Two felons executed by injection
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SMYRNA. Del (AP) —
James Allen Red Do# received
final riles from a medicine
man. told his wife "I'm going
home, bate” and was execut
ed by injection Wednesday for
Milling a man s inroai in a nrunxen rage
Hours earlier. Arizona executed John George
Brewer, who admitted he strangled his pregnant
fiancee, then had sex with the corpse.
Neither man made a legal appeal to save their
lives. Their executions were the second for each
state since resuming capital punishment
After a prayer ceremony with a medicine man,
Red Dog. a Sioux Indian, said: "I'd like to thank my
family and friends and (attorney Edward) Pankows
ki for supporting me and all others who treater! mo
with kindness
"As for the rest of you. you all can kiss my ass."
As the lethal dose of drugs was administered. Red
Dog choked and told his wife. Bonnie. "I'm going
home, babe."
She leaned toward the window of the execution
room, responding, "I know. I love you I'll be there
soon."
Red Dog, 39. had killed at least twice and wos liv
ing in Delaware under the federal witness protec
tion program when he murdered Hugh Pennington,
an acquaintance, in February 1991. He then kid
napped a woman and raped her
Red Dog had been placed in the witness program
in 108« after testifying about prison gangs and the
American Indian Movement
He was sentenced to death last year after plead
ing no contest to first-degree murder, rape, kid
napping and weapons charges.
Brewer. 27, was executed 90 minutes after the
U S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 to lift a stay imposed
by a federal appeals judge
Brewer admitted he heat and strangled 23-year
old Rita Brier, who was 22 weeks pregnant, in their
Flagstaff apartment in 19B7.
Red Dog repeatedly said he wanted to die and his
family supported his decision, saying in a statement
he was going to his death "with pride and dignity
. and proud that he’s giving in return for what he
took — a life."
Unlike Red Dog. Brewer's family opposed his
death sentence
On Tuesday. Arizona's Board of Pardons and
Paroles refused to intervene after hearing Brewer's
mother plead for his life.
"I've been trying to prevent him from commit
ting suicide ever since he was a small child. Today
I was trying to prevent him from committing sui
cide again." Flsie Brewer told the board.
Brewer, however, said he felt death was "an
appropriate penalty" for his crime
Police violated policy
with King, official says
LOS ANGELES (AF) — Three policemen broke Police Depart
ment policy by kicking or beating Rodney King after he had fall
en. a police official testified Wednesday in the officers' feder
al trial.
Sgt. Mark Conta. head of physical training and self-defense
at the Los Angeles Police Academy, said Officer Laurence Pow
ell should have stopped beating King after his baton blows
knocked King to the ground
"An officer should use only the force that is reasonable and
necessary to overcome a suspect's resistance.” Conta said. Pow
ell. who struck King the most times, is on trial along with Offi
cer Theodore Briseno, former officer Timothy Wind and Sgt.
Stacey Koon on charges of violating King's civil rights.
The four were acquitted of most charges in a state trial last
April, touching off three days of deadly riots in Los Angeles.
Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the Marcia 3,
1991. beating, which was videotaped by a witness.
The white officers claimed they continued to beat King, a
black motorist stopped for speeding, because they felt threat
ened by him But Conta said King "did not demonstrate com
bative or aggressive behavior that would constitute a threat."
Koon. the officer in charge, is not accused of beating King.
But Conta denounced him for failing to stop the clubbing and
kicking, though he said Koon didn't violate police policy.
Airing cult sermon may lead to media abuse, analysts say
DAl.I.AS (AP) — Airing a reli
gious t.ull leader's radio sermon
during n standoff was a necessary
pari of negotiations, but opened
the door to madmen monopoliz
ing the media, experts said
Wednesday
David horesh. leader of the
heavily armed Branch Davidion
religious sect, hud promised an
immediate, peaceful surrender
Tuesday if radio stations played
his taped 58-minute monologue.
Dallas radio station KKIJ) and
the Christian Broadi listing Net
work agreed to the FBI's request
to play the tape, but thorn was no
surrender
"In this cast*. 1 would have
agreed with KRLD. Korosh had
promised that (the surrender) will
happen il vou will air this tape."
said Darwin Payne, head of the
journalism program at Southurn
n
Methodist University.
"On the other hand it would
tend to promote other people to
want to demand air time —
unless we don't do that." Payne
said
Tony Cooper, an expert on ter
rorism, agreed that playing the
tape may set a dangerous prece
dent.
Nevertheless. Cooper said, the
media and authorities had little
choice.
If we had denied him this pos
sibility. would he kill a hostage?"
he said.
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