L.A. Verdicts Could Stymie Possible Civil Rights Cases
Linda Feldmann, writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
AMERICANS may have been reassured by Bush administration statements that the police acquittals were not the end of the legal process in the Rodney King police-brutality case.
But it will be difficult for the Justice Department to gain a conviction on charges of federal civil rights violations, if it decides to pursue them, say legal experts. The Justice Department has moved its own investigation of the March 1991 incident into high gear and has promised a quick decision on whether to prosecute the case.
"The fact of last week's acquittals already shows that it's difficult to get a conviction in this case," says Joseph diGenova, a former United States …
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Article title: L.A. Verdicts Could Stymie Possible Civil Rights Cases.
Contributors: Linda Feldmann, writer of The Christian Science Monitor - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: May 6, 1992.
Page number: 1.
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