peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) (04/19/84)
I heard yesterday, with deep sadness, of a 12 year old Philadelphian boy who had been taken into some sort of custody after assaulting a 10 year old girl on a pool table, while other children watched. Yes, they had been watching the coverage of the infamous rape trial. Instead of making a show-biz spectacle out of everything, all for the sake of ratings, I would hope the mass media would exercise more restraint, in light of this incident. I also hope the girl's parents sue either the cable co. or the boy's parents (for letting him watch the coverage) into thr ground. p. rowley, U. Toronto
ocoin@pwa-b.UUCP (Terry O'Coin) (04/23/84)
Just to update those interested, two of the men convicted
in the Big Dan case are going to court today, 4/23/84, to face
deportation back to Portugal.
Living in Massachusetts, I naturally caught an awful lot of news
about the case and ensuing trial, but I had not realized that the media
had spread the "story" across the land.
T. O'C.