Tape in jailhouse confession tests legal rights in murder case
In Portland, prosecutors weigh using a jailhouse recording of Conan Hale confessing to a priest during a sacrament of reconciliation. Legal experts question admissibility, citing clergy confidentiality versus state law on jailhouse taping. Hale faces charges related to three forest killings near Springfield and other burglary cases.
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Portland
Ore
Conan Wayne Hale
William Donohue
Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights
Hale
Springfield
Timothy Mackaitis
Doug Harcleroad
Terri Wood
Wood
The
Oregonian
Harcleroad
David Schuman
University of Oregon
Autopsy Fatalities Detail Colby Canoe Tragedy In Maryland
Former CIA Director William Colby likely suffered a heart attack or stroke during a canoe outing, fell into the water, and drowned. The autopsy in Maryland cited atherosclerosis and hypothermia as key factors, with the death ruled accidental after an eight day search recovered his body.
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Baltimore
CIA
William Colby
Colby
John Smialek
Jeannette Duerr
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Clinton aides fear Whitewater ads loom in GOP use
The White House worries snippets from President Clinton’s Whitewater testimony could be used in Republican ads even as polls show strong public support for Clinton. Experts note his calm, steady performance but acknowledge一句 party strategists fear the tape may be framed nefariously in a 30 or 60 second spot.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Clinton
Whitewater
Sen
Bob Dole
Andrew Kohut
Little Rock
Independent
David Garth
Garth
Ann Lewis
U.S
George Howard Jr
Whitewater Land Venture
James and
Susan McDougal
Arkansas
Jim Guy Tucker
Jurors Deliberate in Kevorkian Assisted Death Trial
Jurors began deliberations in Oakland County Michigan Friday after closing arguments in Dr Jack Kevorkians third assisted death by own action trial The defense portrayed the charge as unconstitutionally crafted by a hostile state judiciary while the prosecutor urged conviction The court had given deliberation instructions as alternates weighed their views on guilt or innocence
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Pontiac, Mich
Jack Kevorkian
Michigan
Kevorkian
State Court of Appeals
Geoffrey Fieger
Lansing
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Kirk Beckman
Pew Research Center For the People and the Press
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