Beckwith jury ends first day in Evers murder case
A racially mixed jury finished its first day of deliberations in the third murder trial of Byron De La Beckwith, accused of ambushing civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. Prosecutors urged jurors to convict after two prior all white juries could not.
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Hinds County
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Clinton plans major military personnel cuts in defense plan
President Clinton proposes cutting the Pentagon workforce by 181,000, saving 4 billion, with active duty trimmed by 85,000 and 46,000 from reserve forces. Civilian staff would fall by 50,000, as part of a 1995 budget plan.
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Wilson leaves mental hospital after 68 years
Junius Wilson, Deaf and Black, imprisoned as insane in 1925, was castrated and kept in a locked ward for 68 years. At 96 he moved into a three bedroom cottage near Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro with guardian John Wasson and lawyers from Carolina Legal Assistance.
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John Wasson
New Hanover County
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Carolina Legal Assistance
Paul Pooley
Attorney General’s Office
Pooley
Clinton attacks insurers over health care plan push
Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Philadelphia audience that insurers and entrenched interests rig the health care system, framing the White House plan as the cure and denying rivals gaining steam in Congress. She condemned insurers for selecting coverage and costs harming families and small businesses.
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Arkansas teen convicted in boys death case at Corning
Jessie Lloyd Misskelley, 18, was found guilty of one count first degree serious case and two counts second degree serious case in the killings of Michael Moore Steve Branch and Chris Byers in Corning Arkansas. He received life plus 40 years. Damien Echols and Charles Jason Baldwin face capital murder charges later this month.
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Steve Branch
Chris Byers
Clay County
David Burnett
Misskelley
Damien Echols
Charles Jason Baldwin
Moore
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