Swapp clan members convicted in Utah siege shooting
Three Swapp family members faced trial after a 13 day standoff in the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City. Lee was convicted of manslaughter for the death of state Corrections Lt. Fred House. Addam Swapp was found guilty of manslaughter. Jonathan Swapp received negligent homicide. The case follows a January gunfight that ended the siege and included related federal bombing and attempted murder charges. Prosecutors said Singer fired the fatal shot, while Swapp’s family connections link the defendants to the broader bombing and federal charges.
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Coalville
Utah
UPI
Addam Swapp
John Timothy Singer
Swapp
Jonathan
Singer
Jonathan Swapp
Fred House
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake City
FBI
Vickie
David Schwendiman
Fred Metos
Tennessee governor blocks Ray parole review
Gov. Ned McWherter amends the 1985 directive to bar early parole reviews for inmates deemed “problem” prisoners. The move affects James Earl Ray and about 100 Tennessee inmates, citing violence or an escape as disqualifying factors.
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Nashville, Tenn
McWherter
Lamar Alexander
James Earl Ray
King
Tennessee
David Welles
Welles
Ray
Youth to be returned to Illinois today
Roger Tracy Braun a suburban high school freshman who faces murder charges in Illinois waived extradition and was to be returned from California. He was arrested near Magic Mountain while headed toward a girl’s home in Arizona with a companion. Frederick Braun was found shot dead in Barrington Harbor Estates.
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Santa Clarita
Calif
UPI
Roger Tracy Braun
Illinois
Los Angeles
Braun
Magic Mountain
Arizona
Jeff Springs
Lake County
Ill
Frederick Braun
Chicago
Barrington Harbor Estates
Valencia
Roger Braun
Chicago women freed after abuse prompted murders commuted
Gov. James R. Thompson commuted the prison terms of Gladys Gonzalez and Leslie Brown, Chicago wives who killed their abusive husbands, to time served. Gonzalez served nine years, Brown six, with release set for Friday from Dwight Correctional Center. Thompson cited unequivocal battered-woman evidence in the clemency order.
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Springfield
Ill
James R. Thompson
Gladys Gonzalez
Leslie Brown
Chicago
Dwight Correctional Center
Gonzalez
Brown
Thompson
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