Riots flare after Londonderry funerals in Northern Ireland
Police and troops await more unrest after two 18 year olds were killed by a British army vehicle during a riot on the Easter Uprising anniversary in Londonderry. Sinn Fein declares a day of mourning as acid bombs and bricks injure officers and a rioter. Bobby Sands nears 58 days on hunger strike in Maze Prison with government warning he could die.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
IRA
Bobby Sands
Maze
Sands
Irish Republic
SC Rules On Jury Prejudice And Warrants Ruling
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, says judges should question jurors for bias when a defendant faces a violent crime involving a minority target, while a separate ruling voids warrantless residence searches based solely on an arrest warrant. Dissenters argue the jury bias standard weakens protections. The cases involve Humberto Rosales Lopez and Gary Steagald, with implications on how prejudice questions and arrest warrants are applied in trials.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Humberto Rosales-Lopez
Imperial Beach
Calif
Rosales-Lopez
Byron White
Gary Steagald
Family awarded 2.3 million in DC-10 crash suits
A Los Angeles jury awarded the family of Jack Donahue 2.287 million after the 36 year old, a Modesto based sales manager, died in the 1979 DC-10 Chicago crash that killed 273. The verdict is part of about 8.3 million in settlements and verdicts related to the disaster involving McDonnell Douglas and American Airlines.
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Chicago
Bruce Walkup
Superior Court
Jack Donahue
Gallo Wine Co
Modesto
McDonnell Douglas Corp
American Airlines
Donahue
James Pint
Newport Beach
Richard Keely
San Francisco
Bechtel Corp
Keely
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
Pennsylvania
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