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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.
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L arso n ,
“ A nnie is so
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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
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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
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Tribute to
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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.
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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
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