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Tuesday, June 6,!((
THE BATTALION
Quake hits Sumatra Island, 58 dead
JAKARTA, Indonesia <AP) — At
least 58 people died and 500 were in
jured in a powerful earthquake that
lasted for minutes in the Indonesian is
land of Sumatra and was followed by
hundreds of strong aftershocks today.
Widespread panic was reported in
Bengkulu, a province of about 1.2 mil
lion people near the tremor's epicen
ter, as rescuers dug through the rubble
of ruined buildings in search of bodies
and trapped survivors.
Ali Muchtar, Bengkulu health de
partment chief, said 58 people were
confirmed dead. Almost 500 people
had been reported injured, 255 seri
ously. The quake hit at 11:29 p.m.
Sunday and was centered beneath
the Indian Ocean, about 60 west of
Bengkulu city, which has about
Dozens of homes
have been de
stroyed and almost
all houses and
buildings in the
city seem to have
been damaged”
— Sgt. Hariyono
Bengkulu policeman
250,000 residents. The Indonesian
Meteorological and Geophysical Ser
vice said the quake measured mag
nitude 7.3. The U.S. Geological Sur
vey in Golden, Colo., estimated the
strength at 7.9.
The quake lasted several minutes
and shook a wide area. A magnitude 6
aftershock hit 11 minutes afterward,
and more than 260 smaller tremors
were recorded today. Initial reports
said Enggano island, about 125 miles
southeast of Bengkulu town, was also
badly hit. "The quake went on for
many minutes. Dozens of homes have
been destroyed and almost all houses
and buildings in the city seem to have
been damaged," said Bengkulu police
Sgt. Hariyono. "People are terrified
every time they feel aftershocks."
Thousands fled their homes. Wit
nesses reported widespread panic in
Bengkulu and said hospitals were
overwhelmed with injured people.
Electricity and water supplies had
been cut. Many phone lines were
down. Navy spokesman Rear Mar
shall Ontowiryo said two warships
carrying food supplies and medical
needs had been dispatched to the area.
"Many houses have collapsed and
the walls on bigger buildings have been
fractured. I helped save three of my
neighbors who were trapped under
rubble," said Edy, a resident who like
many Indonesians uses only one name.
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Supreme Court
throws out pen
HOUSTON (AP) — Casting
doubt on the fate of at least eight oth
er condemned inmates in Texas, the
U.S. Supreme Court threw out a
killer's death sentence Tuesday after
prosecutors conceded that the penal
ty was based in part on the fact that
he is Hispanic.
The court ordered a new sen
tencing hearing for Victor Hugo Sal-
dano, convicted of murdering a man
for his wallet and watch in a Dallas
suburb in 1996.
During the punishment phase of
Saldano's trial, psychologist Walter
Quijano testified for the prosecution
about Saldano's "future dangerous
ness," an aggravating factor that al
lows Texas courts to administer the
death penalty instead of life in prison.
Quijano listed 24 factors in his as
sessment, including Saldano's eth
nicity. He testified that blacks and
Hispanics are over-represented in
prison, and that Saldano's Hispanic
background "was a factor weighing
in favor of future dangerousness."
In upholding Saldano's death
sentence, the Texas Court of Crimi
nal Appeals said that permitting use
of his ethnicity was not a "funda
mental error."
However, after Saldano's lawyers
appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court,
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn
and his staff said the state "confesses
error" and joined in asking for the
new sentencing hearing. Salhano's
guilt was not in dispute.
Quijano gave similar testimony^
the trials of eight other death tw:
mates, and those cases will getado 1 ’
er look, said Mark Heckmam
spokesman for the Texas attom
general's office.
"We are reviewing those®
and expect to release our findif
by the end of the week/'Heckmr
said. He would not identifyli)
eight cases.
Quijano was the state prisons-
tern's chief psychologist in the®
1980s and is now in private pradiff
Quijano was on vacation \W;
and unavailable for comment. 1
ever, a colleague at his dinicsaidS
whatever Quijano's testimony wf
was based on scientific reasonin;
"We're sworn to tell the
truth, yet sometimes we are noli 1
lowed to do that because attomfj
orchestrate what is disseminated
the courtroom," said the colleagii]
clin ica 1 psychologist Roger Saundf
who like Quijano frequently givest'S
pert testimony for both prosecute—
and defense attorneys.
Saldano is from Argentina,wfe _ an e h°rt to
joined 10 other Latin AmericancotT anj ^ e P an ’ a * £
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tries in urging the Supreme Court/
intercede. ,l, , ■ • ,
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offensive for anyone to su gg est Memorial Scl
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death penalty — simply becausc'erl March 199
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, Prosecutor shot,
gunman dies
Dictator faces ,
long legal battle flVC
BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The
chief prosecutor for a four-county
area was shot to death in his
home this morning and his al
leged assailant was also killed,
police said.
The bodies of Common
wealth’s Attorney Fred Capps and
the second man were found at the
scene after state police were
called about 6:15 a.m., Sgt. Mike
Castle said.
The gunman came to Capps’
home with an assault rifle, firing
several shots into the home be
fore entering and firing again,
Castle said.
The assailant had an arrest
record, he said, giving no details.
The man’s name was not re
leased, and police would not say
whether they think he killed him
self or was killed by Capps in self-
defense.
Capps was prosecutor for
Adair, Casey, Cumberland and
Monroe counties in southern
Kentucky.
Capps shared a law practice
with his wife, Cathy, who is as
sistant commonwealth’s attor
ney, Jones said. She and their
two children were at home at the
time of the shootings but were
not harmed.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP)
court on Monday announced
decision to strip Gen. Align 5 1
Pinochet of his immunity
prosecution, leaving Chile's-
mer dictator facing a long I# HARRISC
battle over the human rigThe bodies o:
abuses committed under hisft found in bar
Opponents of the former 5 aid a field b
tator cheered and wept for, met wornen
while Pinochet’s defense tej sadomasochi
said it would appeal the run T ,
The first I
the outlines of which were I
to the media two weeks _ 0 -
The Santiago Court of Appeal turd ay on I
voted 13-9 on May 23 to renicKan. Three n
the congressional immu 1 drums were
Pinochet enjoys as a senator storage
life. He faces 110 lawsuitsf a b ou t 30 milt
on behalf of those killed or m- j 0 b n Ec jw
ing during his 17-y^ir ml| sidcred asus
In releasing the 55-pageO'
sion, court President Rti[ a Pl Hvlu ' c 1,1!
Ballesteros said the 22 mei#9f i y o n char^
of the court “resolved thattfht o women
.are grounds to begin a casfbailwasraisi
against Pinochet for the righk 1 The two
dictatorship that ended in 1S : they objects
Pinochet’s lawyers have 5 anc } sa i
they will appeal to the Suprf' „ ,j.
Court within the five days alio* 1 a VNL
under law. The former dictate , ^ ed - Une
facing 110 lawsuits filed by 6100 ' ^ rorn
tims of the regime that tookf counter wid
er in a bloody 1973 coup. The five \