GIVEN 1 TO 20 YEARS Pitch onvit Led ! student Jack !Moynihan, campus opiritual Richard was found ;?:uilty of bur- iector. The time :az,:'ment glary and larceny in a mock trial :ing the crime . - as sho . .-11 held in Speecil 3U this ppst Sat- kaear than alleged by th urday. Jul:, - e Gary Shapira, an itrict Attorney, and the fea-it.ll- attorney-at-law with the Erie firmiit7 of oths- routes to she nrime', - , of Juliante, and Kelleher, said location, and the possibilitT of that dufense lawyers had failed s there being other criminals, w: ,, n; to contest the evidence essential !allllde , i to. Yinally, the prosecution's case, and :enders Art Hannah arc Steve '4finger perogative permittediget a somewhat-less-than-I›.:ii,:vable his finding for the State. kitness, 3111 Thomas, to testify Following the trial, Speech itaht Jack was in Turnbul: f_nstructor John Spielmann suggest- around the time the crime ed that the most important lesson :osediy occurred. Richard was not Llarned by students participating [called to testify in his own be la the case was that justice in !half. human affairs does not depend Prior to closing arfuments by solely upon. Lruth. Spielmann in- each side, Judge Shapira revealci dicated that Richard was actually ihis surprising decision for convi innocent„ and that a miscarriage Ition. Later, jurors such as his of justice occurred, and can eas- ttory T , rofessor Stephen Cohen andl: fly happen in hullan affairs :hen- i student Chuck Deitsch inCicated ! . ever truth is not cloaked in the itha - a jury might have been more If garb of e.&;:::.,tive rhetoric. receptive to 'defense argurp en t..s Richard comnented, "l was robbr-d than was Mr. Shapira. However, no v a - Jack may have been framed,. a: - .. p4 . .; a 1 is_ being planned. o but he faced a prosecution who Fo.: . 'en , Ac Union President Mike ! hon.-stly -and at times effect 4 vely vilGnteJ tne State's case. Under Second r ear cglcs - tioning, by Bill ehisholm ? Arnie Cal - .1-.lell, Cher.yl Otto and Ada - .. f.F 9 :: aausibility of E i v ur2olded step by Sae i'.-. - terson testified that i-ler room :)3 . 1 the eve and :Ilade off with valua- :irt print. Other pros— tastimony estalished the cix‘cumstaaces necessary to the ce=mission of the alleged crime. The '..efense concentrated on a running refutation attack de— signed to weaken each of the prosecutlon's case. Jaes , s goorl charact,er -7as attested to by Fr. Goe 8 t3at-t-01 2 : - -r-: . , ..:,-- -17; ‘,;,1 4 , ....10 ) .:,..,... .., - .. ...1:.• . • ..-r) 1 , 10UF? on.-rhars. Sem Jr-rrs Sat. .Spry,-Zarn ct 3., urto. y s,pin -12 pry? 32 0G eIiFFRLD RD --k- :-: S- 1 •
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers