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Claus Von Bulow
Claus Von Bulow Trials: 1982 & 1985 Defendant: Claus Von BulowCrime Charged: Attempted murderChief Defense Lawyers: First trial: John Sheenan and Herold Price Fahringer; second trial: Thomas P. Puccio and John SheehanChief Prosecutors: First trial: Stephen Famiglietti and Susan McGuirl;... Read more |
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Military trials
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Law and Justice
LAW AND JUSTICE: IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 1970s197019 Jan. President Richard Nixon nominates G. Harrold Carsweli for Supreme Court justice. On 8 April the Senate cites Carswell's weak on civil rights record in rejecting the nomination.18 Feb. The trial of the Chicago Seven ends with an acquittal of... Read more |
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Nuremberg Trials
NUREMBERG TRIALS The Nuremberg trials were a series of trials held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, industrialists, and financiers for crimes they had committed during world war ii. The first trial took place in Nuremberg, Germany,... Read more |
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Kangaroo Court
KANGAROO COURT [ Slang of U.S. origin.] An unfair, biased, or hasty judicial proceeding that ends in a harsh punishment; an unauthorized trial conducted by individuals who have taken the law into their own hands, such as those put on by vigilantes or prison inmates; a proceeding and its leaders who... Read more |
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Mistrial
MISTRIAL A courtroom trial that has been terminated prior to its normal conclusion. A mistrial has no legal effect and is considered an invalid or nugatory trial. It differs from a "new trial," which recognizes that a trial was completed but was set aside so that the issues could be tried again.... Read more |
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trial-and-error learning
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the Bar
the bar originally, the rail that enclosed the judge in a court; hence, a court or a system of courts. The persons qualified and authorized to conduct the trial of cases are also known collectively as "the bar." From late medieval times in England the Inns of Court acted as training schools... Read more |
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Discovery
DISCOVERY Each party initially learns the facts of the case through its personal knowledge and investigation. As the trial approaches, a set of procedures, commonly called discovery, permit each side to require disclosure of certain aspects of the opponent's evidence. Whether in civil or criminal... Read more |
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Tokyo Trials
TOKYO TRIAL After world war ii eleven of the Allied Powers (Australia, Canada, China, France, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) prosecuted twenty-eight of Japan's top military, political, and diplomatic leaders for an... Read more |
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