Page 4 -The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, July 17, 1985 Prof. finds rape jurors biased (Contnued fromPage 1) like "do you use drugs?" plants people should behave." something to drink and all she had in suspicion in the jurors' minds even "One one hand, society endorses "the refrigerator was a beer, so she though the question is stricken from liberal ideas ... that were not accep- gave it to him. The defense attorney the record. table in the '60s - such as premarital tried to make her look immoral THE DATA indicates that female sex, going to bars, and living with a becsuseshe hsd heer in her jurors did not differ significantly from boyfriend - and on the other hand refrigerstor, Reskinsayid. the males in their attitudes toward people still cling to the idea that "This sounds insane to you and me, victims and defendants. Reskin said women should be virtuous," she said. hut not to jurors," she ssid. this is true because although women Society accepts liberal lifestyles ex- IN INCIDENTS of date rape it is generally have stronger feelings cept "When something goes wrong for much more difficult to get convictions about rape than men, "the women on a woman. Then they revert to the at- and "jurors' prejudices are very juries aren't a random sample." titudes of 20 years ago," she said, ad- likely to come into play," she said. Defense attornies usually don't ding that if the woman isn't chaste People believe that a clean-cut college choose women who have strong and traditional, society says, "Don't student would probably not commit feelings ahout rape when the juries cometcrying to us if something hap- rape and that atwomanris suspect for are selected, Reskin said, pens to you." going out with a rapist. They Even though the victim's lifestyle is NO MATTER WHAT kind of life the sometimes believe that agreeing to go not supposed to be considered when victim leads, defense attornies out implicitly means agreeing to have rendering a verdict, jurors were usually try to make the woman ap- seTeeiread y quoted as saying "We know-we're not pear immoral, careless - they were There are deeply rooted myths and supposed to judge her character, but . out too late, they talked to a stranger, confusions ahout sex which add to the " Reskin said, they asked for it, Reskin said. incidents of date rape, Reskin said. Reskin suspects that moral charac- In one case a woman was raped by a Reskin spent two years gathering ter in rape trials is a sticky point stranger who broke into her apar- the data, and is currently writing a because "our society tends to have tment and threatened her with a book which she expects to come out schizophrenic attitudes as to how knife. After the assault, he demanded sometime next year. Williams protesters lose appeal (Continuedrom Pageli) is protected by the First Amendment" ction," the appeals court said. -rto the U.S. Constitution. "The choice may be difficult, but attempt to extract a promise that they The appeals court also rejected an this does not mean that it invades ap- would forego such protests in the argument that the circuit court pellants' right to privacy under the future. violated the protesters' privacy rights Constitution." "Appellants are free to disagree by forcing them to choose between Covered by the contempt orders with any policy of the United States violating their consciences and going were Daniel LaGrou, Sol Metz, Peter government or any act of Williams to jail indefinitely. Daugherty, James Smith, Carfon International and are free to express "Appellants are placed in the Foltz, Joel Nigg, Jeffrey Schoonover- their disagreement in any legal position of having to decide whether Higgins, Margaret Dewey, William fashion," the court said. It added "the their consciences require them to act Kellerman, Patricia Mentzer, Mary fact that a form of communication upon their beliefs in a way which Girrard, Anthony Raffenaud, Ken maybe effective does not mean that it would violate the court's lawful injun- Grunow and Sheila Gainev. IN BRIEF From United Press International 4 Edison increases rate LANSING, Mich. - The Puhlic Service Commission unanimously granted Detroit Edison Co. a $282.3 million rate increase yesterday, which will increase residential rates another 4.5 percent overall. The rate increase granted is significantly less than that sought by the firm or recommended by the PSC. The order - which covers the cost of Edison's new Belle River coal-fired power plants - adds $99 million to the amount granted Edison last year on an in- terim hasis. The actual impact on an average Edison customer could not be calculated since the PSC also is implementing a new rate system. AMC combats loss with survival plan DETROIT - American Motors Corp. plans to report a second quarter loss that will be larger than the $29 million deficit in the first quarter, but it has mapped out a survival plan that will make 1987 its breakout year. Speaking at a dealers conference in suburban Dearborn last week, AMC President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Dedeurwaerder told Automotive News that the company's $15.5 million profit in 1984, after a $146.7 million loss in 1983, tended to raise expectations. New Lebanon plan Snirs sninper attack Green Line, a no-man's land of bombed-out buildings that separates Moslem west Beirut from the Christian east. The sniper attack was the only act of violence reported Tuesday as the new peace plan - agreed upon last week by the area's militia leaders - took effect at 6. a.m. yesterday. Toxic fumes make 10,000 flee homes CEDARsRAPIDS, Iowa - Firefighters working nearly 22 hours yesterday controlled a blaze at an abandoned sewage plant that spewed clouds of toxic smoke, for- cing more than 10,000 people to flee their homes and prompting police to close the city to outsiders. The blaze, possibly sparked by a workman's torch, was confined to the plant but caused the Styrofoam-filled roof to collapse and humn. "The only injuries we have are the irritation to the eyes and headaches," said Gerald Clanton, executive director of the the Red Cross in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Can- ney announced shortly after noon yesterday that "the emergency situation that existed is now en- ded" Court says victim can sue driver's doctor LANSING Mich. - A divided Michigan Court of Appeals yester- day ruled a man whose wife was killed in an auto accident may sue the doctor of the other driver for malpractice. These.~i filed in Wayne County I 'U' Council discusses violent crimes ICsninuedfromPogeil Winkelman, chairman of the council. buildings, or dorms; imposing a cur- Circuit Court, involves the death of Schnaufer, a graduate student on the "A code is something that ad- few; or restricting them from certain Judith Welke who was killed when council. An impartial hearing officer, ministrators can use to try to control people. BEIRUT, Lebanon - Snipers uditharedkeewho as killedgwhen selected by the central coordinator, students," Winkelman said. IF THE hearing judge, two weeks wounded a Lebanese amhassador a car driven hy Sharlyn Margaret would then determine if there was still "WHAT THE council reaffirmed later, still thought that the accused yesterday on his wayeto meet with Kuzilla allegedly crossed the con- a danger and whether to continue the today is a kind of a restraint on the represented a threat, he could extend President Amin Gemayel, marring ter line and collided with her sanctions, he said. administrators so that the main pur- the coordinator's restrictions until the a n e r edecuriy an Acl. the suit, Dr. Brad- THE CONSENSUS - even though pose is to ensure the safety of the civil court made its decision, that gaertteientst wa-ton Aordingpto hde n trrad-n only 5 of the 9 council members were community," he said. If the courts take longer than a west Beirut their calmest day in ford arn had rei present yesterday - seems to be a Winkelman cautioned, however, year, Schnaufer and Eklund write, the months. L ' Edicapand had prescrihed - break through in principle from code that the plan is only in its early stages. accused would have the right to ap- Zafer Al Bassan, Lehanon's am- medication for her. Be had injec- proposal last fall. That proposal About a month ago, councilmem- peal after every academic year shassador to Saudi Arahia, was ted her with an unknown sua tance spurred protests from students and bers began to write drafts of their "The purpose of the restrictions is slightly wounded in the shooting, on the night of the accident, the faculty who saw the code as an attem- recommendations based on their to ensure the safety of the University which came as he tried to cross the suit charged. pt to control their non-academic discussions from the year. community in the interim before the behavior. YESTERDAY'S plan on how the civil authorities take action," "The principle they affirmed today University should act in life- Schnaufer said. is, I think, the difference between threatening situations were sketched Winkelman suggested that the what makes a code and what doesn't by Schnaufer and Associate Law University should minimize the make a code," said LSA senior Lee School Dean Susan Eklund last week, damage on the accused student's Vol. XCV - No, 32-S The plans "need a lot of fine schoolwork. For example, the The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through U