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Such requests. and more importantly to provide students with the support they need. harvard has long had a policy to allow exams to be rescheduled for things like holidays, medical emergencies or a death in the family. this might be the first postp e postponement for a grand jury decision." not everyones on board with these emotionally driven decisions. a george mason law school professor says the school has "chosen to infant liez them suggesting that adult law students cant handle hearing about...

Up that part of our story. >> students wrote about how traumatized they are by the grand jury decisions in ferguson and new york. one letter said, quoting, this is more than a personal emergency, this is a national emergency. and then there was this quote, your silence is a signal that harvard law school is indifferent to the welfare of many of its students. we cant breathe. but harvard law school is not indifferent. apparently its accommodating students telling us "our staff is available to con...

I hope the law schools get the judges in america to adopt a same policy for when these future lawyers need to appear in court when anything upsetting has happened in their lives so they can get a postponement. because thats how life works. if youre upset about anything, the judge looks at you and says, okay, cupcake, tell me when youre ready to stand up and argue. moving on. also developing tonight, retired abc news journalist ann compton is getting national attention after she recently detail...

At that. and then when they decide that the victim has had enough, i guess, or theyre worried about getting caught, they depart the area, and the victim is standing there on the upper range. his face is bloody, hes leaning against the rail for support, and hes holding his head. hes been worked over pretty good. >> i dont regret it, one bit. >> did you beat him because he was a child molester or because of something else? >> 50/50. i mean honestly, if the guy wasnt a child molester, it probably w...

Five other world powers announced they had agreed to extend the talks in eenna, now six months old, for another four months. iran welcomes the delay. so this is a grave mistakes once again inspired by president obamas determination to rescue the foreign policy. the postponement of talks comes with a tasty benefit for iran. weve agreed to give tehran access to an additional $2.8 billion in oil export revenues that were frozen by american sanctions. the crux of the talks in eenna turns on the crit...

So-called secret talks two weeks ago, ayattollah summed up western intentions by elypticly telling his cronies "the other side threatens you with death. so you would be happy with a fever." he then went on in detail about enrichment facts. they say that only participants in if the secret talks could know. it seemed a hard line ayatollahen an his representatives in vienna were not on the same page. maybe. the innate paranoia and duplicity of the mullahs underlie all contact with the west no matte...

Lied more than a dozen times to the grand jury investigating the death of oden lloyd. he is charged separately in a 2012 double murder. another postponement in the trial of james holmes in the colorado movie theater massacre. they said the trial should start in december. its been postponed three times. hes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. he killed 12 people. the palestinian-american teen beaten by israeli authorities is back on u.s. soil. the 15-year-old was greeted by supporters w...

Two-week postponement. this after a week of grueling testimony by pistorius, that included breaks after the former olympians breakdown on the stand. proceedings will return on may 5th. and time for the first number in the data bank. $50 million, thats how much former new york city mayor michael bloomberg plans to spend this year on his new initiative to challenge gun violence. it will focus on 50 states to motivate voters, specifically women and mothers instead of lobbying an expensive tv ad. he...

View, that can hardly cause the accused prejudice, especially that he is out on bail. im satisfied a case has been made for the postponement and for that reason the application sought by the state is granted. >> as the court pleases. >> as the court pleases. >> i just want to mention one other thing, the date of the seventh of may is election day but we are pressed for time so we cannot take longer than seven days. mr. dixon, you are still under oath. >> yes, my lady. >> thank you very much. >> ...

Much of the evidence is technical evidence from expert witnesses, theres a lot of reading to be done and we will use the break to work on the record. i urge counsel who will be going on holiday and take the record with them and find some time to to do some work. in many i view that will some what occ curt tail the time to t a judgment. lastly, it is so that an accused is entitled to speedy justice, that however has to be weighed together with other equally important considerations such as those ...