Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 10, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Iii i in is m 2001 permission sought to tape Mcveigh death video wanted for use at another mans trial Washington lawyers for a Man who could face the same method of execution As Timo thy Mcveigh asked the supreme court yesterday for permission to video tape the Oklahoma City bombers the tape would not be released publicly but could be used As part of Joseph miners Legal argument that execution by lethal injection is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual his lawyers there was no immediate indication when the court would Rule but one of miners lawyers said he did not expect a ruling scheduled to die tomorrow morning for the bombing that killed 168 has told his lawyers he does not object to the the govern ment opposes the Justice department spokes woman Chris Watney said yesterday the supreme court asked the department to file a response and it would do she did not know when the government arguments would be the Appeal first goes to Justice David who has jurisdiction Over Penn it was not Clear whether he would act alone on the Appeal or refer the matter to the full Minerd is challenging the governments plan to seek execution in his he is jailed in Pittsburgh for the 1999 bombing death of his pregnant former Girlfriend and her no trial Date has been set but prosecutors have indicated they will seek the death Minerd was charged under the governments arson and bombing Law that was also used in the Oklahoma City bombing this struck us As the Best Opportunity to preserve evidence of an actual exe cution for use in our trial if need miners chief Richard Kam said lethal injection is no More humane than the electric chair or the Gas Cham miners lawyers wrote in asking the supreme court to reverse a lower Federal appeals courts ruling that blocked the beneath the Public relations View of its Antiseptic and san itary nature is another the lawyers saying lethal injection often provides a gruesome and painful and prolonged death to its associated press Michael con Hoy associated Tress anti death penalty protester Harold Smith of maintains a Lone protest outside Penitentiary in Terre with and Winnipeg free press includes picture listing in fridays automotive showcase classified word and on saturday sunday 7 Day internet and on complimentary for Sale sign complimentary car Wash from Jet Auto Centre value or get Black White private party automotive ads Only get full Colour automotive showcase 69771 Iii Indiana town hopping with execution tourists by Robert Russo Terre death As Spectator sport remains a terrific draw in the United Timothy Mcveigh execution has prompted a frenzy of interest outside the Walls of the Federal prison where he will die the Oklahoma City bombers death will be As close As the United states has come to a Public execution since the practice was outlawed in hundreds of victims relatives will be watching on a closed Cir Cuit in Oklahoma along with a handful of relatives and reporters inside the prison when a lethal cocktail of toxins is pumped into Mcveigh the modern Day equivalent of carnival barkers will be outside to peddle their the Florida soft porn website operators who went to court and failed in their bid to show Mcveigh death online have the postponement of Mcveigh original May 16th execution Date was an inconvenience to the ring masters of this circus but Only a minor the local Tattoo Parlour is still doing a brisk Busi Ness Selling die shirts at each to execution the few hotels in Terre haute pronounced ta1r a Hote have Long since been booked the Mcveigh in 1995 photo stables Steakhouse was bracing for hordes of the we could take about customers per if we had said Melody manager of the but it All Doest seem quite what do you do run an execution special the area around the prison has been transformed into a Camp of temporary satellite trucks and staging about reporters from around the world Are ten of them will be allowed to witness the local schools and government buildings will close for the Day amid Security a bus service has been hired to ferry protesters in and Stag ing areas separated by several Hun dred metres and just As Many policeman have been designated for pro and anti death penalty demonstrators near the prison several dozen helicopters Are expected to fill the Farmers and Gas station owners have pock eted fat fees for renting out Skinny strips of land for Media tents and protester it reminds me of the Early Days of said sister Rita Clare whose order ministers to the prisoners at the Federal were inviting All these people to come Here and enjoy it As we throw somebody to the executioners Canadian press associated press archives go to and enter today number u0325k we will publish a different number every Day until july enter every Day must be 18 years of age to to enter drop off a ballot including your birth address and phone number to 1355 Mountain my go to for contest information Ana Winnipeg free press 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Calgary the father of a toddler found dead in a vacant apartment said his estranged Girlfriend stymied his attempts to see his son and the boys missing infant and the mothers parents said from Japan that they would have looked after the children if Only they known about Rie is in jail after police found the body of her 15 Mont hold Dominic Ryu in a Calgary apartment police have also spent two Days this week searching the Bow River for Dominica three Montgold sister gemini based on the belief Fujii wrapped the infant in plastic bags and dumped her body in the the childrens Calgary resident Peter said Fri Day that Fujii ended their four year relationship four months he said Fujii and her friends Tell him where she or the children they knew where she was and Tell me where she was and now this has Hap Brown it could have been this is a tragic event in my sobbing Ries father Hideto sobbing upon hearing of the deaths of two Little grandchildren he never knew he said he and his wife would have welcomed the babies into the i would have been very surprised to see the kids but in sure we would have taken care of wed help raise the said speaking from the Small City of Tswana Cho in Southwest i cant find words to express How i feel grandmother Tomoko Fujii said she heard a baby cries during a phone Call to her daughter last year and asked Rie if the child was she said in just said around the time Rie would have Given birth to gemini in she asked her parents for Money to cover medical she said it was to remove an appendix and i believed said the Ries Mother said she had no idea her daughter was having the last time the two spoke on May Rie sounded she seemed i thought she was doing shed gone to Banff and was visiting her Host said Shes a Nice daughter who she would never Tell us she was having the parents described a daughter who excelled at was and the parents Are hoping to come to Calgary to be with their daughter As soon As the parents say they Arent angry with their we just want to be there to help said the i cannot believe said i would have wanted to see my Fujii is scheduled to appear in provincial court tomorrow morning charged with failing to properly dispose of a dead she has hired lawyer Bob Canadian press ;