Potts defies appeals as Georgia sets execution date
Convicted murderer Jack Howard Potts, 35, vows to face Georgia’s electric chair next Thursday after dismissing his lawyers and abandoning further appeals. Governor Busbee previously granted a 90 day stay. the State Pardons and Parole Board declined to commute to life. Potts cites chronic pain from a police bullet near his spine and has converted to Catholicism seeking peace before execution.
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Fort Wayne seeks calm after Vernon Jordan shooting
In Fort Wayne Indiana black leaders gather at Parkview Memorial Hospital to monitor the Vernon E Jordan shooting investigation. They urge transparency while noting ongoing discrimination in housing education and jobs and warn of potential community tension despite general calm.
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Witness fee dispute roils Gacy case in Chicago
Cook County prosecutors call defense requests for 33000 in witness fees and 607 in travel expenses "inappropriate and excessive" in the John W. Gacy trial. They challenge a 19000 bill for psychiatrist Richard Rappaport as the largest single expense in a defense filing totaling 48500.
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