Supreme Court rules hypnosis admissible in part in trials
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, banned states from barring all hypnosis‑refreshed testimony in criminal trials and set aside Vicki Rock’s manslaughter conviction, potentially granting a new trial. The court also limited mandatory death penalties for inmates serving life without parole and agreed to hear a disability discrimination appeal in Texas.
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Supreme Court
States
The
Cour
Arkansas
Harry A. Blackmun
Vicki Lorene Rock
Mrs. Rock
Bettye Black
Fayetteville
Texas
Deaver set to face perjury trial July 13 in D C
Federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson schedules lobbyist Michael K. Deaver for a perjury trial on July 13 despite a looming Supreme Court appeal. The court denied delaying to September and reserved on quashing a subpoena for Canadian Ambassador Allan Gotlieb.
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Washington
Michael K. Deaver
Supreme Court
White House
U.S
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Fense
High Court
Jackson
Whitney North Seymour Jr
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William Rehnquist
Allan Gotlieb
Seymour
Gotlieb
Hotel arson killers receive 75 to 99 years
Three former hotel employees who admitted arson in the New Year fire that killed 97 at the Dupont Hotel in San Juan Puerto Rico were sentenced in federal court to terms from 75 to 99 years. One defendant also pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the death of Secret Service agent Manuel de Jesus Marrero.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Duponte
Escudero Aponte
Secret Service
Manuel de Jesus Marrero
Jose Francisco Rivera Lopez
Hells Angels hold barbecue for jurors in acquittal
In Ventura California the Hells Angels held a barbecue outside their clubhouse to thank jurors who acquitted the chapter president George Christie of murder solicitation. Jim Clark said justice prevailed and offered them a beer while a sign read no bozos no wimps.
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Ventura
Calif
Hells Angels
George Christie
Jim Clark
Firemen contain massive oil blaze in South Carolina
In North Charleston a 2.5 million gallon gasoline tank fire at the Amerada Hess terminal burned for two days. 81 firefighters sought medical treatment as crews surrounded the blaze. Lightning started the fire at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
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North Charleston
S.C
Fire Department
Mike Baxley
Amerada Hess Corp
Hess
Aging backers recall the Summer of Love in Golden Gate Park
In San Francisco, hundreds of former hippies and 1980s followers gathered at Golden Gate Park twenty years after the 1967 festival. Steven Catalano, 43, a veteran of the Summer of Love, urged that the moment not be treated as history, calling it an eternal memory.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Steven Catalano
Catalano
Zip pidy Duda seeks legal names change in Georgia
In Decatur Georgia 35 year old Gary Eugene Duda a rare book and jewelry dealer seeks to legally adopt his childhood nickname Zippidy Duda The request was filed with a DeKalb Superior Court after he said he hates the name Eugene and already uses Zippidy in listings and on business cards.
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Decatur
Gary Eugene Duda
G. Zippidy Duda
Duda
Eugene
Zippidy Duda
DeKalb
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