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Pardon Sought for Jack Johnson
Boxer convicted over relationship in 1913
(AP) - C ongress is urg
ing a presidential pardon
for Jack Johnson, the first
black heavyw eight cham
pion who was convicted
in 1913 in a case based on
his consensual relationship
with a w hite w om an.
"N o one should be pun
ished for choosing to go
their own w ay,” said Sen.
John M cC ain, R -A riz .,
who has led the effort in
Congress to pass legisla
tion for a pardon.
Jo h n so n b e c a m e the
cham pion in 190S and was
convicted under a law that
banned the interstate trans
port o f w om en for im
moral purposes.
Lawmakers
cancel hearings
time off the mandatory sentences,
an argument that might appeal to
lawmakers coping with a tight bud
get.
(AP) — Mandatory prison sen
“O ur corrections budget is to
tencing laws are the sacred cow of tally out of control,” said G eoff
Oregon politics — just ask some Sugerman with the Western Prison
lawmakers, who have so far can Project. “All w e’re doing is build
celed two public hearings on the ing more prisons. W e’re not lock
topic this session.
ing up more people. W e’re just lock
The laws are popular with vot ing them up a lot longer.”
ers, getting 66 percent support in a
A bill in the Senate would allow
1995 ballot measure, known as non-Measure 11 inmates to earn
Measure 11. Five years later, 73 more time off their sentences, which
percent of Oregonians defeated a w ould slow the rate o f prison
repeal attempt.
growth.
But critics argue that the state
Another bill would allow M ea
could save money by shaving some sure 11 inmates to earn up to 20
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Portland Police arrested 17-year-
old Michael Anthony Canell on
charges of a felon in possession of
a Firearm and unauthorized posses
sion of a short-barreled firearm whi le
leaving the Youth Employment In
Matthew Hale
stitute on Broadway on W ednes
(AP) - Avowed w hite suprem a
day, April 6.
cist
M atthew Hale was sentenced
Although underage, Canell is
to
40
years in prison A pril 6 for
now considered an adult offender
trying
to have a federal judge
because o f a prior Measure 11 con
from
C
hicago killed - the same
viction.
judge
w
hose husband and m other
O fficers recovered the shot
were
m
urdered
five w eeks ago by
gun loaded with five rounds of
a
deranged
man
w ith no connec
am m unition at the time o f his a r Michael Anthony Canell
tion
to
Hale.
rest. Oddly enough, officers were
Hale, the 33-year-old leader of
at the school at the tim e, attend one prior shooting.
ing a meeting on teen violence.
Youth Gang Outreach workers a group that preaches racial holy
A subsequent investigation re have agreed to an enhanced en war, was sentenced after a ram
vealed that the shotgun may have forcement program in and around bling, tw o-hour speech in which
passed between other individuals the alternative school in an effort to he claim ed he was the victim and
even recited part o f “The Star
and may have been used in at least enhance safety there.
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Authorities say Travis Ayotte
and Jared Nelson, both 24, are
charged with chasing a black man
down Sunset Highway 26.
The men allegedly flashed their
headlights, and the passenger
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racial slurs at Willard Johnson Jr.
The 54-year-old exited at 185th
Avenue and thought he lost the
suspects. However, when Johnson
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e x a m in e d the p ro se c u tio n o f
the c a se a n d th e se n te n c in g
ju d g e ’s a d m issio n that the c o n
v ictio n w as m eant to “ send a
m e ssa g e ” to black m en about
re la tio n s h ip s
w ith
w h ite
w om en.
T he trial itself was m arked by
unusual turns as Johnson flouted
social m ores in the era o f Jim
Crow laws.
T he governm ent charged him
in 1912 with abducting Lucille
C am eron, but then lost Cam eron
as a w itness w hen she m arried
J o h n s o n , th e s e c o n d w h ite
w om an to do so. By law, a wife
cannot be forced to testify against
her husband. Instead, prosecu
tors found a form er m istress to
testify against him.
Johnson, bom in G alveston,
Texas, died in 1946 and is buried
in Chicago.
punishment to the most dangerous
of criminals.
“Measure 11 does cost money,”
said Howard Rodstein, policy ana
lyst forCrime Victims United. “This
is for one of the most important
functions, if not the most important
function of government — public
safety. Measure 11 has saved thou
sands o f Oregonians from violent
crime.”
Fueling the proposed changes
is a 33 percent increase in the
governor’s recommended budget
for the Department of Corrections
in 2005-2007. The state plans to
build 1,688 new prison beds in the
next two years.
Racist
Receives
Maximum
Sentence
no em otion and sat staring at the
defense table as the sentence was
handed down.
P ro se c u to rs arg u ed fo r the
maximum sentence, saying H ale’s
crim e am ounted to an act o f ter
rorism , and the judge agreed.
“ Mr. H ale is not concerned
about taking som eone’s life, but
rather how to do it w ithout get
ting caught,” U.S. D istrict Judge
Jam es M oody said in im posing
the sentence. “ I co nsider Mr.
H ale to be extrem ely dangerous
and the offense for which he was
convicted to be extrem ely eg re
g io u s.”
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percent off their sentences, just like
other inmates.
And a third would give juvenile
offenders a shot at release after
serving half their Measure 11 sen
tences if a judge determines that
they have reformed.
But Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Port-
land, who chairs the Senate Judi
ciary Committee, said any changes
may be hard sells.
“In a political context, no one
wants to look soft on crim e,” she
said. “Public safety is the No. 1
concern.”
Supporters of M easure 11 say it
costs the state just $27 per citizen
each year, and metes out severe
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o f retirem ent as the “G reat W hite
H ope" in an unsuccessful bid to
beat Johnson. Jo hnson’s career
w as derailed by the con
viction. He fled the coun
try as a fugitive, agreeing
years later to return and
serve a 10-month jail sen
tence.
L ast y ear, the S enate
passed a v ersion o f the
M cCain bill, but the House
did not vote on it. Rep.
Peter King, R-N. Y., is now
pushing the H ouse version
o f the bill.
“He was a victim o f the
tim es, he w as a victim o f
the racial ethos,” King said.
T he case for pardoning
Johnson has gained m o
m entum since a docum en
tary by film m a k e r K en
B urns w as broadcast on
PBS earlier this year.
“U nforgivable Blackness: The
R ise and Fall o f Jack Jo h n so n ,”
Uphill Battle for Measure 11 Changes
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proached him. Johnson stabbed
Ayotte in the chest in what he said
was self-defense. Police say he will
not face charges.
The two attackers face robbery
and intimidation charges.
Woman Accused of
Murdering Brother
D e te c tiv e s
arrested a 46-
year-old woman
for the alleged
m urder o f her
brother. Police
rushed to the
north Portland Gloria Johnson
house at around 9:30 a.m. on April
2. There, they found a man bleeding
from a gunshot wound. He died at
the scene. Gloria Johnson has been
booked into the Multnomah County
jail on one count o f murder.