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Jury to decideif twice-guijtyman is to dieBy Jonathan McDonald Odoaaa AmericanFORT STOCKTON — Charles Edward Smith is looking at two options — death by lethal injection or life imprisonment — as he undergoes the penalty phase of his capital murder trial for the third time in 11 years.The jury trial started Monday in Fort Stockton to determine the appropriate punishment for Smith, w ho shot and killed a Pecos County Sheriff’s deputy in 1988.'‘We’re not even contesting that (whether Smith did the shooting) hero, he’s already been foundIm JURY on Pago 3AHouse Ways and MeansCommittee Chairman Rep. Bill Archer, R*Texas, shown on Capitol Hill in this June 10 file photo, sought an IRS audit of a Buddhist temple in California after it was host for a Democratic fund-raiser featuring Vice President Al Gore.AP PHOTO
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Odessa, Texas, US

Tue, Nov 16, 1999

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