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Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, October 6, 1987
Official: Review
of death penalty
may follow stay
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Su
preme Court’s recent decision to
grant a surprise stay for a Texas
death-row inmate may mean the jus
tices are planning to review the
state’s death-penalty laws, an official
said.
If the Supreme Court embarks on
such a review, scheduled executions
could be delayed for the rest of the
year, the Houston Chronicle re
ported Monday. Eight inmates have
scheduled execution dates this year,
and one inmate has a date in Jan
uary.
The court granted a stay to con
victed killer Donald Gene Franklin,
who was scheduled to die before
dawn Friday.
“It sounds as if there will be some
examination of the Texas death pen
alty statues,” said Bill Zapalac, an as
sistant to Texas Attorney General
Jim Mattox.
But Mattox said Monday the high
court has a heavy caseload and just
needs more time to review the cases.
“We don’t think this has any real
impact on Texas,” he said.
In a separate ruling Monday, the
court let stand the murder convic
tions and death sentences of Mario
Marquez, Charles Rector, Ruben
Cantu, Justin May, Kenneth Gran-
viel and Curtis Paul Harris.
However, in those cases no dates
had been set for execution. A death
sentence is automatically appealed.
If the sentence is upheld, the inmate
may appeal a second time on sepa
rate grounds.
Vranklin won a reprieve last week
from the Supreme Court, his last
avenue of appeal. Franklin was con
victed of capital murder in the 1975
abduction-slaying of a San Antonio
nurse and was scheduled to die by
injection before dawn Friday.
All eight members of the Su
preme Court voted to stay the execu
tion without saying why they inter
vened.
Franklin’s attorney, Mark Stevens,
and state officials believe the Su
preme Court might be looking at the
Texas law that allows jurors to con
sider some evidence twice.
In his appeal, Stevens argued that
evidence presented during the first
guilt-innocence phase of the trial
should not be used again during the
punishment phase to sentence a
killer to death.
The appeal was based on a 1985
ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit of Ap
peals in St. Louis, which ruled an Ar
kansas killer had been improperly
sentenced to death because prosecu
tors had used circumstances in the
killing to gain the death penalty dur
ing the punishment phase of the
trial.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals in New Orleans, which handles
Texas cases, has repeatedly upheld
the Texas death penalty laws and
had rejected Stevens’ claims one
week before the Supreme Court
granted the stay.
But Zapalac said last week’s ruling
granting the stay is not necessarily a
victory for the 258 convicts sen
tenced to death in Texas.
Clements: New plans
will help meet needs
of Texas prison system
TENNESSEE COLONY (AP) —
Gov. Bill Clements toured Texas’
newest prison Monday and touted it
as the design that will help the state
meet prison needs by 1991 without
increasing taxes.
' “We will use it like a cookie cutter,
with very slight modifications, so
that we’re not going to waste a lot of
time going to architects and having
new drawings and new ideas and so
forth and so on,” Clements said after
an hour-long tour of the Michael
Unit.
During his first prison tour since
returning to office in January, Clem
ents briefly exchanged greetings
with inmates and guards at the
2,250-inmate prison near Palestine.
“It gives you a quick, once-over
lightly of what our modern prison
system will be in the years to come,”
he said. “The only problem about
the Michael Unit is that we only have
one of them. We need several
more.”
The modular prison design, com
bined with privately built and run
prisons, will provide 19,000 additio
nal beds by the end of 1990, Clem
ents predicted. That would be
enough to meet currently projected
needs, he said.
The total cost will be $800 million,
according to Rider Scott, Clements’
general counsel. The sale of state
bonds to cover the cost will avoid a
tax increase, the governor said.
“I stand here today to declare that
Texas will do whatever it needs and
whatever it takes to build the prisons
necessary to have a constitutional
system that is fair and one that locks
up those who choose a life of crime,”
the governor said as inmates passed
about 30 yards away.
When asked if the clean, new
prison is too nice for convicts, Clem
ents refused to comment. “We have
to do first of all what the court says,
then we have to do what’s right fun
damentally,” he said.
The Michael Unit, built in 13
months and opened in August,
houses medium- and maximum-se
curity inmates.
Clements repeatedly told prison
officials he was impressed with the
new prison, which features a decen
tralized design in which showers,
dayroom and other facilities are in
the housing areas.
In a classroom, Clements told in
mates studying for their Graduate
Equivalency Degrees, “Good to see
all of you.”
In the medical wing, he asked a
prison dentist who had just pulled
“I stand here today to de
clare that Texas will do
whatever it needs and
whatever it takes to build
the prisons necessary to
have a constitutional sys
tem that is fair and one
that locks up those who
choose a life of crime. ”
— Gov. Bill Clements
an inmate’s tooth, “Did you get the
right one?”
In the law library for inmates,
Clements said, jokingly, to Scott, that
more lawyers are needed “like a hole
in the head.”
To a guard named David Clem
ents, the governor said, “If I get in
jail, I’ll remember you.” The guard
replied, “Same here.”
Clements told reporters that get
ting money for prisons would be a
relatively easy battle compared with
the effort needed to get prisons built
within a few years. Rep. Cliff John
son, D-Palestine, who also went on
the tour, agreed with Clements’ as
sessment of the money.
Clements said, “The political side
is mostly rhetoric. What really hap
pens is the hands-on application to
get it done. We’re going to use this
Michael Unit. That’s why it is so im
portant for you to be here today.
This is going to be the model for our
moderate- to maximum-security
(prisons).”
What’s up
Tuesday
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will meet in 301 Rudder at 8:30 p.m.
Bill Youngkin will be the speaker.
AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: have a road trip to Houston, so
will not meet. For information call Rick at 822-5547.
OCA SILVER TAPS: Off-Campus Aggies will meet at Rud
der Fountain at 10 p.m. to go to Silver Taps.
ECONOMIC SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 125 Blocker
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 9 p.m.
in the All Faiths Chapel to discuss “Heaven, Hell, Purga
tory and Limbo.”
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will meet at 7 p.m. at the
MSC for a Hullabaloo Fellowship.
SPANISH CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder to dis
cuss October’s events.
AGGIES FOR JACK KEMP: will meet at 7 p.m. in 123
Blocker to plan a trip to Austin to hear Jack Kemp speak
on Sunday. For information, call Scot Kibbe at 260-4587.
STUDENT ENGINEERING COUNCIL: will meet Wednes
day at 7 a.m. in 342 Zachry.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN: will meet at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
LIBERAL ARTS SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m in 701 Rud
der to discuss the value of liberal arts in today’s society.
AGGIES ABROAD: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder.All
students interested in developing cultural awareness and
international friendships are welcome.
TSEA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 212 MSC for a speaker on the
rights and responsibilities of First-year teachers.
MSC VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE: will hold informational
meetings at 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. in 145 MSC.
STUDENT “Y”: will meet at 7 p.m. in 226 Rudder.
INTRAMURALS: Entries for racquetball doubles and triath
lon close today in 159 Read.
INTRAMURALS: will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. in 167 Read.
NATIONAL RESIDENCE HALL HONORARY: will meet
at 8:30 p.m. in 145 MSC.
MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 5 p.m. in263
G. Rollie White.
WRITING OUTREACH: will sponsor a seminar at 6:30 p.m.
in 110 Blocker. Margaret Ezell will discuss “Using Second
ary Sources in Research Writing: Selection, Documenta
tion, Plagiarism.”
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be
fore desired publication date.
Weather Watch
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•• - Rain
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^ “ Fog — Thunderstorm!
= Snow fj wx Drizzle
” Rain Shower (TO *- Freezing Rain
Valid: Noon today
Sunset Today: 7:04 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday: 7:22 a.m.
Map Discussion: The large high pressure system centered over
Nebraska will dominate the majority of the continental U.S. with fair
weather and cool temperatures. The Great Lakes, northern
Appalachians and New England will continue to experience cloudy,
cool and rainy conditions with some snow over the western Great Lakes
and northern Ohio Valley areas.
Forecast:
Today. Fair and mild with a high temperature of 74 degrees and *inds
northerly at 12 mph, with gusts to 24 mph.
Tonight: Clear and quite cool with a low temperature of 43 degrefiand
winds northeast at 8 to 14 mph.
Wednesday: Continued clear to partly cloudy and cool with a high
temperature of 74 degrees and winds northeast at 8 to 16 mph.
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