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State Briefs
Defense: TV could
taint Nichols case
ATLANTA (AP) - Citing
the “growing media frenzy”
surrounding his case, attor
neys representing a man
accused of shooting to death
a judge, his clerk, a sher
iffs deputy and a federal
law enforcement officer are
arguing against television
cameras in the courtroom
during his murder trial.
Brian Nichols’ attorneys
say allowing television cam
eras to cover the proceedings
could intimidate witnesses
and taint their testimony,
and could prevent Nichols
from receiving a fair trial by
an impartial jury.
In the eight-page docu
ment filed late Friday, Brian
Nichols’ attorneys said they
are not asking for a closed
trial, but want to “limit and
hopefully contain the ongo
ing damage” and the “cir
cus-like atmosphere” they
said surrounds the case.
“The issue is not wheth
er the circus exists, but
rather whether the Court
will even take the minimal
step of prohibiting in-court,
gavel-to-gavel broadcast cov
erage in an effort to quiet
the surging media frenzy
surrounding this trial,” the
motion read. “This Court’s
failure to exert at least some
control over the coverage of
these proceedings will likely
result in a trial that deprives
Mr. Nichols of his right to a
fair and impartial jury.”
Nichols was being retried
on rape charges in March
2005 when prosecutors say
he stole a deputy’s hand
gun at the Fulton County
Courthouse after she
removed his handcuffs to
allow him to change out of
his jail clothes and prepare
for court.
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Bainbridge 70 52 mst sunny
Brunswick 67 53 pt sunny
Cartersville 65 47 cloudy
Chattanooga,TN 59 48 cloudy
Columbus 69 53 pt sunny
Cordele 71 49 mst sunny
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Boston 53 39 pt sunny
Chicago 51 41 cloudy
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year-old boy who opened a
door and fell out of a pickup
truck driven by his mother
was run over and killed by
his father who was following
in a car, authorities said.
Kevin Alexander Juarez
was pronounced dead at
the scene Sunday night,
Gwinnett County Police
spokesman Cpl. Darren
Moloney said.
The boy’s mother, Zurma
Alvarez Juarez, 26, had her
two sons in the Ford pickup
at about 8:40 p.m., Moloney
said. The 2-year-old was
standing on the passenger
side floorboard and a 1-year
old was in the back seat
in an unsecured infant seat,
he said. As the mother was
turning left, the 2-year-old
managed to open the door
and fell on the pavement. He
was run over by his father,
Quelvin A. Juarez, 26, who
was following in a Toyota
Corolla, Moloney said.
The mother is expected to
face charges, Moloney said.
The accident remains under
investigation.
Suspect kiHed after
confrontation
MARIETTA (AP) - A sus
pect who was wanted for
shooting at a police officer
was killed early Monday in a
confrontation with deputies
in east Cobb County.
The man, identified as
Christopher Lee Conte, 24,
was spotted around 3 a.m.
at a barn behind a home,
authorities said.
Officers had been search
ing for Conte since Saturday
when they say he fired nine
times at a police officer after
a routine traffic stop and
then fled into the woods.
The officer was not injured.
Deputies attempting to
serve a warrant spotted the
suspect Monday morning. It
was not immediately clear
who did the shooting.
Cobb County Sheriff Neil
Warren confirmed the sus
pect was dead.
STATE AND REGION
Frl
10/27
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Occasional showers
possible. Highs in
the low 70s and lows
in the mid 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:49 AM 6:50 PM
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Dalton 65 47 cloudy
Dillard 62 41 pt sunny
Dublin 70 45 mst sunny
Duluth 64 45 cloudy
Gainesville 64 48 pt sunny
Helen 64 44 pt sunny
Lagrange 67 48 pt sunny
Macon 69 48 pt sunny
Marietta 65 46 cloudy
Milledgeville 68 47 pt sunny
Houston 81 70 t-storm
Los Angeles 77 57 sunny
Miami 77 70 rain
Minneapolis 52 39 cloudy
New York 54 41 pt sunny
The Cobb County Police
Department is investigating
the shooting.
Macon pioneer
Willie Hill dies at 77
MACON (AP)-Willie Hill,
one of the first black City
Council members and later
the council’s first black pres
ident, has died. He was 77.
Hill died Friday night
at the veterans hospital in
Dublin, said his daughter,
Councilwoman Willette Hill-
Chambliss. He left the coun
cil in 2003 after serving 28
years.
Hill was a pioneer in city
politics, first elected to office
along with four other blacks
in November 1975. He was
the first black council mem
ber to be named chairman
of a committee, also the first
black to serve as the coun
cil’s president pro tem and
the first black to win a city
wide council race in Macon.
“He didn’t see color,” Hill-
Chambliss said. “He would
always say, ‘Don’t make it a
black and white issue unless
it’s undoubtedly that.’ ... He
wanted everone to be treat
ed fairly.”
Hill helped eliminate the
city’s first garbage fee, was
instrumental in saving the
Douglass Theatre from
demolition in the 1980 s and
led the effort to change a por
tion of a downtown Macon
street to Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive. He also
helped start the Unionville
Recreation Center, now
named for Frank Johnson.
“He loved Macon and
wanted the best for this com
munity,” said Councilman
Henry Ficklin.
Hill had controversial
moments _ he once launched
an investigation at the Macon
Coliseum, where he accused
officials of hiding money and
preventing minority work
ers from advancing in their
jobs.
In 1987, Hill demanded
that his political opponent
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Thu 10/26 4 Moderate
Fri 10/27 6 High
Sat 10/28 8 High
Sun 10/29 5 Moderate
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Perry 70 48 pt sunny
Rome 66 46 cloudy
Savannah 68 45 pt sunny
St. Simons Island 67 53 pt sunny
Statesboro 70 47 mst sunny
Thomasville 72 51 mst sunny
Valdosta 71 48 mst sunny
Warner Robins 69 48 pt sunny
Waycross 72 46 mst sunny
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San Francisco 74 53 windy
Seattle 52 45 rain
St. Louis 54 48 rain
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Gerald Harvey submit to a
drug test before their run
off. Hill later apologized to
Harvey for that incident.
Hill said in a 2004 inter
view that politics wasn’t
always in his blood.
“I actually didn’t want to
run (for a council seat), but
my friends persuaded me,”
Hill told The Telegraph. “I
had always looked at politics
as a nasty and dirty business
and that you had to be nasty
and dirty to be a politician.”
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Obituaries
THERESA “TERRY” WOOD
WARNER ROBINS - Theresa “Terry” Wood, 71, passed
away Saturday. The funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m.
today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow in
Parkway Memorial Gardens. Wood was a born in Victoria,
Kansas. Survivors include her husband, five children, two
brothers and two sisters, eight grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
Georgia Secretary of State
candidates differ on voter ID
By DOUG GROSS
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - The major
candidates to become
Georgia’s top elections offi
cial disagreed Sunday about
a request by lawmakers that
the Justice Department
investigate letters from the
state that wrongly told vot
ers they must show photo
IDs at the polls.
Gail Buckner, the Democrat
seeking the Secretary of
State office, said in a debate
aired live on Georgia Public
Television that she supports
a federal look into the letter.
Her opponent, Republican
Karen Handel, said the let
ter was a mistake, but not a
federal issue.
Last month, the State
Elections Board sent letters
to 305,000 voters who were
believed not to have state
issued picture identification
- telling them they must get
a photo ID to vote. About
200,000 of them received the
mass mailing after Fulton
County Superior Court
Judge T. Jackson Bedford
declared on Sept. 19 that the
photo ID law violated the
Georgia Constitution as an
undue burden on voters.
U.S. Rep. John Lewis,
an Atlanta Democrat, Sen.
Barack Obama, D-111. and
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.,
sent a letter to U.S. Attorney
General Alberto Gonzalez
requesting an investigation
“to determine whether there
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was a specific intent to defy
the court’s decision and mis
lead voters.”
Buckner said the
Republican-controlled
Legislature always intended
to make it more difficult for
poor, elderly, minority and
rural voters to cast a ballot.
“It is certainly obvious
that it has been put out
there to frustrate voters,”
said Buckner, a former state
House member.
Handel said the letter was
“certainly an error and a
huge mistake.”
But she called the Justice
Department request politi
cal grandstanding, singling
out Obama, who has been
mentioned as a possible
presidential candidate in the
future.
“It is wrong, wrong to
play politics with an issue
as critical as this one,” said
Handel, who chairs the
Fulton County Commission.
Buckner said she would
support requiring photo
identification to vote and
other measures to safeguard
the integrity of the ballot.
But she said the laws passed
by the Legislature don’t do
enough to protect voters’
rights.
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