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Battalion/Page 5 September 2, 1982 state n/ Pagei Problems aired; reforms suggested y Panel discusses insanity defense I /l ■ United Press International NEWORLEANS —A South- nd stenli 111 Legislative Conference Li COn panel spent much time Tuesday 'ednev j discussing the acquittal of John t deo, Hinckley, who successfully dandi ar g uec * insanity when he shot "Hresident Reagan and three t at(0 Her men in Washington in ! of t-ftffiy f ’HThe mother of a mentally ill Gild's w ^° ^ er s i ster > an d itClI| was almost released just months r j. later, Maxene Kleir of Florida, said the insanity defense invites ilj ce abtises and will just put more , n | John Hinckleys “on the street.” I t PjH Doctors tried to release ()ti , Kleir’s daughter a few months after the girl was found innocent ^by reason of insanity. “I will never let my daughter out until she can look me in the eye and say, ‘I killed my sister,’” Kleir said. Mentally ill people who com mit crimes should be treated while institutionalized and not released until they can cope with society, Kleir said. Otherwise, treatment of the mentally ill is worthless. Arkansas Attorney General Steve Clark said a verdict of “guilty, but mentally ill” should be available to a jury, so a defen dant acquitted of a crime be cause of insanity cannot quickly be released from an institution. The convict would be placed under thejurisdiction of a state’s corrections department, Clark Killer refused more immunity (islaiurt m of a); I in Ew ibegua: lioolisi; ity will' fvcnkfl ntial tra i a scam : Austini vomhS aid be » are ki for 1 aid he’s rmontre re, andi ndrmifi lidate fa. Director] I not il ^ermoit to the^ United Press International KHOUSTON — Admitted mass killer Coral Eugene Watts will not be offered immunity in return for information about unsolved killings in the Detroit area, authorities in Wayne County, Mich., said. I However, the former bus Bechanic and diagnosed wbman-hater confessed to kill ing 12 women in three cities in pexas and one woman in a De troit suburb after authorities in those areas promised him im- unity from prosecution in ex- f^Jiange for the information. I Authorities said he is a sus- Bect in two other slayings in the Detroit area and 20 attacks in Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. I Dominick R. Carnovale, chief prosecutor of Wayne County, Mich., said Tuesday that author ities there would not strike the ''same deal with Watts. Nigerian student put on probation Paul, Mj baby proptfj baby in St. Pai :ed so® rivatej* ihersai ir fuels United Press International ■ HOUSTON — A Nigerian toan was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation on charges that he attempted to smuggle ammunition and hand guns to his homeland, officials said. 1 Kristian Chimah, 30, a stu dent at Texas Southern Univer sity, pleaded guilty to one of two Charges in exchange for the probated sentence. He had been charged with making false state ments to customs agents. I Federal officials said Chi- n es! ice COUNTRY & WESTERN DANCE EESSONS at Valerie Martin’s Gallery of Dance Arts Registration — September 1 & 2 5-8 p.m. Private lessons available Call for more Information 107 Dowling Road 693-0352 is 'J tm COLD DRAFT BEER TO COt Giant 40 Oz. Size To Drown Your Thirst! 3611 S. College Bryan IS 846-6635 said, but would be treated in mental hospitals while impris oned . The insanity defense now allows an Arkansas criminal to walk free an average of 48 days after conviction. The district attorney for Bell and Lampasas counties, Arthur “Gappy” Eads of Belton, said psychiatrists should not be allowed to make the moral deci sions intended forjudges,jurors and legislators. The burden of proof in an insanity case should be on the defendant, he said. “When someone escapes accountability for their actions, it strikes at the very basis of our legal system and our society,” he said. “The insanity defense has become the stone in the shoe of Academy of Psychiatry and the the criminal justice system.” Law, Abraham Halpern, said the insanity defense should be A New York psychiatrist and abolished because it is unfair to president-elect of the American all participants. SOON IN COLLEGE STATION PUIM • FOOD • DRIIMKs Join our winning team... Make money while gaining valuable work experience as a BATTALION ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE • Must be enrolled in TAMU • Must have car • Sales experience helpful — but we will train. For more information, call: 845-2611 RUY, StU, TRADE OW BENT THftOUCiH THE ,! We are not willing to offer him immunity. If we can make a case, we will charge him. That’s what we’re supposed to do,” he said. Authorities have said Watts is suspected in the November 1980 hanging of Lena J. Ben nett, 63, of Harper Woods and the Dec. 1, 1979, stabbing death of Helen M. Dutcher, 36, of De troit. Carnovale said a team of de tectives is reviewing dozens of other unsolved killings of women similar to those commit ted by Watts to determine if he might be linked to other cases. Assistant District Attorney Ira Jones said authorities in Wind sor, Ontario and Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, Mich., also refused to grant immunity to Watts. Watts is scheduled to be sent enced Friday to 60 years in pris on on a burglary charge as part of a pre-arranged plea bargain with Harris County prosecutors. mah, who has been in jail since his May 28 arrest, was caught attempting to smuggle 1,050 rounds of ammunition for the .22-caliber pistols to Lagos, Nigeria. Officials said a form filled out by Chimah stated the items he was shipping to Nigeria were household goods. 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