of the right of investigation by agressional committees presents a at challenge to the American bar, Edward Bennett Williams told the Harvard School Forum last night. The noted counsel, who has defended any unpopular clients, including , Hoffa, and Goldfine, asserted that committees should have the privileges of evidence before recommending . However, they should never given the opportunity to "castigate, , and degrade witnesses," he . Three years ago, Williams observed, Watkins Committee issued a report standards and procedures for committees. Although this has received widespread support people interested in the rights of individual, he declared, the committee have ignored it with singular faithfulness. other areas in which legal is needed, Williams urged re-evaluation of the whole concept of capital punishment. Effectiveness of capital punishment as provides the only possible for employing it, he argued. However, states which have abolished death penalty have not experienced in the homicide rate, he added.
The noted counsel, who has defended any unpopular clients, including , Hoffa, and Goldfine, asserted that committees should have the privileges of evidence before recommending . However, they should never given the opportunity to "castigate, , and degrade witnesses," he . Three years ago, Williams observed, Watkins Committee issued a report standards and procedures for committees. Although this has received widespread support people interested in the rights of individual, he declared, the committee have ignored it with singular faithfulness. other areas in which legal is needed, Williams urged re-evaluation of the whole concept of capital punishment. Effectiveness of capital punishment as provides the only possible for employing it, he argued. However, states which have abolished death penalty have not experienced in the homicide rate, he added.
Three years ago, Williams observed, Watkins Committee issued a report standards and procedures for committees. Although this has received widespread support people interested in the rights of individual, he declared, the committee have ignored it with singular faithfulness. other areas in which legal is needed, Williams urged re-evaluation of the whole concept of capital punishment. Effectiveness of capital punishment as provides the only possible for employing it, he argued. However, states which have abolished death penalty have not experienced in the homicide rate, he added.
other areas in which legal is needed, Williams urged re-evaluation of the whole concept of capital punishment. Effectiveness of capital punishment as provides the only possible for employing it, he argued. However, states which have abolished death penalty have not experienced in the homicide rate, he added.
Effectiveness of capital punishment as provides the only possible for employing it, he argued. However, states which have abolished death penalty have not experienced in the homicide rate, he added.
