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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 2000
Page
5
New York state agreed to pay 8 million dollars to 1,280 inmates from Attica Correctional Facility as part of a class-action settlement over the 1971 four day uprising. The deal, unadmitted liability, sets aside funds for inmates and 4 million for legal fees, with final settlement expected by year end.
City investigators say a janitorial firm won a large contract under a women and minority program but was actually run by Patricia Green Duff’s husband, John Duff Jr., and his relatives. Mayor Daley ordered the probe after discrepancies in ownership were reported. The firm Windy City was initially listed under Duff’s name.
A Maryland man, James Lancaster Sr., 36, shot and killed his estranged wife Janice Lancaster, 34, then killed himself on her Faulkner home front porch after an argument. Their 17-year-old daughter witnessed the shooting and called police. A bench warrant for Lancaster’s arrest on harassment charges was issued the day after the shooting, but unprocessed due to New Year’s holiday and staffing shortages.
Brian Peterson, 21, walked out of Webb Correctional Facility in Delaware and returned to Wyckoff, New Jersey, after serving 1 1/2 years of a two year manslaughter sentence for the 1996 death of his newborn son in a Newark motel. He apologized in a statement and said he would make supporters proud.
Taxpayer advocate Val Oveson urged Congress to stay the course on reforms aimed at service over punishment, citing a GAO study showing IRS seizure actions plummeted from about 10 000 annually (1990 1997) to 200 in 1999. He warned against reversing changes, while lawmakers, including Rep. Bill Archer, warned the AMT remains a burden on middle income taxpayers and urged continued reform.
Connecticut public defender Frank Mandanici presses to discipline Kenneth Starr for alleged misconduct in the Whitewater probe. All seven Little Rock federal judges recused themselves as Starr’s work fades, with Mandanici aided by Julie Hiatt Steele and Stephen Smith to press claims despite questions of standing and personal grievance.
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