening of a trial for 86 people accused of plotting to overthrow Turkey's Islamic-leaning government, forcing a halt in proceedings and prompting a judge to be removed from the case. The defendants--including retired generals, journalists and lawyers--are charged with belonging to a secret group called Ergenekon, which prosecutors say planned a campaign of violence to oust a leadership it saw as threatening Turkey's secular constitution...
...will hear testimony in coming weeks" in a wide variety of cases [The World, Oct. 20]. You should know better. The Supreme Court hears oral argument on legal issues only. Any testimony--which is defined as fact- based information offered under oath or through documents--takes place in the trial court. By the time a case reaches the Supreme Court, only legal matters are at issue. You should 'fess up to your mistake or, as we judges like to say, issue an erratum (yes, we do make mistakes) in your next issue. Judith M. Barzilay, Justice, U.S. Court of International...
...matters relating to academic transgressions. Simply put, the Ad Board does not allow students to fully present their side of the story and prepare an adequate defense. This renders the Ad Board a mere kangaroo court, whose rulings are clear before it convenes. Beyond the injustice of the trial itself, the Ad Board suffers additional shortcomings of membership and “sentencing.” Members of the Ad Board are often divorced from the proceedings, since many of them skip hearings related to student discipline. The Ad Board’s punishments are “one-size...
First, from a pragmatic point of view, Chambers could not have hoped to achieve much by way of reform with his stunt. As a state senator, Chambers is already in a position to push for initiatives that could reform too-liberal legal conceptions of what makes a trial worth holding. The senator’s lawsuit served only to exacerbate the problem against which he was supposedly campaigning...