Men and children were accused of witchcraft alongside women during the centuries of the witch hunts in Europe, and punished horribly in great numbers – but the majority of those accused of the crime and heresy of witchcraft were women.
In the past two years, as lead investigator in most of the F.B.I.'s piracy cases, Mr. Coughlin has interviewed a majority of the accused pirates charged in United States courts in modern times — 18 of 27 men, all from Somalia or Yemen.
Preliminary hearing judge Anna Laura Marchiondelli split the trial between seven courts: Milan will deal with the majority of the accused, while courts in Monza, Pescara, Rome, Siena, Treviso and Turin will focus on single cases.
Though the legendary Gideon v. Wainwright decision insisted that people facing jail time have the right to a lawyer, the system of public defenders — and the vast majority of the accused can depend only on a public defender — is simply too overwhelmed to offer them much help.
Today, aides to Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority whip, accused Democrats of playing politics with the issue, adding that they saw no reason at present to move the bottled-up bill.
Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the majority leader, accused Democrats of playing a "pure political game".
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, accused Republicans of using procedural roadblocks and stall tactics to deny confirmation to qualified nominees.
Conservative New Democracy, which finished first in the May 6 polls but fell short of a majority, accused Golden Dawn of "trying to bring the laws of the jungle into society".
Acting in accordance with the hysteria that has suffused the public debate about counter-terrorism since 9/11 — or, more accurately, lack of debate — Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, accused Paul of abetting America's enemies, saying failure to renew the Patriot Act unchanged would "be giving terrorists the opportunity to plot attacks against our country, undetected".
The leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP, whose strong showing in the June election deprived the AKP of its majority, accused Erdogan on Thursday of launching the military action in Syria and Iraq to avenge Kurdish gains.
