Families view executions under new Texas policy
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas two years after a convenience store robbery death, Thomas Dillon supports watching the killer die as the Texas Board of Criminal Justice unanimously approves a policy allowing victims families to view executions. It may take months before victims relatives can exercise the new option.
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Texas
Thomas Dillon
Dillon
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Rapist escapes court and claims new victim in LA case
Phillip Juan Barba, 24, who had just been sentenced to 29 years for escaping, raping, and robbing a woman, freed his handcuffs and fled a Los Angeles courthouse. He allegedly raped again during a woman’s car ride about three hours later before being recaptured.
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Los Angeles
Phillip Juan Barba
Judge rejects appeal of condemned reporter Abu Jamal
Philadelphia judge denies new trial bid by Mumia Abu Jamal, a former radio reporter on death row for the 1981 slaying of a police officer. His lawyers promise further appeals, arguing framed trial and ineffective counsel. The case has drawn international attention from death penalty opponents and prominent figures who say he was railroaded by a biased system.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Abu-Jamal
Common Pleas
Albert F. Sabo
Abu- Jamal
Footwear expert challenges Lee in Simpson trial confrontation
FBI expert William Bodgiak disputed Henry Lee’s shoe print testimony, saying evidence on the Nicole Brown Simpson walkway were tool marks not fresh prints. Lee refused further phase participation as defense and prosecutors clash over rebuttals and future witnesses in the Simpson case.
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Simpson
Los Angeles Times
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Barry Scheck
Scheck
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Badziak
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Myrna Raeder
Defense Eyes Tape Replay in Final OJ Arguments
Defense seeks access to the courtroom evidence presentation system to replay trial and post murder footage in final arguments. They argue videotaped testimony offers a clearer recap than transcripts and may include news footage and past hearings. A new professional conduct rule aims to curb inflammatory outside comments by trial participants. Jurors received a weekend sequestration pep talk as cross examination resumes with FBI analyst Badziak slated to return.
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Simpson
State Bar
Pete Wilson
State Supreme Court
Donald Fischbach
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Guns Around Sarajevo Stay Despite Serb Pledges
NATO watches as Serbs fail to withdraw heavy artillery from the 12 mile weapons exclusion zone around Sarajevo. U.N. spokesman Jim Landale reports only internal movement within the zone. Holbrooke and aides head to Belgrade and Sarajevo for talks as a 72 hour deadline looms for withdrawal and possible renewed bombing.
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Makers set standard for new CD
Two industry groups settle on a common format for a new CD size disc able to hold feature movies music and data. Toshiba backed by Time Warner and others competes with Sony Philips, seeking to avoid two formats and rely on a single consumer friendly standard.
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Taizo Nishimura
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Sony
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Supertyphoon Oscar Eyes Tokyo Hit
Typhoon Oscar, dubbed a 30 per typhoon, nears Tokyo with winds up to 110 mph. The Central Meteorological Agency says the 12th storm of the year is moving north from about 500 miles south of Tokyo at 15 mph, largest and most powerful to hit the region in 80 years.
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Tokyo
Oscar
Central Meteorological Agency
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Canada seeks to jail Bernardo indefinitely
Prosecutors urge declaring Bernardo a dangerous offender for abducting and raping teen girls he murdered. The defense argues the court must determine if sentencing can proceed. Bernardo already sits under two concurrent life terms for the first degree killings of Kristen Rench and Leslie Mahaffy. Judge LeSage adjourned the hearing to October 6.
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Toronto
Paul Bernardo
Bernardo
John Rosen
Patrick LeSage
Leslie Baldwin
Bernardy
Kristenrench
Leslie Mahaffy
LeSage
Aftershocks hit southern Mexico after big quake
Mexico City reports a sequence of aftershocks following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that damaged hundreds of buildings and killed at least five people. The first aftershock struck at 9:20 p.m. local time, triggering two smaller shocks minutes later near the Thursday quake epicenter about 190 miles southeast of Mexico City.
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Mexico
National Seismological Institute
Malaysian airliner crashes into shantytown at Tawau
A Malaysia Airlines Fokker F-50 crash near Tawau left 34 of 53 aboard dead, including the pilot and co-pilot, with 19 survivors. About 100 residents were left homeless, while officials reported no fatalities among the squatter colony residents.
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Malaysia
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