DISCRETION, noun [L, a separating. 1. Prudence, or knowledge and prudence; that discernment which enables a person to judge critically of what is correct and proper, united with caution; nice discernment and judgment, directed by circumspection, and primarily regarding ones own conduct.
Seventh Avenue â known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard north of Central Park â is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is southbound below Central Park and a two-way street north of the park.
In Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932) the United States Supreme Court reversed the convictions of nine young ignorant and illiterate black men for allegedly raping two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama.