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Judge changes
ruling, gives
guilty verdict
to Davidians
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO - A federal
judge Wednesday changed his
initial ruling and reinstated
guilty verdicts for seven Branch
Davidians convicted of firearms
violations.
For defendant Ruth Riddle,
who was acquitted of all other
charges against her, the ruling
means she will remain in Texas to
await sentencing instead of head
ing home to Canada a free woman.
“She's in tears, you can imag
ine/' said Riddle's attorney, Joe
Turner of Austin.
''She was told that she was go
ing to be free and go home and
was within hours of doing that. . . .
Now she's looking at a significant
penitentiary term.”
Jurors in a San Antonio feder
al trial convicted seven Davidi
ans on Feb. 26 of using or carry
ing a firearm in commission of
murder conspiracy.
U.S. District Judge Walter
Smith of Waco had ruled those
convictions would be changed to
acquittals, since all 11 Davidian
defendants on trial were acquitted
of murder conspiracy in the deaths
of four agents of the Bureau of Al
cohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Two days after the trial, feder
al prosecutors asked that the con
victions be reinstated. Govern
ment attorneys cited case law
they said shows that a conviction
is not required for a jury to find a
defendant used a firearm during
the offense.
'Tt was one of those matters in
which we knew the law was on
our side,” said federal prosecutor
Ray Jahn of San Antonio. "The
courts have said you can't sec
ond-guess a jury.”
The firearms conviction carries
a possible penalty of five to 30
years in prison to run consecutive
ly to any other sentence, plus a
fine of up to $250,000, attorneys
said.
The judge is to determine the
sentence length depending on the
type firearm used, with the 30-year
term imposed if the firearm was
automatic, attorneys said.
The judge is expected to sen
tence the Davidians in about a
month in Waco.
Those six Davidians already
faced up to 10 years in prison.
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Elementary education majors Suzanne Ochoa Jones a senior from Houston look through boob
(left), a junior from Corpus Christi and Patricia at the TSEA book fair next to Harrington Tower.
Student groups to face off in second
annual morality panel discussion
By Jan Higginbotham
The Battalion
Morality will be the focus of a panel discussion
at 7 p.m. Thursday in Rudder Theater between the
Agnostic and Atheist Student Group and the Ag
gies For Christ.
Brent Lemoine, president of the Agnostic and Athe
ist Student Group, said each group will send three
panelists to the discussion, and audience members will
have the opportunity to ask the panelists questions.
"The reason for the presentation is to get people
talking about the sulqect," Lemoine said. "We have
a shared goal of wanting people on this campus talk
ing about morality."
Collin McCormick, a member of Aggies For
Christ, said the groups are interested in having an
open exchange of ideas.
"We would like to see people come away with a
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"A lot of times students go all
four years without ever talking to
an advisor/'Jones said. "This of
ten results in confusion for the
broader understanding of the issues discussed,”k
said. "We would like to encourage people to tab
an introspective look at the choices they maker
their lives."
Lemoine said the discussion will not be an attemr
‘
by either group to try to prove the other group wrong
"It's a place for calm discussion," he said. It
want to demonstrate that there are many waystt
have morals without having a religious basisfe
morality. If we get people talking about it, them;
will be successful. Hopefully, everybody will lea.
with a better understanding of the issues."
McCormick said he is interested in letting th
campus know where each group stands and therea
sons for their stance.
"The main thing we are trying to accomplish ism
make clear the foundations of Christian moral behav
ior," he said. "We hope this forum isl‘informafionali
hut in the process, we hope people would come to tab
a stand on their beliefs one way or the other."
approved beginning researchinte
the construction of an on campus
day care facility, requested the
election commission be required
to post signs on the day of fresh
men election run-offs and rejected
a hill splitting the Southsidecon
stituency to separate the Corps.
student, and I feel like that could
be avoided had they been ad
vised."
When talking to constituents,
Jones said students cited that the
College of Liberal Arts needs to
improve its advising system.
In other business, the Senate
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Memorial Student Center
April 8, 1994
8:00 p.m.
Rudder Additorium
Texas A ATI University
The Honorable
Les Aspin,
Former U.S.
Seerefarx of Defense
Dr. Jeane Kirkpatrick,
Former II.S.
Ambassador lo the
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