The public doesn't really know if the jurors were actually influenced

Article Abstract:

Former mobster and John Gotti aide Sammy Gravano's testimony in Gotti's 1990 trial revealed that one of the jurors in the 1986 trial, George Pape, was paid by the Gotti camp to sway the jury in the direction of acquittal. In 1992, Pape was convicted of trying to corrupt a jury and faces 10 years' imprisonment. The 1986 fiasco happened in spite of the fact that the jury was anonymous. In this case, anonymity impeded the discovery of a prejudiced juror.

Cases, Gotti, John, Jury tampering

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'Corrections Today' boasts 171 classes of products in its category index

Article Abstract:

An unexpected byproduct of the emphasis on law and order and minimum mandatory sentences has been the birth of a corrections industry with an array of products from restraining devices to modular cells. This corrections industry has come into being to deal with the exploding prison population brought about by harsher sentences. Expanding prisons also equal work and money for another segment of the population.

Marketing, Advertising, Prison administration, Corrections

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We chronicle these moments of summer madness to remember not to repeat

Article Abstract:

Unusual legal events which took place during the summer of 1992 are summarized. They include the child custody battles between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, further developments in the Inslaw case, and arrows thrown at Hillary Clinton during the Republican Convention for her belief in childrens' rights.

Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice, Humor and anecdotes, Practice of law

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