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December 17, 2003
L aw & J ustice
Saddam’s Capture Brings Relief
again that the U nited States has the
best and most tenacious fighting
forces in the w orld.”
His Republican counterpart, U.S.
Hopes rise for
quicker return
of military
overseas
(A P) — O regonians and iheir
e le c te d o f f ic ia ls h a ile d th is
w e e k e n d ’s c a p tu re o f S ad d am
H ussein with joy, and hoped the
events w ould hasten the return o f
loved ones serving abroad.
U.S. Sen. Ron W yden, D-Ore,
said it w as an occasion to co n
gratulate the A m erican military.
“A nd o f course we have soldiers
from v irtually every nook and
cranny in O regon serving, and that
m akes us especially proud this af
ternoon," W yden said. "Saddam
H u sse in 's cap tu re p ro v es once
I just feel that the Bush
administration has been really good
about doing PR stunts to boost the
popularity o f the war. ! don't think the
capture o f Saddam proves anything
or helps anything.
-J e n n ife r Webster, a board member with Eugene Peaceworks
Sen. G ordon Smith, highlighted the
consequences o f the capture for
the people o f Iraq.
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greater freedom to m ove tow ard a
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full and unfettered, sovereign d e
m o cracy w ith o u t fearin g th eir
form er m urderous tyrant," Smith
said.
And U.S. Rep. G reg W alden, R-
O re., cautioned that terrorism will
still exist, even though H ussein is
in custody.
"W e have to keep in mind that
the war on terrorism has never been
about ju st one person, so there will
continue to be threats around the
world," W alden said. "B ut certainly
S addam ’s capture will mean that we
will get better inform ation out o f the
Iraqi people w ho have, up until this
point, still lived in fcarth at Saddam
w ould com e back into pow er."
Judy and Bob U pdyke o f C ot
tage G rove first heard about the
capture when their daughter, U.S.
A rm y Sgt. Jennifer U pdyke, called
them around 3:30a.m . Sunday from
M osul, Iraq.
"She said sh e’d heard it through
the grapevine,” Judy U pdyke said
Sunday evening. “She m entioned
(A P) — C ritics o f a Florida law
that allow s child m urderers to be
locked aw ay for life w ant it recon
sidered after an appeals court over
turned a young teenager’s convic
tion in the death o f a 6-year-old
playmate.
W hile the 4th D istrict C ourt o f
A ppeal did not directly challenge
the law, it did order a new trial for 16-
year-old Lionel Tate, saying the
b o y ’s m ental com petency should
have been evaluated before trial.
Tate was the youngest defen
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it in passing, w as kind o f ho-hum tration has been really good about en o rm o u s m orale b o o ster they
about it. B ut to m e it w as, ‘Oh my doing PR stunts to boost the popu thought the capture w ould provide
gosh, I am so glad they got h im .’ larity o f the war. I d o n ’t think the to O regon troops stationed over
The first thing we did was run dow n capture o f Saddam proves anything seas.
stairs and listen to the news, and or helps anything.”
Barbara H osier, w ho served in
sure enough, it w as true."
A nd o th ers said they doubt the M arine C orps during the K o
O ther Oregonians quickly placed Saddam ’s rem oval will convince rean W ar era and now leads Salem ’s
the news in political context, w on guerrilla fighters to lay dow n their A m erican Legion P ost 149, a post
dering what it might mean for Presi w eapons.
m ade up entirely o f fem ale veter
dent Bush and Democratic hopefuls
“ I d o n ’t think the violence has ans, called the event, “a turning
in the 2004 presidential election.
anything to do with S addam ,” said point.”
“It m akes me feel kind o f sad," D iane Sayer o f Eugene. "I think it
“ I think the w hole situation will
said Jen n ifer W ebster, a board has to do with the people o f that see a big change and will speed
m em ber with Eugene Peacew orks. country w anting us out.”
things up," H osier said. "It show s
"I ju st feel that the Bush adm inis
O regon veterans spoke o f the we mean business.”
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Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is captured Saturday by U.S. Army troops in Iraq.
Lionel Tate cries as a life
sentence is imposed in this
March 2001 photo.
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(A P )— H arvey M ilk w as assas
sinated a quarter century ago in
San Francisco, yet his legacy o f
public service as an openly gay
man rem ains very m uch alive fo ra
com m unity still hungry for heroes.
The anniversary o f Nov. 27,1978
- the day M ilk, one o f the n ation's
first openly gay elected officials,
and M ayor G eorge M oscone were
gunned dow n - has inspired panel
discussions, a m useum exhibit and
a memorial march.
The occasion has provided a
tim ely barom eter for people w ho
see M ilk as the Rev. M artin Luther
King Jr. o f the gay civil rights m ove
ment.
“H arvey rem ains a sym bol o f
w h a t’s p o ssib le ,” said d irecto r
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Open minds. Open doors.
Han/ey Milk
poses in front
ofhis camera
shop in San
Francisco in this
Nov. 9, 1977
file photo. (AP
photo)
25th anniversary DVD edition o f
“T he T im es o f H arvey M ilk," the
1984 docum entary that w on an
A cadem y A ward.
Milk would be 73 today, an aging
pioneer instead o f a m odern gay
martyr.
He had been in office less than a
year when fellow supervisor Dan
W hite, a form er police officer,
sm uggled agun intoC ity Hall. Days
earlier. W hite had resigned from
the board and he blam ed Milk and
M oscone when the m ayor refused
to reappoint him. W hite shot both
men multiple times.
W hite argued that junk food fu
eled his rampage. His now infamous
"Tw inkie defense," supported by
psychiatrist, w orked. Instead o f
murder. White wascon victed of man
slaughter. He served a little more
than three years in prison, and then
com m itted suicide.
Complaint Draws Investigation
Treatment of
black students
in question
o rego n state.ed u
dant to be sentenced to life w ithout tion to ensure that Tate understood
parole in Florida, w hich leads the the plea bargain he w as offered and
nation in the prosecution o f ju v e the possibility o f a life sentence if
niles as adults. His law yers argued he rejected it.
Tate, then 12, w as im itating pro
Besides noting his age, the three-
w restling m oves when he punched, judge panel said Tate had "signifi
kicked and stomped Tiffany Eunick cant mental delays” and a below -
to death.
average IQ.
D em ocratic state Sen. Steven
T ate and his m other had m ain
G eller has filed legislation that tained his innocence and turned
w ould allow child m urderers under dow n a deal that w ould have given
16 to be eligible for parole if they him a three-year sentence. Had he
had not been previously convicted accepted, he could have been out
o f violent crimes.
o f prison 10 m onths ago.
“W e must find a reasonable ap
“ I feel like somebody lifted a 200-
proach w here justice is served and pound w eight o ff my head,” said
ourhum anity iskept intact,"G eller his trial lawyer, Jim Lewis. "It’s just
said.
a beautiful thing, and 1 hope now
The appeals court said at a m ini that L ionel’s going to have a chance
m um , the trial judge had an obliga at a life.”
(A P) — The Seattle chapter of
the N A A C P plans to investigate a
suburban school d istrict’s treat
m ent o f black students after the
suspension o f a 16-year-old w ho
spoke out last spring against the
use o f "H uckleberry Finn" in E n
glish class.
R enton H igh S chool student
C alista Phair has had tw o in-school
suspensions since school resum ed
this fall, and one full-day suspen-
sion.
School officials say the disci
plinary actions are unrelated to her
book protest. Phair, her fam ily and
the N A A C P are not sure th a t's the
case.
Phair opposed use o f the Mark
T w ain c la ssic , "A d v e n tu re s o f
Huckleberry Finn," in her 11 th grade
English class last spring. The book,
w ritten in 1884, focuses on H uck. a
13-year-old w hite boy, and his
friendship with a black man in the
South.
P h a ir w a s u n h a p p y w ith
T w a in ’s p o rtray al o f b lack s and
use o f the “n” w ord. A t her re
quest, she w as excused from re a d
ing the book. P h air also handed
out fliersex p lain in g h erresistan ce
in school hallw ays.
“ I believe that the book is de
grading and denigrating tow ard
A frican A m ericans," Phair said.
C arl M ack, president o f the Se
attle-K ing C ounty chapter o f the
N A A CP, accused the school dis
trict o f taking it upon itself to retali
ate against a young w om an who
expressed her opinion.
The N A A C P also plans to look
into disciplinary cases involving
other black students. Mack said,
noting that som e parents in south
su b u rb an R enton have alread y
contacted his office.
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