High school pranks lead to jail time for two seniors
Dallas prosecutors plan to upgrade charges against Ian McConnell Walker of Bishop Lynch High and Joseph Robert Tellini of Lake Highlands High from third to second degree felonies after muffins laced with marijuana sent 19 teachers to the hospital. Both 18 face five counts of assault on a public servant. Experts warn teens’ underdeveloped forethought can turn pranks into lasting criminal records.
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L A Broadcaster Aims to Stir Tehran Opposition
Zia Atabay, ex pop singer turned broadcaster, says his LA satellite station could catalyze Iranian opposition. The Bush plan seeks 75 million dollars to fund broadcasting for democracy, as Iranian expatriates in California grow to over 160,000. Iranians abroad rally against hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad amid accusations against Tehran.
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Aryan trial probes secret prison unit in 1998 for cooperators
In Santa Ana California a federal prison official testified in the racketeering trial of Aryan Brotherhood leaders about a 1998 built H Unit at Supermax Florence Colorado where six former members aided prosecutors. He said cooperators could use a computer and make documents though access to databases was unconfirmed. The trial follows a 2002 sweep that led to 40 arrests, 19 pleas, one death, and remaining trials.
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Virginia Wins Appeal to Execute Inmate Over Insanity Claims
A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling halting the execution of Percy Walton, a triple killer nearing scheduled death in Virginia. Walton, who pleaded guilty to murdering Jessie Kendrick, Elizabeth Kendrick, and Archie Moore in Danville in 1997, has had his sanity and competence to understand death debated for years as his lawyers challenge lethal injection protocols.
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