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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2004
Page
7
In Tampa Alan Thompson, 23, convicted of killing 18 year old Christopher Fannan after a May 2002 altercation outside a restaurant. Prosecutors say he should have known the punch could cause fatal harm. sentencing set for March after a prior hung jury.
Legislators in at least nine states seek constitutional amendments to define marriage as heterosexual despite existing laws. Ohio advances a sweeping ban extending to domestic partner benefits, while Idaho, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, and Michigan consider similar measures.
Illinois Supreme Court ruled former Gov George Ryan had power to commute all death row sentences before leaving office. Justices held governor pardon power largely unreviewable and approved mass clemency of 161 inmates plus four pardons after 13 death row convictions prompted a moratorium. Justice Bob Thomas wrote for the majority. Ryan called ruling welcome and said he reviewed each case. Critics argued clemency should be individual rather than mass.
A car sped from the fourth-floor level of the Golden Nugget casino parking garage, jumped a curb and shattered a wall before crashing onto its roof in an alley. The driver and passenger, an 83 year old man and 79 year old woman, died. Police say it may have been an accelerator error and call it a freak accident.
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