Jury manipulation and pretrial juror screening debate
The piece surveys evolving defense tactics using psychology and computer profiling in jury selection from high profile cases like the Harrisburg Seven and Wounded Knee. It notes the risk of state use, cites Kent State defense aids, and discusses calls to curb pretrial juror probes amid concerns of bias and inequality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wns Techniique
Harrisburg
Camden
Angela Davis
Maurice Stmns
John Mitchell
Angela Divis
Wounded Knee
Trial Magazine
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Amitai Etzioni
Etzioni
Conceptual Dynamics, Inc
Roslyn Heights
Ohio
Kent State
John Rhodes
Kent
Robert I. White
Ssue
A Moore Jr
Taha
Moore
Conte
Letters on hiring a male attendant for women bathhouse
A reader urges reprinting an Associated Press piece about Boston’s Civil Service ruling that a man could be hired as an attendant for a women’s bathhouse, detailing the MCAD and CSC debates, and urging readers to consider the ERA provisions and surrounding privacy debates. It notes seven men applied for four spots and discusses misreporting and procedural nuances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Organization For Women
Baltimore Sunday Sun
Associated Press
Boston
NOW
United States
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Congress
Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Parks and Recreation
Anthony Forgione
Forgione
State Commission
Ruck
CSC
Massachusetts Council Against Discrimination
MCAD
P. & R. Dept
Buck
Janis Elliot
Boston Herald American
Huck
Bopanpertis
Seana
Letters and verse raise questions on law and tomorrow
A reader condemns a proposed ERA and questions MCAD rulings while another writes of newspaper printing, urging coverage of public sentiment. A student asks for career guidance in journalism and poetry, and a poem about tomorrow appears. A note from the National Park Service lauds a letter on sandblasting and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key High School
Union Town
Public park plan discussed for old Reformed Cemetery grounds
Under the direction of extension service landscape specialist Ballard, Middletown residents discussed laying out a public park on the grounds of the old Reformed Cemetery. Local barbers announced a hair cut raise to five cents next month. The annual Christian Endeavor group held a destitute event at United Brethren Church after a banquet for county delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WH. Ballard
United Brethers Church
Ofhers
Winderness Nursing Home Names New Board Chairman
At a recent organizational meeting the Winderness Nursing Home board selected Dr. LR Scheslman as chairman with W Jerome Offutt as secretary and James L Kilmer as treasurer. A card party and feed sale organized by Mrs. F Sidney Hastmead for the Frederick Academy of the Visitation raised more money than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winderness Nursing Home
Dr. LR. Scheslman
W. Jerome Offutt
Eed James L. Kilmer
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
F. Sidney Hastmead
Washington merry-go-round on defense spending waste probes
In Washington and the Pentagon, Congress sparks blue ribbon reviews to curb military costs, but a Senate subcommittee report reveals the Acquisition Advisory Group is packed with ex-Pentagon insiders. It notes the panel lacks true independence and is chaired by Defense analysts with ties to defense work. The piece also critiques energy leadership and wasteful government car leases while noting timber road credits policy and a scrambled recent Army staff visit to Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Defense
Schlesinger
Defense Department
Senate
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Alexander Flax
Institute For Defense Analyses
Noom Ha
Flax
Air Force
Sen Hom Im
Don Brazier
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Charles Bowsher
Navy
Philip Odeen
Wilson Sporting Goods
Emory Cook
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Energy Research and Development Administration
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Detroit
House
Ways and Means Committee
National Highway Traffic Administration
General Motors
Havana
Senor
John Buck
Parks & Recreation Dept
Vincent J. Mooney JR
Kathi Harrison
Sams Creek Road
New Windsor
Robert S. Gamble
Gamble
Frederick Post
Lee H. Nelson
AIA
Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
National Park Service
Washington, D.C
The
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Army
Congressiogel
Fert
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