NewsMay 1, 2005
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Colo. court to decide on allowing juror questions; N.J. beach town repeals ban on skimpy swimwear
Colo. court to decide on allowing juror questions
DENVER-- The relatively new practice of allowing jurors to submit questions for witnesses during criminal and civil trials, upheld elsewhere in the country in federal courts, is facing a new legal test before Colorado's highest court. Attorneys for Yvonne Medina, convicted in a domestic violence case, contend her right to a fair trial was violated because her judge allowed a witness to answer a juror's question that led to speculative testimony. The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and Medina appealed. On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments in Medina's case. Opponents argue that jurors lose their impartiality when they're allowed to ask questions. Supporters argue that judges know how to protect a defendant's rights, and that jurors are better informed if they are allowed to ask questions.
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N.J. beach town repeals ban on skimpy swimwear
CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Come on in, Speedo wearers, the water's fine: Your skimpy little swimsuits are legal now. For more than 30 years, this quaint little Victorian-themed resort at the southern tip of New Jersey said no to "skintight, formfitting or bikini type" bathing attire on males over the age of 12. For an ocean resort that once required men and women to swim at different times of day, wearing heavy woolen, cover-everything swimsuits, it made sense to modernize. "It's a beach town, for God's sake," said police chief Diane Sorantino. The town also agreed to lift a rule that stopped bare-chested men from strolling along the beachfront promenade. Not that everyone's cheering. It's often the older guys -- the ones with beer guts, or wrinkly skin, or unsightly tufts of hair -- who wear the tiny swimsuits. "The people you want to see in the Speedos, you don't," said Maggie Creighton, 19, who works in a downtown lingerie store.
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