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Wednesday, January 29,
Sniper’s
court
date set
By Matthew Barakat
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAIRFAX. Vu. — A juc
set a Nov. 10 trial dateTuej
for 17-year-old Lee Bi
Mai vo, who could face the da
penalty for his alleged role in
sniper attacks that terrorized
Washington area.
Prosecutors had asked f«
trial date in late June, while; ioned by Th
defense had requested Febm Associated 1
2004. Circuit Judge JaneRn >r this montl
picked a date in between, sail
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it allowed twice the time in lews paired
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mally granted under
law for a speedy trial.
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by Nov. 10. It’s an impost! hroughout tl
zent the out!
Michael k [ em j C- (
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date. It's not a realistic
defense attorney
complained.
Malvo is being tried
Fairfax County on mure
charges in the Oct. 14 slaying
FBI analyst Linda Frankliw
side a Home Depot sic
Prosecutor Robert Horan Jr.Is
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not yet said whether he will! ^ em tinsel]
for the death penalty. ■ e ' ,or,s from
Malvo and John
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killing 13 people and wound' I 1 ! 1 1 rca . , I ° 1 a
six in Alabama. teF 1 " Homelal
Louisiana, Maryland, Vireii_
and Washington, D.C. They! J brainwash
being tried first in Virgin
because its laws allow thete
opportunities for the dec
penalty.
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from a rifle, notes to polices
phone calls from Malvo linkfe
to at least four of the
shootings.
Muhammad’s trial ii
slaying of a man at a
is set to begin in mid-Oafe®
neighboring Prince
County.
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By Herbert G. McCann
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Officials
Illinois’ family-services
ment were scrambling Tuesd-
to figure out where its muC
praised child-welfare systi
broke down in the case of a
year-old boy found chained
the neck to a bedpost.
Critics said the scandal ind
cates the Department
Children and Family Servici
needs to reduce its reliancef
private agencies to watch on
children in foster care. Oe
critic said it may be time
split the department into l» :
agencies.
“They need to tear it up
do something new,” Cook Coni'!
Public Guardian Patrick Muif
said. “They are using a mo<
that was developed in the 18!
and hasn’t been changed since
In 2000, DCFS became ot!
the second state child well* 1
agency in the country to
national accreditation from
New York-based Accreditatid
for Children and
Services. At the time, Da*
Lieberman of the accredit^
group declared: “Illinois is*
ting the pattern for the rest of!
country.”
But a drug raid Saturday o"
South Side Chicago home led
the discovery of a foster clii
chained to a bed. The chain "d 1
wrapped around his neck ^
held in place with a padkX*
The boy wore a soiled dial* 1
wrapped in a plastic bag.
According to police, ^
boy’s foster mother,
Bryant, 64, said he was char
because he stole food.
Bryant and the boy’s
father, Melvin Bond, 49,
charged with child endan? £l '
ment. Melinda Bryant, 29,
Bryant’s daughter, was chafjj
with child endangerment as"
as weapon and drug offenses
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