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(Ebe ^ßortlanfr (Observer____________________ Page A2 October 23,2002 P olice Drugs Land Bush Daughter in Jail Death Row Racial Bias Debated ie Court case Using race injury selection is (A P )— The Supreme Court took up the death penalty last week, hear ing an appeal from a black man who says the overwhelmingly white jury that put him on T exas’ death row was selected on the basis o f race. Several justices seemed troubled by Texas prosecutors’ tactics in Thom as M iller-El’s case. His attor ney, Seth W axman, urged the court to throw out his death sentence and use his case as a model. “W hatever this court decides, this case is going to stand as a benchm ark” test for w hat is toler ated injury picking, W axm an said. The Constitution forbids race dis crim ination injury selection. G ena A. Bunn, an assistant attor ney general in Texas, repeatedly told the court that the judge who review ed M iller-El’s allegations of racial bias properly ruled against him. She said that M iller-El’s evi dence was circumstantial. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said he found it “a little bit odd for a prosecutor to say circumstantial evi- dence is not relevant.” M iller-E l w as se n ten c ed to death for the 1985 killing o f a 25- year-old clerk at a Holiday Inn near the D allas-Fort W orth In tern a tional Airport. The victim was white. and recom m ended instead “pour som e honey on them and stake them out o ver an ant bed.” The Suprem e Court intervened earlier this year, just days before Miller-El was to be executed in Texas. Justice David H. Souter said that The one black person chosen fo r the jury told prosecutors he regarded execution as too painless fo r killers and recommended instead 'pour some honey on them and stake them out over an ant bed.’ 1 Before his trial, prosecutors used their pow er to challenge specific jurors as a w ay to elim inate 10 out o f 11 potential black jurors. T he one black person chosen for the jury told prosecutors he regarded execution as too painless for ki 1 lers underthe scenarioarguedbyT exas, only a defendant with a “slam-dunk” jury bias case w ould ever get a chance to appeal. Blacks are generally considered less likely to impose the death pen alty than whites and are sometim es viewed as risky jurors because they may be skeptical o f police, said Rob ert J. Cottrol, a criminal law professor at George W ashington University. W axman said a training manual that had been used in the Dallas prosecutors office recom m ended keeping black jurors o ff trials. The law yer also said pro secu tors questioned black potential jurors differently from w hites in an attem pt to get answ ers that w ould be used to keep them o ff the jury. “The record is perfectly clear that there was disparate questioning,” Justice John Paul Stevens agreed. U sing race in ju ry selection is a violation o f the 14th A m endm ent’s equal-protection guarantee. The co u rt' s ruling w ould not be lim ited to death-row cases, but it could be w ritten so narrow ly as to only help Miller-El. Justices have been asked to co n sider abolishing capital p u n ish ment for killers who committed their crim es as m inors. Noelle Bush. 25, daughter o f Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, arrives for a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse. (AP Photo) (A P ) — F lo rid a G o v . Jeb B u sh ’s daughter and P resident G eorge B u sh ’s niece w as led aw ay in handcuffs T hursday af ter a ju d g e sentenced her to 10 days in jail for violating the term s o f her drug treatm ent program . N oelle Bush, 25, told C ircuit Judge R eginald W hitehead: “I sincerely apologize for w hat hap pened and prom ise to do well at the C enter for D rug-Free Living.” W hitehead told her he was sending her to ja il because he w as aw are o f allegations that she had been found w ith crack co caine in her shoe w hile at the treatm ent center. T he ju d g e said he w as disap pointed in her but w as allow ing h er to stay in the program rather than returning her to the regular Brochure Tackles Law on Alcohol Sales T h e first tim e su p e rm a rk e t checkers o r liquor store clerks are caught selling alcohol to m inors, they face m andatory fines o f $350. For repeat offenses, the penalties are m uch stiffer. T he O regon L iquor C ontrol C om m ission know s that selling alcohol is serious business, so th a t’s why clerks are required to read and sign the inform ation book let, “W hat Every Store Clerk Needs to K now A bout Selling A lcohol.” R e c e n tly , c le rk s in se v eral W illamette Valley grocery markets sold alcoholic beverages to under age buyers and w ere cited into crim inal court. The store ow ners (licensees) w ere also issued ad m inistrative tickets because the sales took place on their prem ises. Several were cited again for failing to have em ployees read and sign the O L C C clerk ’s brochure. T he booklet outlines the penal ties for selling alcohol to m inors or CRIME STOPPERS- visibly intoxicated persons, the five types o f acceptable ID , how to re c o g n iz e v isa b ily in to x ica ted people and tips for refusing to sell alcohol to questionable custom ers. Another section lists 18 hints for checking ID to make sure customers are 21, or haven’t altered the card to reflect an earlier birth date. The booklet says toeliminate the guesswork about a person’s age and “don’t sell unless you’re sure.” (5 0 3 )823-HELP 111 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 Felon Wanted for Questioning Jeffery Haskell Jefferson High School Class of '7 2 Saturday, November 9,2002 7:00 p.m. - Midnight Billy Reeds Restaurant & Bar 2808 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Portland, Oregon $25 per person at the door Buffet provided - No-host bar To RSVP: (503)765-3464 or www.classmates.com crim inal ju stic e system . “I want you to have some time to think and reflect on this,” he said. “ You should be disappointed that you let yourself dow n.” T he presid en t’s niece has been undergoing drug treatm ent in O r lando since February as an alter native to going through the trad i tional crim inal ju stice system . She w as placed in the drug court system after she w as ac cused o f trying to use a forged prescription to buy the an ti-an x i ety drug X anax at a pharm acy drive-through in January. In July, she w as sent to ja il for tw o days after rehabilitation center w o rk ers found h er w ith prescription pills. Police w ere called to the cen ter last m onth because o f re ports she had crack cocaine. T he P ortland Police B ureau, in c o operation with C rim e Stoppers, is ask ing for your help in locating an d ap prehending Jeffery A lan H askell. A felony no-bail arrest w arrant, charging H askell w ith probation v io lation is on file w ith the State o f O r egon, D epartm ent o f Parole and P ro bation. In addition, Portland Police Bureau D etectives w ant to question II.x-L-.dl in rnii'irzk tn a linHic. closed investigation. H askell, w ho also uses the nam es Jeffrey A llen H ead and D avid W. M angeta, is a 38-year old w hite m ale w ith a date o f birth o f July 8 ,1 9 6 4 . H e is six feet tall and can w eigh a n y w h e re b e tw e e n 190 an d 230 pounds. He has blue eyes, brow n hair and several tattoos, including a tattoo o f a bulldog on his right arm and “JO R Y ” on his left arm. Transit Station Assault Reward Offered w as w ired shut for four w eeks. T he victim rem em bers setting on a bench and then being at tacked by som eone for no appar ent reason. T h e p erso n w ho fo u n d th e v ic tim d id n o t w itn e ss th e assau lt but saw th ree y o u n g b la c k m ales le av e th e are a w h ere th e victim w as fo u n d . A c c o rd in g to th e sam e p erso n , th e th ree in d iv id u als had g o tte n o f f a M ax T rain an d w ere h a ra ssin g an d in tim i dating people, including a w om an w ith a b ab y , an d w ere try in g to Portland Police Bureau D etec tives, in cooperation w ith C rim e Stoppers, are looking for anyone w ho may have w itnessed a man being seriously assaulted and other people being confronted and intim idated at a transit sta tion. On T hursday, Aug. 29, at ap proximately 6:40 p.m. at the street level o f the 82nd A venue T ransit Station, a 40-year-old w hite m ale was found in a pool o f blood. The victim w as hospitalized w ith fa cial traum a so severe that his jaw p ic k fig h ts. D e te c tiv e s h av e te n ta tiv e ly id e n tifie d th e in d iv id u a ls, tw o o f w h o are v ery d is tin c tiv e , as all b ein g 1 7 -y ears o ld at th e tim e. O n e o f th e d istin c tiv e in d iv id u a ls h ad h is h air w o rn in tw o ex tre m e ly lo n g b ra id s, o ne on ea ch sid e o f h is h ead . T h e o th e r had ta tto o in g on his n eck. V id eo o f th e a re a sh o w s a n u m b e r o f p e o p le , at o r n ea r the lo c a tio n w h ere th e v ictim w as a ssa u lte d , w h o m ay h av e w it n essed th e attac k . 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