Re: L&I Johnson Jury Hung
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Re: L&I George Michael Arrested For 'Lewd Conduct' (http://www.yahoo.co.uk/hea
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Viola Provenzano) writes: Hi Sue, No wonder I liked his music so much in the beginning! Thanks for the information. You can't blame anyone for coming to terms with their sexuality over time, [][but one sure ought to stay out of public restrooms in coping! :) Vi _ You wrote: . . . .<< _ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
Re: L&I George Michael Arrested For 'Lewd Conduct' (http://www.yahoo.co.uk/hea
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Viola Provenzano) writes: Hi Bill, There is IMO such a thing! Elton John, for example, puts quick shots of himself and other males in "drag" on one of his videos. And often the music has a certain audible and visual "stamp" that sets it apart, such as the music of "Queen". Sorry to be dense, but I didn't understand the meaning of your quip about the person on the CTV list and "Mary Had A Little Lamb. Vi You wrote: . . . I must admit that I don't watch MTV and I'm not very familiar with his music. I've just never run into "heterosexual" music or "homosexual" music. . .>>> _ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
Re: L&I Members please read
Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Kathy Sorry to hear you will be gone for awhile, but know how hard you have worked to keep us informed of cases. Enjoy your breather and we will be thinking of you. jackief Kathy E wrote: > Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have recently covered two child murder cases back to back, and to say > the least it is a bit taxing emotionally for me. It's hard NOT to get > involved when you see the pictures of the children alive and then the > crime scene photo's and ME's pictures, I told Ed I would like to have > some time off of the list, to attend to some matters in my private life > and also just to take a break from the court cases. > > I'll be back on April 20th to cover the trial of the Las Vegas > murder/sexual assault of the little girl. I ask if any one needs any > admin or the sort done you send all email to Ed, if there is something > he thinks I need to be made aware of he will let me know :) I will > continue to do the COTD but don't look for much output from me on other > things, also if you haven't received a reply from me on anything don't > hold your breath waiting for it, I did all the email replies I could > this weekend and I won't be having a lot of time to do any others if at > all UFN. I thank you for your patience on this :) > > Happy Posting :) > -- > Kathy E > "I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow > isn't looking too good for you either" > http://members.delphi.com/kathylaw/ Law & Issues Mailing List > http://pw1.netcom.com/~kathye/rodeo.html - Cowboy Histories > http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2990/law.htm Crime photo's > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues -- In the sociology room the children learn that even dreams are colored by your perspective I toss and turn all night.Theresa Burns, "The Sociology Room" Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
Re: L&I Johnson Jury Hung
"Ronald Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Viola Provenzano) writes: > > > >_ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > Vi: Does this mean that you don't care about the hung jury? LOL Ron 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Simpson Wants Fuhrman Files Release
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simpson Wants Fuhrman Files Release > LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Now that the Justice Department has > decided against prosecuting former Los Angeles police > detective Mark Fuhrman, O.J. Simpson wants Fuhrman tried > in the ``court of public opinion.'' > > In a commentary printed in Sunday's Los Angeles Times, > Simpson said the Los Angeles Police Department should > make public Fuhrman's police file. > > Fuhrman, in a series of tape-recorded interviews with a > screenwriter, boasted of beating blacks and Hispanics, > chasing and shooting suspects, planting evidence and > sexually harassing women officers. He repeatedly used > the word ``nigger.'' > > During Simpson's criminal trial for the deaths of his > former wife and her friend, defense lawyers used the > recordings to suggest that Fuhrman was a racist who > planted a bloody glove at the former football star's > Brentwood estate in an attempt to frame Simpson. > > On the witness stand, Fuhrman denied using the word > ``nigger'' in the previous decade. Later, he admitted > that he lied and pleaded no contest to perjury. But he > maintained the taped interviews were full of > fabrications aimed at helping the screenwriter create a > fictional work. > > Earlier this month, the Justice Department said the > five-year statute of limitations for prosecuting the > now-retired Fuhrman had run out. The alleged acts all > took place before 1988, the Justice Department said. > > An LAPD task force, which examined the allegations > against Fuhrman, said it found a dozen instances between > 1977 and 1988 involving Fuhrman and other officers that > could be construed as police misconduct. The task force > said 17 other allegations were exaggerations. The > department took no action, in many cases also because > the statute of limitations had run out. > > ``While Fuhrman cannot be prosecuted in the courts, he > ought to be prosecuted in the court of public opinion,'' > Simpson wrote. ``The public needs a better understanding > of police misconduct against minorities.'' > > The files, he said, may contain misconduct complaints > and could show how an officer can be promoted despite > the complaints. > > ``In my case, the police were quick to leak false > information, lies and rumors to sway public opinion > against me,'' he said, adding that the LAPD settled two > lawsuits against Fuhrman while still keeping the former > officer's files closed. > > Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his former > wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. > A year later, in a wrongful death civil trial, the > former football star was found responsible for the > slayings and ordered to pay $33.5 million. > > A Justice Department is still conducting a civil inquiry > into whether anyone's civil rights were violated by the > LAPD as a whole. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I U.N. Criticizes Iraq on Rights
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: U.N. Criticizes Iraq on Rights > GENEVA (AP) -- International sanctions have not > prevented Saddam Hussein from summary executions and > other atrocities against Iraqis, and the human rights > situation is deteriorating, a U.N. expert said today. > > ``I don't think that if these sanctions would end > tomorrow, the regime would change its ways because still > it would only feel secure by maintaining its present > policy of oppression,'' former Dutch foreign minister > Max Van der Stoel told reporters. > > Van der Stoel claimed that more than 1,500 Iraqis were > executed last year. His 22-page report, presented to the > annual session of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, also > criticized Hussein for abusing Iraq's ethnic minorities. > > Mohammed Salman, an official at the Iraqi mission in > Geneva, rejected the report and accused Van der Stoel of > basing his conclusions on reports from sources which > ``are not trustworthy and aim at overthrowing the > national legitimate regime in Iraq.'' > > Iraq routinely refuses to let the expert visit the > country. Van der Stoel lamented the government's > ``absolute refusal to cooperate.'' > > Hundreds of Iraqis were executed without having > committed crimes legally punishable by death, he told > the commission. His report was compiled from information > provided by non-governmental organizations, individuals > and U.N. monitors in neighboring countries. > -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Windows 98 To Be Released in June
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Windows 98 To Be Released in June > REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Windows 98, the latest upgrade to > Microsoft Corp.'s operating system for personal > computers, will be released June 25, the company > announced today. > > Rob Bennett, group product manager for Windows 98, > estimated the upgrade will sell for $109; the version > for computers that do not have the Windows 95 operating > system will be cost an additional $100. > > The release date has been widely reported before today's > official announcement. And Microsoft already has > released software close to the final configuration of > Windows 98. > > Windows 98's main improvement is that it weaves > Microsoft's Internet browser into the desktop operating > system, turning the computer screen into a viewfinder > for both the World Wide Web and information stored in a > PC. > > It also has some minor new features, such as faster > loading of software and a trouble-shooting guide for > common computer problems. It also enables users to run > high-capacity digital video disks, use two monitors at > once and more easily hook up peripherals. > > But it is not a dramatic change like Windows 95, which > improved the basic ``look and feel'' of computing and > encouraged Apple Macintosh users to switch in droves to > Windows machines. > > Windows 98, Bennett said, is intended more to > accommodate new computer hardware, especially television > and multi-media equipment. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
Re: L&I George Michael Arrested For 'Lewd Conduct' (http://www.yahoo.co.uk/hea
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes: HI Vi, Hmm, I wonder what the music from the Gay 90's would be called? I guess it depends on whether it's the 1890's or 1990's. Sorry about the vagueness of the "lamb" comment. I was thinking of "had" in the biblical sense and it got me laughing when I thought of the discussions on the CTV list that centered on bestiality Hmm, audible and visual "stamp" eh? I guess I missed that day in class. I was raised on things like the Bristol Stomp which must have come after the "stamp". What about the music of Abba? Bill . On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:00:57 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Viola Provenzano) writes: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Viola Provenzano) writes: > >Hi Bill, >There is IMO such a thing! Elton John, for example, puts quick shots >of >himself and other males in "drag" on one of his videos. And often the > >music has a certain audible and visual "stamp" that sets it apart, >such as the music of "Queen". > >Sorry to be dense, but I didn't understand the meaning of your quip >about the person on the CTV list and "Mary Had A Little Lamb. > >Vi > >You wrote: >. . . I must admit that I don't watch MTV and I'm not very >familiar with his music. I've just never run into "heterosexual" >music >or "homosexual" music. . .>>> > > > > > > > > > > >_ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get >completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno >at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: >subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues _ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Boys Attack 3-Year-Old Girl
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Boys Attack 3-Year-Old Girl > DALLAS (AP) -- A 3-year-old girl was abducted, beaten > with a brick, sexually assaulted and left naked in a > creek bed by three boys younger than 11, police said. > > The girl's mother had left her in a van Thursday evening > while she went inside her house to make a phone call. > When the woman came out, the girl was gone. About two > hours after the mother reported the girl missing, she > had been attacked and was found wandering down a street. > > The girl was treated at a hospital and released. > > ``This case has shocked even the detectives who work > here,'' said Lt. Bill Walsh, who supervises the unit > that investigates crimes against children. ``On a > continuum of offenses, this has got to be among the most > horrible. At that age, creek beds should be places to > play tag, not commit crimes.'' > > Two brothers, ages 7 and 8, are expected to testify > against their 11-year-old accomplice, police said. > Children under 10 cannot be held criminally responsible > for their actions in Texas. > > The 11-year-old was expected to face a charge of > aggravated sexual assault, which has a maximum sentence > of 40 years, Walsh said. > > The brothers were removed Monday from their home and > placed in an emergency shelter. The 11-year-old was > being held in juvenile custody. > > The girl's mother said the brothers often roam the > streets, begging for handouts of food. > > ``They are a danger to other children,'' she said. > ``They are not acting like children.'' > > Police questioned the boys after the 7-year-old admitted > his involvement while being disciplined for another > matter by his school principal, police said. He then > implicated the other two boys. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Clinton Secretary May Testify Again
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Clinton Secretary May Testify Again > WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key witness in the investigation of > an alleged presidential affair and possible cover-up may > be back before the grand jury this week. > > Several media outlets are reporting that President > Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie, will appear before > the panel today. > > The grand jury is resuming its work today. Empaneled by > independent counsel Kenneth Starr, it's investigating > whether the president had a sexual relationship with > former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and whether he > urged Ms. Lewinsky to lie about it. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Secret Service Snubs Starr
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CBS) The Secret Service is ending its cooperation with Ken Starr's investigation, CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Scott Pelley reports. Over the last several weeks in an informal agreement, Secret Service agents have talked to Starr's prosecutors about White House procedures and record keeping. Now Starr wants to go beyond that and question agents about whether they saw the president with Monica Lewinsky. Prosecutors have named a half dozen agents they want to talk to. The service argues that forcing the agents to testify will break a bond of trust that's essential to protecting the president. Negotiations have reached an impasse. One source says if Starr subpoenas the agents now, "The Secret Service will see him in court." This new development is in addition to legal challenges which are currently delaying key decisions by Starr, including whether to refer evidence against President Clinton to the House of Representatives. Prosecutors investigating possible obstruction of justice in both fraudulent Arkansas land deals and the Monica Lewinsky matter have begun assembling material for possible submission to the House, lawyers familiar with Starr's investigation said. Under the law, if Starr finds "substantial and credible information ... that may constitute grounds for an impeachment," he must turn it over to the House. A House Judiciary Committee official said the prosecutor has not had any discussions with the panel. "We are proceeding expeditiously in all phases of the investigation, including the litigation necessary to gather and assess all relevant facts," Starr said. One individual, speaking on grounds of anonymity, said any decision on sending material to the House may be delayed indefinitely by court challenges blocking Starr's access to some testimony from key witnesses, such as presidential adviser Bruce Lindsey. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Starr
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ken Starr has been negotiating with a former senior Justice Department official to conduct an internal investigation into allegations about the credibility of Whitewater witness David Hale, Neil Lewis at the NEW YORK TIMES is now reporting for Tuesday editions. Starr is considering hiring Michael Shaheen, the former head of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, according to Lewis, to conduct the investigation of the investigation. The news breaks as Clinton lawyer David Kendall's letter to Starr, stating that Starr could not investigate his own witness impartially, picks up media steam Kendall wrote: "It is difficult to imagine how you could credibly lead an investigation into possible improper payments from an individual who is helping to finance your future activities." Referring to the White House's Richard Mellon Scaife/Starr/Pepperdine scenario. -- ARKANSAS FED JUDGE POPS SEN. FAIRCLOTH FOR INTIMIDATION BEFORE WHITEWATER RULING, ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION A federal judge in Arkansas has taken the rare step of publicly complaining about political pressure he says he received during a Whitewater case! Judge Henry Woods now says Sen. Lauch Faircloth [R-N.C.] tried to intimidate him before he made a key 1995 ruling in the Whitewater court case. Judge Woods has requested an investigation of why Faircloth's chief staffer requested the judge's financial disclosure forms two weeks before that ruling -- which Woods said was Faircloth's way of sending a harassing message. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Off Topic but of interest .....Atomic pictures offer new hope for common cold cure
Steve Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tuesday April 14 9:45 AM EDT Atomic pictures offer new hope for common cold cure By Maggie Fox WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers said Monday they had created an image of the doorway used by the cold virus to infect human cells and said their finding could lead to a better treatment for the common cold. They used a technique known as x-ray crystallography to make an atomic map of the receptor, a kind of chemical doorway, that the virus uses to infect cells. Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they said their finding could possibly lead to a treatment for the common cold, which is currently incurable. "By solving the structure of this receptor, we can gain insights into the chemical and biological activity that occurs when a cold virus infects a human cell," Michael Rossmann, a biology professor at Indiana's Purdue University who led one of the studies, said in a statement. But treatment would not be as simple as just blocking the doorway. The receptor is also used by the body's immune cells, Rossmann said. The receptor is called ICAM-1, for intracellular adhesion molecule one. It consists of a single protein and looks like a five-part arm extending from a "shoulder" in the cell's outside membrane. Rossmann's team has so far figured out the structure of the first two parts of the arm, known as domains, at the "hand" end where the virus attaches. Timothy Springer and colleagues at Harvard Medical School came up with similar findings, also reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. "Our study shows that the very top of the ICAM-1 molecule is shaped somewhat like a hand, with a thumb and three projections or fingers," said Jordi Bella, a researcher at Purdue who worked on the study. Usually, the receptor molecules help hold infection-fighting immune cells in place while they do their work after an injury or trauma. But the rhinovirus responsible for 70 percent of human colds -- rhinovirus-16 -- has hijacked the receptor to get into the cells it infects. "Normally white blood cells bind to the thumb-like projections," Bella said. "But the virus binds to the three finger-like projections, and interacts with the receptor to gain entry into the cell." Rossmann, who first mapped the structure of the cold virus in 1986, said humans and chimpanzees may have unique ICAM-1 receptors, which would explain why only people and their close relatives, the chimps, catch colds. "The shell of the rhinovirus has deep crevices or canyons capable of interacting with the finger-like projections of the ICAM-1 receptor," Rossmann said. "The virus probably has adapted itself to be able to attach to this particular molecule in humans, so that they fit in exactly, similar to a lock and key." After it latches onto a cell, the rhinovirus wraps itself around it, attaching to even more of the ICAM receptors and injecting its genetic material into the cell. "If scientists could prevent that interaction from occurring, either by a drug or genetic engineering techniques, we could eliminate a large percentage of colds in humans without interfering with the normal function of the ICAM-1 receptor," Rossmann said. Other viruses responsible for colds use other receptors, so any treatment based on their findings would only work against the 70 percent of colds caused by rhinovirus-16. ^REUTERS@ === Lifes a beach and I'm on it, Jah Wobble. === PERSONAL EMAIL TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Expert: Jonesboro shootings gender-based
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 14 (UPI) _ An expert on domestic violence in Michigan says the Jonesboro, Ark., playground massacre was gender-based. Susan McGee, Executive Director of SAFE House in Ann Arbor says it mirrors the dynamics of domestic violence around the country. McGee says the gender bias is obvious because females were the only ones targeted. Four middle school students and one teacher died in a shooting last month, allegedly committed by two male students on a school playground. The massacre was allegedly motivated by the breakup of one of the boys and his girlfriend. McGee calls the attack an incident of male violence against women and girls. She told the Ann Arbor News it was motivated by the idea of an entitlement to a relationship, similar to what adult batterers feel. University of Michigan social psychologist Richard Nisbett says nearly all homicides in the United States are committed by men. He says such crimes are driven by self-protection, or reaction to an insult that violates ``a culture of honor.'' -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Fred Goldman Is Newest UPN Star
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NEW YORK (AP) -- An angry and tormented man -- that's the only Fred Goldman we have ever known. Whoever he was, before his son Ron was found hacked to death alongside O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, is lost to history. Before June 12, 1994, when Simpson was still just a former football great, Goldman was comfortably invisible. Never again. Indeed, Wednesday he can be seen in his own TV special, ``Search for Justice with Fred Goldman.'' Airing on the UPN network at 8 p.m. EDT, the program profiles four instances of what seems justice gone terribly awry. For instance, an HMO denied an Oklahoma woman the costly procedure her doctors recommended to beat her leukemia. She died. Yet under a federal law, the HMO couldn't be sued for withholding care that might have saved the woman's life. Or what about this: In New York, a career criminal allegedly strangled a nursing student after he received early release from prison -- this, despite his record of violence. ``A government's first responsibility is the safety of its people,'' Goldman declares, ``and as long as its courts are allowing monsters to go unpunished equal to the crimes they commit, then government isn't doing its job.'' But besides shining light on the wrongs, ``Search for Justice,'' befitting its title, reports on how victims fight back. ``We hope that when people get done watching the show, not only will they be frustrated and upset by the injustice, but they'll also see the opportunity for a change,'' Goldman says. ``People often don't understand how they can make a difference, and I think the show will give them some alternatives to doing nothing.'' It just may. But this much is for sure: Seldom has the essence of a TV program been better represented by its host. Not that Goldman is a natural-born TV personality. He doesn't come across as a tough guy or a charismatic advocate. He projects no special warmth. In fact, he voices the things that mean the most to him in a flat, doleful tone that undermines as much as underscores his message. No matter. Before he ever opens his mouth, he is a nagging reminder of a double homicide thus far unavenged -- and, if Goldman is wrong and Simpson is truly innocent, of an unknown killer who remains unapprehended. Without uttering a word, Goldman speaks volumes to anyone appalled, as he is, by the legal system's shortcomings. By now an icon, he went from anonymity to universal notice in an instant, when, early on, he began to claim his share of the Simpson spotlight. ``TV was there, all the media was there, so that when we yelled and screamed we were heard,'' says Goldman. ``Typically, the families around the nation that go through the same thing we did, they walk out of court frustrated and angry, yelling and screaming -- and no one hears them.'' Now Goldman is ready to rally them, and all sympathizers, to make themselves heard in less clamorous ways. ``We will prove to you tonight,'' he says, opening in a still courtroom, ``that if you stand up for what you believe, you CAN make a difference, you WILL find justice.'' In the ensuing 60 minutes, he makes good on his pledge. With its possible return as a fall series, ``Search for Justice'' could take its place as a judicial offshoot of the couch-potato posse that's been catching bad guys for years, thanks to ``America's Most Wanted.'' This would mean a new career for the former salesman of in-store product displays, and a high-impact outlet for him to promote judicial reforms. And though Goldman insists his objective is reform, not visibility, a TV series would ensure him the viewers he feels he needs, continued prominence for this sad man with the oddly happy mustache. ``A lot of people were growing them in the '60s,'' recalls Goldman, explaining his distinctive facial feature, ``and most of them turned
Re: L&I Boys Attack 3-Year-Old Girl
"Ronald Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Police questioned the boys after the 7-year-old admitted >> his involvement while being disciplined for another >> matter by his school principal, police said. He then >> implicated the other two boys. > This has got to be the youngest "plea bargainer" in the history of criminal justice. Ron 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I COTD: Christopher, Joseph G.
Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi all I forgot to do a COTD yesterday, so here's a longer one for makeup :) = A pathological racist, Christopher launched a one-man war against blacks in September 1980, claiming victims from upstate New York to southwestern Georgia. In his wake, he left an atmosphere of bigotry and violence that provoked a string of hostile confrontations in communities not known for racial animosity. His legacy of death and hatred lingers to the present day, as several of the crimes connected to his rampage -- or inspired by his example -- are officially unsolved. The war began September 22, when 14-year-old Glenn Dunn was shot and killed outside a Buffalo supermarket. The victim was sitting in a stolen car when he died, and witnesses described his assailant as an unidentified "white youth." The following day, 32-year-old Harold Green was shot while dining at a fast-food restaurant in suburban Cheektowaga. That night, Emmanuel Thomas, age 30, was killed by a sniper while crossing the street to his home, seven blocks from the scene of Dunn's murder. On September 24, the action shifted to nearby Niagara Falls, with the murder of a fourth black, Joseph McCoy. Investigators found that all four victims were killed with the same gun, and headlines followed their fruitless search for the elusive ".22-caliber killer." Buffalo blacks complained of nonexistent police protection, and there were sporadic incidents of blacks pelting white motorists on the streets. A cross was burned in Buffalo, and fears were voiced that the murders might be a preview of things to come, paving the way for some paramilitary racist group's campaign of local genocide. Things got worse on October 8, when 71-year-old Parler Edwards, a black taxi driver, was found in the trunk of his car, parked in suburban Amherst, his heart cut out and carried from the scene. Next day, another black cabbie, 40-year-old Ernest Jones, was found beside the Niagara River in Tonawanda, the heart ripped from his chest. His blood-spattered taxi was retrieved by police in Buffalo, three miles away. The local black community was verging on a state of panic now, made worse by an incident in a Buffalo hospital on October 10. A black patient, 37-year-old Collin Cole, was recuperating from illness when a white stranger appeared at his bedside and snarled, "I hate niggers." A nurse's arrival saved Cole from death by strangulation, but his condition was listed as serious, with severe damage done to his throat. Descriptions of the would-be strangler roughly matched eyewitness reports on the ".22-caliber killer." The action shifted to Manhattan on December 22, with five blacks and one Hispanic victim stabbed -- four of them killed -- in less than thirteen hours. John Adams, 25 years old, was the first to fall, narrowly escaping death when he was knifed by a white assailant around 11:30 a.m. Two hours later, 32-year-old Ivan Frazier was accosted on the street, deflecting a blade with his hand, sustaining minor injuries before he fled on foot. The next four victims were less fortunate. Messenger Luis Rodriguez, 19, was stabbed to death around 3:30 p.m. in what police described as "an apparent holdup." No motive was suggested in the deaths of 30-year-old Antone Davis, knifed around 6:50 p.m., or 20-year-old Richard Renner, killed less than four hours later. The last victim, discovered just before midnight, was a black "John Doe" stabbed to death on the street near Madison Square Garden. Police were still searching desperately for the elusive "Midtown Slasher" when 31-year-old Roger Adams, a black man, was stabbed to death in Buffalo on December 29. Wendell Barnes, 26, was fatally wounded in Rochester, on December 30, but Buffalo native Albert Menefee was luckier the next day, surviving a thrust that nicked his heart. On January 1, Larry Little and Calvin Crippen survived separate attacks, fighting off their white assailant with only minor injuries. On January 6, police announced that the recent stabbings were "probably linked" with Buffalo's unsolved .22-caliber shootings, but still they seemed no closer to a suspect. The case broke twelve days later, in Georgia, when Pvt. Joseph Christopher, age 25, was arrested at Fort Benning, charged with slashing a black GI. A search of his former residence, near Buffalo, turned up quantities of .22-caliber ammunition, a gun barrel, and two sawed-off rifle stocks. More to the point, authorities learned that Christopher had joined the army on November 13, arriving at Fort Benning six days later. He was absent on leave from December 19 to January 4, with a bus ticket recording his arrival in Manhattan on December 20. Hospitalized with self-inflicted wounds on May 6, 1981, Christopher bragged to a nurse of his involvement in the September slayings around Buffalo. Four days later, he was charged with three of the local shooting deaths, a fourth murder count added to the list on June 29, plu
L&I Death Sentence in Florida Murder
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Death Sentence in Florida Murder > TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Lawrence Singleton, who was paroled > in California a decade ago for raping a teen-age > hitchhiker and chopping off her forearms, was sentenced > to death Tuesday for killing a prostitute in his Tampa > living room. > > ``This was an unprovoked, senseless killing of a human > being,'' said state Judge Bob Mitcham. ``We are living > in times worse than Sodom and Gomorrah.'' > > Jurors convicted Singleton, 70, of first-degree murder > for stabbing to death Roxanne Hayes, a 31-year-old > prostitute and mother of three. > > ``Roxanne Hayes fought for her life,'' Mitcham said. > ``She literally clawed for her life. She was acutely > aware of her impending death.'' > > Singleton's lawyers had said jurors recommended the > death penalty because Singleton had won parole in 1987 > in California after serving only eight years for raping > a 15-year-old girl in 1978. > > She testified during Singleton's penalty hearing. ``I > was raped and I had my hands cut off,'' Mary Vincent, > now 35, told jurors. ``He used a hatchet. He left me to > die.'' > > Speaking in Los Angeles after the sentencing, Ms. > Vincent said that although she does not believe in the > death penalty, she was relieved. > > ``I didn't want to play God and don't want anyone's > death on my hands. But I think there's a little bit of > relief. I think we can all put this behind us now,'' she > said. > > Ms. Hayes' longtime boyfriend, Clifford Tyson, the > father of two of her young children, told the judge last > month he has forgiven Singleton and also did not want to > see him executed. > > California communities refused to accept Singleton when > he was released, so he finished his parole for the > Vincent attack in a home on prison grounds. He then > returned to Tampa, where he had spent his childhood. > > Singleton was arrested here in February 1997 after a > house painter walked into his home and saw him attacking > Ms. Hayes, who was dead when police arrived. > > He denied raping and mutilating Ms. Vincent, but > admitted stabbing Ms. Hayes. ``I was framed the first > time. But this time I did it,'' he told reporters as he > was led from the jail after his arrest. > > During his trial, he testified that Ms. Hayes had > attacked him with a knife during an argument over money, > and he was trying to grab the weapon when the blade > plunged seven times into her body. > > Singleton, a retired merchant marine, apologized before > Mitcham last month. > > ``I'm sorry about the death in this case. I'll have to > carry it on my conscience the rest of my life,'' he > said. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Paula Jones Weighs Appeal Decision
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paula Jones Weighs Appeal Decision > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paula Jones prepared Tuesday for > meetings with her attorneys as she decides whether to > appeal a Little Rock judge's decision dismissing her > sexual harassment civil suit against President Clinton. > > Susan Carpenter McMillan, Jones' spokeswoman and > adviser, said they were traveling from California to > Dallas to discuss the case with Mrs. Jones' lawyers > there. > > Carpenter-McMillan denied a Fox News report that Mrs. > Jones had decided to appeal, calling it ``an erroneous > claim.'' > > ``We will make the announcement Thursday,'' she said. > There has been rampant speculation in recent days that > Mrs. Jones would proceed with an appeal, and a > spokeswoman for the Rutherford Institute on Tuesday > called that ``90 percent sure.'' > > Fox News said that in a telephone conversation, Mrs. > Jones indicated she had told her lawyers of a desire to > appeal the case, even though she was told that prospects > for overturning the decision were not good. > > Nisha N. Mohammed of the Rutherford Institute said > ``there are a number of issues that are still being > worked out, attorney-client issues that are being talked > through.'' > > She said ``no definitive decision has been made'' on > whether Mrs. Jones will appeal the decision to the 8th > U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. > > Fox News said Mrs. Jones told friends she would need > ``good luck'' in an appeal of U.S. District court Judge > Susan Webber Wright's decision. > > Mrs. Jones, 31, has waged a protracted battle against > Clinton, whom she claimed had propositioned her in an > Arkansas hotel room when she was a state worker and he > was governor. Clinton has said he doesn't recall such a > meeting and has denied that any thing improper happened. > > On April 1, Judge Wright dismissed Mrs. Jones' sexual > harassment suit, saying there wasn't sufficient merit to > her allegations to take the case to trial. > > Mrs. Jones, who has made no public comments on the > judge's decision in Arkansas, was not available for > comment Tuesday. She was flying from her home in Long > Beach, Calif., to Dallas to confer with her lawyers. > > The Rutherford Institute, the conservative foundation > that has been helping to finance Jones' civil suit, had > announced earlier Tuesday that she would hold a news > conference Thursday afternoon in Dallas. > > In its statement, the institute said that Mrs. Jones > would make a short statement and her attorneys will take > questions. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Court To E-Mail Au Pair Decision
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Court To E-Mail Au Pair Decision > BOSTON (AP) -- Officials at Massachusetts' highest court > said Tuesday they plan to release the decision about the > Louise Woodward case electronically -- a cyberspace > first for the Supreme Judicial Court. > > But administrators cautioned that their announcement > does not mean an opinion about the former British au > pair is imminent. > > The court began sending informational e-mails to about > 50 reporters and editors Tuesday, telling them that they > will receive a decision by e-mail at 10 a.m. on the day > the decision is ready. > > The media outlets will then be able to post the decision > on their websites. > > There will be no advance notice as to when the opinion > will be released. A decision on paper will also be > available. > > ``There's been extraordinary media interest in this case > and this is the first time that we have used the court's > information technologies to respond to the enormous > number of inquiries,'' said court spokeswoman Joan > Kenney. > > Ms. Woodward is awaiting a decision about her conviction > in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen of Newton. > > Both prosecutors and the defense have appealed. > > A decision by the high court could mean several things: > she could be free to return to England; she could be > sent back to prison; or she could be ordered back to > court for resentencing. > > Ms. Woodward, 20, has been in legal limbo since Superior > Court Judge Hiller Zobel reduced a jury's second-degree > murder conviction to manslaughter and set her free, > sentencing her to the 279 days she had served since her > arrest. She was ordered to remain in Massachusetts while > both sides appealed. > > Prosecutors asked the court to reinstate the jury > verdict and the mandatory 15-year minimum prison > sentence it carries. Defense lawyers had asked the high > court to either overturn the conviction or uphold > Zobel's ruling so Ms. Woodward could return to England. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Starr Targets Secret Service
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Starr Targets Secret Service > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Setting the stage for a showdown with > the Secret Service, Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr > has asked a judge to compel members of the White House > security detail to answer questions about President > Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. > > An official knowledgeable about negotiations between > Starr's office and the Justice Department said the > prosecutor filed his motion Friday after the talks broke > down. The Clinton administration plans to fight it, the > official said. > > Starr is seeking grand jury testimony from uniformed > officers responsible for the security of the White House > complex. He apparently believes they have information > that might shed light on the Clinton-Lewinsky > relationship, said the source, who spoke only on grounds > of anonymity. > > The Clinton administration argues that compelling > testimony from tight-lipped Secret Service officials > would undermine the trust between presidents and their > protectors, a precedent they say could endanger future > presidents. > > The officers have no first-hand knowledge about the > relationship, but may have been told something about it > second-hand, the official said. > > Starr's motion, initially reported by The Wall Street > Journal, argues that no Secret Service officials are > exempt from the requirement to testify. He appears to be > making a distinction between uniformed officers and > plainclothed agents who are in the closest proximity to > the president. The official said Starr's motion does not > name plainclothed agents, although it does seek > testimony from specific uniformed officers. > > By not going after agents, Starr weakens the Secret > Service's argument for a privilege against grand jury > testimony, the official said. The Justice Department had > indicated earlier that compelling the testimony of > anyone from the Secret Service -- even uniformed > officers -- would set a dangerous precedent. > > Starr's office has questioned several uniformed officers > in recent weeks about the days leading up to Ms. > Lewinsky's exit from the White House when she was > transferred to a new job at the Pentagon in the spring > of 1996, according to two lawyers familiar with the > prosecutor's investigation. > > The lawyers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said > that while the officers answered the prosecutors' > questions, Starr wants to delve into additional areas as > well. > > Asked in Little Rock, Ark., whether the Secret Service > was no longer cooperating with his office, Starr said > ``I would not want to characterize it that way. We have > remained ... in constant touch with other agencies of > government.'' > > Starr added that ``we do our very best to seek to > accommodate the interests of other agencies while at the > same time living up to our obligation to gather all the > facts and to be able to evaluate those facts and present > them to the grand jury.'' > > Regarding the Secret Service issue, Mike Leibig, an > attorney for the Uniformed Division Officers > Association, said that as far as he knows, none of the > group's members has been subpoenaed. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
L&I Texas Separatist Leader Convicted
Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Texas Separatist Leader Convicted > DALLAS (AP) -- The leader of a Texas separatist group > accused of writing millions of dollars in bogus checks > for things like a Lear jet and clothes for his wife was > convicted Tuesday on 26 counts of federal fraud and > conspiracy. > > Seven followers of Republic of Texas leader Richard > McLaren, including his wife, were convicted of fraud. > Mark Anthony Hernandez was acquitted and on two counts > and ordered released. > > After hearing testimony for a month, jurors deliberated > 3 1/2 days before returning the verdicts. > > McLaren could be sentenced to life in prison and fined > $25.25 million. The others face lesser terms and fines. > > The Republican of Texas members allegedly ran up their > credit card bills on such expenses as a Lear jet lease > for McLaren and a $300 Neiman Marcus sweater for his > wife, Evelyn. They tried paying the tabs with so-called > ``warrants,'' prosecutors said. > > Prosecutors accused them of issuing $3.4 million in > worthless warrants to eight companies, including > American Express and Visa. > > McLaren told jurors the federal government improperly > annexed Texas in 1845 and its $80 billion in assets > belong to the independent nation of Texas. > > The group's self-proclaimed ``ambassador and consul > general,'' McLaren was convicted of organizing and > managing the warrant scheme. > > ``I'm disappointed and I'm sure he's (McLaren) > disappointed,'' said defense attorney Tom Mills. ``But I > don't think he was surprised.'' > > U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins said the verdict should be a > warning: Don't mess with Texas.'' > > McLaren is already serving a 99-year state prison > sentence for his role in a kidnapping last year that > triggered a Republic of Texas standoff with state > troopers. > > The eight will be sentenced in June and July. > > McLaren told jurors the United States improperly annexed > Texas in 1845 and its $80 billion in assets belong to > the independent nation of Texas. > > Mills said McLaren continues to work on Republic of > Texas business while in prison. > > ``He's very hopeful the Republic of Texas will be > recognized as a legitimate entity,'' he said. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
Re: L&I Court To E-Mail Au Pair Decision
DocCec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: In a message dated 98-04-14 20:45:48 EDT, you write: << Court To E-Mail Au Pair Decision >> They tried this the last time, didn't they? As I recall, the outcome was not startlingly successful. Doc Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
Re: L&I Members please read
Robert Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: hi kathy will be missing your post's.have a good spring break.cant wait till your back. bob,wa Kathy E wrote: > Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have recently covered two child murder cases back to back, and to say > the least it is a bit taxing emotionally for me. It's hard NOT to get > involved when you see the pictures of the children alive and then the > crime scene photo's and ME's pictures, I told Ed I would like to have > some time off of the list, to attend to some matters in my private life > and also just to take a break from the court cases. > > I'll be back on April 20th to cover the trial of the Las Vegas > murder/sexual assault of the little girl. I ask if any one needs any > admin or the sort done you send all email to Ed, if there is something > he thinks I need to be made aware of he will let me know :) I will > continue to do the COTD but don't look for much output from me on other > things, also if you haven't received a reply from me on anything don't > hold your breath waiting for it, I did all the email replies I could > this weekend and I won't be having a lot of time to do any others if at > all UFN. I thank you for your patience on this :) > > Happy Posting :) > -- > Kathy E > "I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow > isn't looking too good for you either" > http://members.delphi.com/kathylaw/ Law & Issues Mailing List > http://pw1.netcom.com/~kathye/rodeo.html - Cowboy Histories > http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/2990/law.htm Crime photo's > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues -- I dont suffer from stress.I'M a carrier.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
