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September 13, 2000 Page B2 (Clje JJortlanò (ßhseruer » Metro P ortiani) TB KT NE Portland woman rescued from abuse says thanks A northeast Portland w om an who w as rescued from an abusive living environm ent is reaching out to the m any people and organizations that cam e to her aid. A nnie Goggans, 64, will move back in to h e r f u lly re m o ld e d an d refurbished house this weekend. T h is c o u ld n o t h a v e b e e n a c c o m p lish e d w ith o u t the tim e, donations and labor o f businesses, n o n - p r o f it o r g a n iz a tio n s a n d individual volunteers. T his sum m er, G oggans was in a state o f great despair. Her home was about to be boarded up by court o r d e r b e c a u s e o f n u is a n c e com plaints. T he house at NE 15'hand H ighland w as in a state o f disrepair. A ccording to police, illegal drugs and o th e r unlaw ful activities were all too common. U nfortunately, the problem s were n o t o f her ow n making. People w ho cam e to her aid said G oggans w as c o m p le te ly overw helm ed by the bad deeds ofher adult children and others. A c c o rd in g to c o u rt re c o rd s, Annie Goggans is thanking the many people who helped her reclaim her home and escape an abusive environment. G oggans h erse lf was a victim , being physically and em otionally abused by the very own family members whom she loved. H er pastor got her in touch w ith the Elders in A ction advocacy group and law yers donated their tim e to get the problem fixed. A series o f restraining orders w ere draw n up to get the abusing fam ily m em bers out o f the house. A rea b u sin e sse s d o n ated su p p lies and labor to change the locks in her home. B usinesses and organizations also Q ueens; B illy R eeds R estaurant; donated tim e and m oney to rem odel O regon D em olay; Tray Steel and the the h o m e’s kitchen, bathroom and crew at Safew ay on M artin Luther lighting. King Junior BI vd.; K.C. Cleaning C o.; Portland attorney Edie Rogow ay F r e d said volunteers M e y er; h a rd w o rk K i r k 'Annie is so grateful and p ro v es th a t H am ann Portland is truly wants to take this time to say a n d the greatest city God Bless You.' V ic to ria in the world. '• L arso n , “ A nnie is so '■ E ld ers in grateful that and Action; Erika, Mike and Emily, Habitat w ants to take this tim e to say 'G od for Humanity; M etro/Environm ental Bless Y ou' for m aking her house a Services, C ity o f Portland; Pastor hom e,” R ogow ay said. Taylor, H ouse o f Prayer Church; T he Portland O bserver is pleased to list the follow ing people w ho opened their hearts and did their part to help. S tev e G riffin , H om e Depot; M clakey.com ; Don S h erw o o d , R o to -ro o ter; D ebra W oods, the B ob S h o p ; R o n n ie B a lo g ; Richard Lundstrum ; D ave G aylord, T he Bug Man; Mark W illiams, W ilsonville C arpets/Tile; A lonzo, C ity o f Roses H auling; M ike D ingm an, H aul A ll; Elite C a re S e n io r H o u s in g C e n te r ; T h e D ra m a i (£HHEDY5CHO oi I* W id e r a c ia l a n d g e o g ra p h ic d is p a ritie s e x is t in th e fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t’s req u ests for death pen alties, according to a Justice D epartm ent study released Tuesday. T he W hite H ouse called the findings troubling. The report, requested by A ttorney G eneral Janet R eno, w as certain to p ro v o k e r e n e w e d c a lls fro m C o n g ress, civ il rig h ts and legal groups for a m oratorium on federal death sentences. Reno im posed a new system in 1995 requiring U.S. A ttorneys to get her approval for all death sentences after a review o f each case by a team o f senior Justice officials. N either she nor the review team m em bers are told the race o f defendants but defense attorneys som etim es tell them in the course o f arguing against the death penalty. R en o ’s goal w as to achieve a m ore uniform system , but the report found the first five years ofexperience w ith the system w as not uniform . T he num bers did show , how ever, th a t J u s tic e D e p a rtm e n t r e c o m m e n d a tio n s fo r d e a th sentences in federal cases roughly Attorney General Janet Reno speaks to journalists during her weekly news briefing at the Department o f Justice in Washington, Thursday Sept. 7. pending. T he m inority proportion o f those charged w ith capital crim es, those recom m ended for the death penalty and those sentenced to death was far higher than the m inority proportion in the national population. “ W e’ve seen the num bers,” W hite H ouse deputy press secretary Jake S iew ert said. “ A t first glance, those num bers are troubling. W e need to know m ore about exactly w hat’s b e h in d th e n u m b e rs .” S ie w e rt declined to discuss a possible death penaltym oratorium . “O bviously, the president w ants to see this inform ation and m ake his ow n judgm ent, but I w ouldn’t expect anything on that,” Siew ert said. G eographically, only fiveofthe94 U.S. attorney districts accounted for about 40 percent o f the 682 death penalty cases subm itted for review. They w ere Puerto Rico, the eastern district ofV irginia, M aryland and the eastern and southern districts ofN ew York. T hose five and four other t McMenamins An Educational Tribute to JO H N Disparity in death penalties found A s s o c ia te d P ress Portland Police Locksm ith Program; Judy Booker; L inda H om buckle; A n n ie’s neighbors; D eputy Ross, M ultnom ah County s h e riff s dept.; O fficers M arcy Jackson and Lucy K ochever, P ortland police dept.; Steve Rose, Cindy Bidnick and Karen Haul, M ultnomah County fam ilyand civilclerks;T heH on. Paula Kurshner an d th e H o n . S te v e n E v a n s , M ultnomah County circuit court; The C ity A tto rn ey ’s O ffice; M ichael W endrow ; Bob O m stein; JLH; KS; BRL; Louise Kaiser; and all the special people w ho have donated furniture, housew are and gift certificates. districts, western M issouri, N ew M e x ic o , w e s te rn T ennessee and northern Texas, accounted for 43 p e r c e n t o f th e 183 d e f e n d a n ts th a t U .S . atto rn ey s reco m m en d ed for the death penalty. T h e f e d e ra l d e a th penalty has been back on the books since 1988 and w as expanded in 1994 to cover dozens m ore crim es, m any o f them drug-related or violent. B ut because o f appeals, no death sentence has yet been carried out since 1963. T w o - th ir d s o f th e 21 p riso n ers u n d er federal d e a th s e n te n c e a re m inorities. In 1972, the S u p re m e C o u rt s tru c k dow n the death penalty as ap p lied at that tim e on g r o u n d s th a t it w as unconstitutionally unfair. COLTRANE Thursday, September 21, 7pm Live Music with BRYAN DICKERSON and FRIENDS >736 \ I 3 > i <1 Pot (la n d , < )r c g o n (3 0 3 )2 4 9 -3 9 0 3 o n n . 11it i t i e n , l i m n s . < m i l reflected the racial percentages o f the po o l o f defendants charged w ith capital crimes. Between 1995 and July o f this year, U .S. attorneys forw arded for review the cases o f 682 defendants who faced capital charges, o f w hich 20 percent were w hite and 80 percent w e re m in o rities. U .S . a tto rn e y s recom m ended the death penalty be sought for 183 o f them , 26 percent o f them whites and 74 percent minorities. R eno approved seek in g death penalties for 159 o f them, ofw hich 28 percent were for whites and 72 percent form inorities. U ltim ately during this period, 20 defendants have been sentenced to death, o f w hich 20 percent were white and 80 percent m inorities. M any cases are resolved during this process before trial o r sentenc ing b y guilty pleas, altered charges and other outside events. O ther cases are Development from page 1 a p a rtm e n ts d e sig n e d to p ro v id e affordable housing to tenants in the 60 percent m edian incom e range. 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