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dropped from Waco case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jus
tice Department has removed the
federal prosecutor who first raised
concerns about a cover-up at Waco
from further involvement in the
case, saying he and his colleagues
are potential witnesses in the inde
pendent inquiry into the govern
ment siege.
Justice officials said there could
be additional removals of lawyers
involved in the case, including
some who are helping to defend
the government against civil suits
brought by the Branch Davidians.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill
Johnston, who helped handle the
riminal prosecution of Branch Da-
vidian survivors, was removed Fri
day from the Waco case along with
bis boss, U.S. Attorney James W.
Blagg, and the rest of the federal
prosecutor’s office for western
Texas, according to court docu
ments made public yesterday.
“I’m not sure what to make of it.
I’m trying not to be paranoid,”
Johnston said in an interview with
the Associated Press, adding that
he has not been involved lately in
court developments related to the
Branch Davidian case. “Nothing in
this case surprises me.”
“I’m not sure what
to make of it I’m
trying not to be
paranoid.”
— Bill Johnston
Assistant U.S. attorney
Justice officials said they made
the move at Blagg’s request to
avoid the appearance of a conflict
of interest. Special Waco counsel
John Danforth, the former Repub
lican senator from Missouri, is be
ginning his investigation into
whether the government killed any
Branch Davidians during the fiery
end of the 1993 siege and then tried
to cover it up.
“Members of my office advised
law enforcement agencies before
and during the siege, and handled
the criminal trial in 1994,” Blagg
said. “Because of their roles in mat
ters that may be under investiga
tion, my office has been recused.”
Meanwhile, Senate Majority
Leader TTent Lott said inquiries into
Waco should expand to other in
stances in which Justice officials
may have withheld information.
“I think it’s going to have to be
broader than just Waco itself,”
Lott, R-Miss., told reporters. “There
are a number of investigations that
they are basically either not doing
or they have stiffed us on. So we
need to find out what’s going on.”
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno
has already removed herself from
further involvement in the Waco
matter because she, too, is a likely
witness. Additional moves are pos
sible, officials said.
The department is considering
whether some lawyers in the civil
division in Washington should be
recused as well, one official said.
Convict dies for 1978 shooting
Houston man becomes 24th death-row inmate executed this year
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Nearly 21 years after he ar
rived on Texas’ death row, convicted murderer
William Prince Davis was executed yesterday evening
for gunning down the manager of a Houston ice cream
company during a robbery.
Davis was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m., seven
minutes after the flow of lethal drugs began.
He expressed love to his family and fellow death-
row inmates and said he was not the same person who
committed the crime.
“You see dying before you a different man,” he said,
and later asked forgiveness from the family of his vic
tim. “I’m sorry for the pain and misery I caused them
by my actions.”
Davis had similar sentiments for his family, saying
i he hoped to “see you on the other side.”
Ttfjso thankful I’ve lived as long as I have,” he said.
Dav/ssaid he was donating his body to science and
iioped it would help someone.
As an afterthought, he looked at the warden and
said, “Oh, I’d like to say in closing, what about
those Cowboys!”
It is not the first time an inmate on the death-row
gurney mentioned his fondness for the Dallas football
team. Earl Behringer, executed June 11, 1997, thanked
the Cowboys for “giving me a lot of enjoyment these
past years.”
In his final moments, he took a deep breath, gasped
several times and lost consciousness.
Davis, 42, has spent half his life on death row,
where only 10 of the 462 condemned inmates have
logged more time.
He was the 24th killer to be executed in the state
this year and the third this month. Another is set to
die next week.
The seventh-grade dropout from Harris County was
convicted of fatally shooting Richard Lang, 60, on the
evening of June 2, 1978.
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