Juries on trial

Article Abstract:

The jury system is the cornerstone of the US justice system, but it is being undermined by skillful manipulation of jury composition and incompetence and ignorance of the law on the part of jurors. Stephen Adler believes that banning attorneys' peremptory challenges is one way of reforming the system.

Evaluation, Interview, Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice, Jury, Juries

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Restless blueblood

Article Abstract:

Socialite Marietta Tree was a woman who championed the rights of the oppressed and the minority. Born in 1917, Tree descended from the Peabody clan, one of the first generations of Bostonians and was also habitually seen at government functions.

Tree, Marietta

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Egypt on trial

Article Abstract:

Arab civil rights advocate and sociology professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim was arrested last summer and held under Egypt's emergency laws. President Hosni Mubarak used the laws against liberal intellectuals.

Egypt, Cases, Political activity, College teachers, College faculty, Political aspects, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Muslims, Mubarak, Hosni, Ibrahim, Saad Eddin

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