University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 22, 1989
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Construction worker injured
Riverfront Plaza worker falls six feet, suffers concussion
By a Kansan reporter
A worker fell six feet from a scaffold onto a concrete floor at 11:25 a.m. yesterday at the construction site of the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza, said Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesman.
The worker, George R. Thomas, 45, Topeka resident and employee of Midwestern Insulation of Wichita, was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a slight concussion and was being kept for observation, a secretary for the director of community relations said.
Thomas said he was changing the
type of scaffold being used when the accident occurred.
"I was replacing the scaffolding and went up on top to hook the braces together," he said. "Then I went down, and the scaffolding collapsed on top of me. Those scaffolds are very dangerous things."
Thomas said he expected to be released today but would not be allowed to return to work because of his injuries.
Shelly Wisner, a paramedic dispatched to the scene of the accident, said Thomas' injuries were les severe than had been expected.
'When we first heard he had fallen
from the building's third floor scaffolding, we thought it was going to be worse," she said.
David Longhurst, manager of the Riverfront Plaza project for the Chelsea group, said that to the best of his knowledge there had never been a serious accidents at the site.
"The contractors are very, very sensitive to safety and to insuring all things on the job site are done properly." he said.
Officials for Barry, Beatte and Ledduke, the construction company working on the Riverfront Plaza, declined to comment.
Panel requests quicker executions
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A committee appointed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called yesterday for streamlining death penalty appeals to assure swifer executions, but only after condemned murderers get more legal help.
The proposal promptly was denounced by civil liberties lawyers who accused Rehnquist of stacking the committee.
"They want to be able to kill more people faster," said Mary Broderick of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association.
Retired Supreme Court Justice
Lewis F. Powell, who heads the committee, said, "The hard fact is that the laws of 37 states are not being enforced by the courts.
Ironically, Powell said he would vote to abolish capital punishment if he were a state legislator, contending, "It has not deterred murder."
The committee report was submitted to the U.S. Judicial Conference, the policy-making arm of the federal courts. The conference postponed any action on the report until its 28 judges reconvene in March.
The committee recommended that states enact laws to limit death row inmates to two rounds of appeals in state and federal courts. One round
would challenge a verdict directly; a second would be based on alleged violations of the condemned individual's rights.
The current system permits successive rounds of appeals in the federal courts.
States that choose to adopt the new system, which also would require congressional approval, will be required to assure legal help to death row inmates at taxpayer expense throughout the appeals process.
Another feature of the proposal is a six-month deadline for filing a federal appeal after an inmate exhausts the state court appeal.
Justices urge courts to continue media ban
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The federal courts' policy-making arm is being urged to continue banning all television, radio and photographic coverage of courtroom proceedings, a spokesman said yesterday.
A five-judge committee told the U.S. Judicial Conference this week that circumstances had not changed drastically enough in recent years to justify relaxing the ban, said conference spokesman David Sellers.
Forty-four states allow such coverage in their courts at either the trial or appellate level, or both.
One of the committee members,
federal appellate Judge John P.
Brown
Moore, a member of the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said each federal court should be free to allow electronic and photographic coverage to the same extent allowed by state courts.
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist had said he wasn't rigidly opposed to allowing television and radio coverage of federal courts, including the
Supreme Court.
"If I were convinced that coverage by television of the Supreme Court would not disrupt the way the court works, I would give it sympathetic consideration," he told the Senate Judiciary Committee three years ago.
Federal court rules permit electronic and photographic coverage of various ceremonial courtroom proceedings, and allow use of such equipment for presenting evidence and making an official court record.
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