Mothers as Key Jurors in Susan Smith Death Penalty Trial
In Columbia AP report juror selection for Susan Smith's murder trial focuses on mothers with children. Experts judge that younger mothers may be favored by prosecutors and defense for empathy toward Smith and understanding of maternal stakes, while older mothers may be more compassionate but less likely to vote for death.
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Susan Smith
Columbia
Union County
Ms. Smith
South Carolina
Dick Harpoothan
Pope
Michael
Alex
John Blume
Death Penalty Resource Center
Bruck
Blume
Boy, 9, Charged In Woman's Beating Death
WOODRUFF AP Police charge a 9-year-old boy with murder in the May beating death of 19-year-old Kimberly Dawn Hughes. Four youths are implicated after earlier arrests of three teenage girls and now the brother of two of them. A pathologist cites blunt trauma to head and neck as the cause.
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Ken Bishop
Spartanburg County
Obituary Notices on Page 2B List Local Deaths
Notices list Nancy Ann McGhee Brooks of North Augusta Arnie Shull de Treville of Williston Theron E Hart of Travelers Rest with brief burial details and services forthcoming. The notices appear on page 2B of the edition.
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Nancy Ann McGhee Brooks
North Augusta
Arnie Shull de Treville
Williston
Theron E. Hart
Travelers Rest
Quick Meeting Sets Stage For Final Approval Of New Budget
Aiken County Council held a 15 minute meeting Tuesday night with no discussion of the Fiscal 1996 budget. A final vote is expected June 20 after a work session on the $89.7 million plan. The budget increases general operations funds by over $24 million, offers a small worker raise, and preserves a 68 mill tax rate. The council also approved a county motor pool, a $480,000 expenditure for library and communications upgrades, a permit rule for sexually oriented businesses, a three year audit contract with Cherry Bekaert and Holland, a county safety award, and an ordinance requiring cashier’s checks or money orders for court fines and support payments at the Detention Center.
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Aiken County
Ronnie Young
Council
Cherry, Bekaert and Holland
Cheryl Westall
Aiken native's song chosen for Eastwood film Bridges scene
Aiken born Archie Jordan wrote It Was Almost Like a Song used in Clint Eastwood's The Bridges of Madison County. Eastwood picked the track a month before release after a NYC lunch with Hal David. Jordan notes song royalties from movies are not typical, only a fixed fee.
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Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Madison County
Jordan
Nash
Ville
New York
Hal David
Ginny Soutemert
Sarah Jordan
Aiken
Archie Jordan
McWee's Second Murder Trial Delayed by Defense Claims
Convicted killer Jerry McWee's second murder trial stalled Tuesday as attorney J Carrol Bryant argued insufficient time to prepare the defense and pretrial motions. Circuit Judge Tom Ervin postponed the start, possibly to be reassigned, after Bryant said he learned of the case by telephone and from a local paper. McWee, shackled and guarded, testified on competency claiming voices in his head, a claim he now disputes. he was previously found guilty and sentenced to die for John Perry's death.
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Jerry Bridwell McWee
Tom Ervin
J. Carrol Bryant
McVee
Barbara Morgan
Bryant
Jim Huff
Talso
Aiken
WeWee
State Department of Corrections
McWee
John Perry
McWee to face new trial in second 1991 slaying
Former Augusta police officer McWee, convicted in 1994 for a July 6 1991 murder of Perry, seeks a fair hearing as he stands trial for the July 13 1991 killing of Willis, with accomplice McWee identified as George Scott serving two life terms as a state witness. He argues for trial readiness while pre trial motions challenge the indictments and solicitor authority.
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Augusta
Perry
Aiken County
Aiken
David D. Willis
Huff
McWee
Hostages Cross Border Into Serbia
Bosnian Serbs release 108 UN peacekeepers who cross the Drina into Mali Zvornik amid pressure from Serbia's president. NATO talks and international negotiations continue as Milosevic signals further releases and Bosnian Serb leaders show a more cooperative stance toward peace efforts.
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Mali Zvornik
Yugoslavia
U.N
Serbia
Bosnian Orbs
United Nations
NATO
Drina
Slobodan Milosevic
Novi Sad
Belrade
Stanisie
Stanisic
Milosevic
Bosnia
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