European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday september 20, 1980 i i a 1low office Chis t tunic they re above Law attorney tells jury Washington a Brian get Tings defense attorney for the onetime no. 2 Man in the Fri came right out and said what Many Law enforcement observers fear is True but prefer to ignore. Law enforcement officials he said tend to believe they arc different from Ordinary people enemy a from the Laws that apply to everybody else because they answer to a higher calling. You May not like it but that s How they terms cited Tor suits in air disaster Chicago a relatives of Illinois residents killed last year in the nation s worst air disaster can collect damages from american airlines if they can prove that the victims suffered in the final seconds of their lives a Federal judge has ruled. Such damages will be difficult to prove because none of the 274 people aboard american airlines right 191 survived . District judge Hubert l. Will said thursday. I think we have come to that the Law in Illinois is such that if there is evidence of pain and suffering at the Lime of death then it is compensable he ruled. But 1 think there is a real prob Lem with proof in this his ruling permits lawyers for the Vic Tims families to seek information about what passengers May have experienced Dur ing the 31 seconds the do to was in the air and whether they died on Impact. I suppose it makes a difference where you sat and what the autopsy indicates he said. During its Takeoff from o Harc International Airport on May 25, 1979, the Jet tipped sideways stalled and crashed after an engine Tore off a Wing. Will and . District judge Edwin a. Robson arc handling More than 140 cases stemming from the crash of the los an Geles bound jetliner. Will s ruling came in open court during a pc trial conference in the Case. The judges denied a request from Ameri can airlines lawyers to summarily dismiss pain and suffering claims by the Mother of Rhonda Ann do Young a 19-year-old col lege Sophomore from Homewood who died in the crash. We re looking at ways that we can show what those people went through said Rick m. Schoenfield the lawyer representing the Young woman s family. Miss Mcyoung was heading for a Vaca Tion trip to Hawaii with two girlfriends when the dc-10 crashed. The Point is this brings the crash details into nearly every Case instead of having an Antiseptic courtroom said George f. Archer a Chicago lawyer representing Sev eral victims families. Although most of the suits before will and Robson involve Illinois residents the enact number was not immediately Avail Able. American airlines lawyers said such damages Seldom reach juries for a decision. I be never been involved in a Case when a judge let that Issue go to the jury said Robert Alpert an attorney for american s insurance Carrier. Because there is no Evi Dence. There arc no think he told the 12 jurors trying the fed eral conspiracy Case against w. Mark Felt former acting associate Fri director and Hdward s. Miller former head of the Fri intelligence division. Ceilings used the argument in a narrow sense thursday contending that Justice department officials have for years tacitly approved Fri break ins in search of information about those considered subversive. But in a far broader sense ceilings argument defines an Issue still troubling the Law enforcement Community. Civil libertarians along with the Reform leaders of some police agencies including Fri director William h. Webster search for an elusive balance one that respects citizens constitutional rights while also Al lowing effective intelligence gathering to prevent terrorist violence in America. Felt and Miller Are charged with conspiring to violate individual civil rights by authorizing Fri break ins and searches at the Homes of five new York and new Jersey residents thought by the Fri to have connections with fugitives who were members of the left Wing weather underground. Ceilings said Felt was i talc More than a bystander implementing policy decisions made by others in the Fri by other Intelli gence gathering agencies and even by then president Richard Nixon. And fell thought his actions were a proper response to a threat presented by the militant group. Get Lings argued. Of ceilings Contention prevails not Only in this trial court but also in the higher courts this Case Likely will reach that could help a growing movement to ease Post watergate restrictions on the nation s Intelli gence gathering apparatus. Since the watergate Era disclosures of the dark Side of spying court orders legis lation and administrative rules have required the government s spies to account to the Public for their tactics especially when american citizens and Home grown organizations arc involved. Much lighter restrictions control the most intrusive techniques such As wiretapping and bugging. Dissatisfaction yet there Are rumblings of dissatisfaction from inside the spy agencies and from their outside supporters that such restrictions hamper effective intelligence gather ing. The jury of 12 Middle aged men and women gave no hint of reaction to the tall thin defense attorney and his Long and combative oration. His phrases leapt out in staccato bursts As first one Arm then the other thrust out at full length in emphasis. Then his shoulders and his whole Torso jerking Forward and Back Drew watchful attention As he steamed into the heart of the argument. His voice rising to a shout he asserted the Justice department that is prosecuting this Case knew of these practices condoned them. Now they come around seven years later after or. Felt has retired and they want to make him a criminal by contrast government prosecutor John nicolds spoke so softly that those on the spectators benches of the Small court room strained to hear. With hardly a reference to notes he outlined the govern ment s evidence in charging Felt and Miller with conspiracy to violate civil rights. This Case is about the Bill of rights he said. It is not a Case of the Fri against the then he recited from memory the fourth amendment the right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. The american red Cross which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 1981, is a non government Public service Agency. 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