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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 17, 1989
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Judge asks jury to leave after outburst by William Witnesses give opinions of defendant's sanity
By Jiru Petterson Kansan staff writer
The jury in the trial of John William was temporarily removed from the courtroom yesterday after an outburst from William during testimony from a Topeka psychologist.
Robert Schulman, the defense's last witness before resting its case, was testifying that William, 28, told him that he saw the face of his mother when he allegedly killed Richard Settlemyre, 9.
During that portion of Schulman's testimony, William became visibly upset and began yelling at Margie Wakefield-Green, one of his court-appointed attorneys.
"I don't hate my mommy, I did not sav that," William said.
Schulman had testified that William told him that his mother had thrown him off a second story porch when William was 2 years old.
James Paddock, Douglas County district court judge, asked the jury B
leave the room in order to keep them from hearing William's comments.
Holding up a Bible, William then said, "He comes in here and makes me look bad. I'm not bad, your honor."
honor.
Paddock warned William that he would be removed from the courtroom if he couldn't keep quiet.
Wiliam is charged with first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping or, in the alternative, felony murder in the July 1988 death of Settlemyre.
Using information obtained from William during three interviews, the first of which occurred within a week of Settlemrey's murder, Schulman testified that William suffered from paranoid-type schizophrenia and was borderline mentally handicapped. William
Schulman testified that William was legally insane at the time Settlemyre was killed.
myre was killed.
By the third interview on Oct. 30,
William had developed a kind of fixed
delusion about the events surrounding the death of Settlemyre, Schulman testified.
"He believes things that are not real," Schulman testified. "He adheres to those beliefs tenaciously and accepts them as truth. That's what people with schizophrenic illnesses do."
However Herbert Modlin, a Topoka psychiatrist, said there was no evidence that William didn't understand the nature of his acts and therefore didn't meet the requirements for insanity.
ments for instillation. Modlin said William had created a fantastical story about Settlemyre's death that centered around a large cult operating in Lawrence that preys on children, condones sexual immorality and was made up of pagans and witches.
pagas and witches.
Attorneys will present final arguments today, and jurors will begin their deliberation of evidence and testimony presented in the trial before reaching a verdict.
Law students lead campaign KU works on program to increase environmental awareness
KU works on program to increase environmental awareness
By Chris Evans
Kansan staff writer
KU law students are spearheading a campaign that could bring increased environmental awareness to the world by 1991.
Members of the Environmental Law Society are working to gain law student support for ABIGAILE, the American Bar International Accords on the International Law of the Environment, said Ted Smith, the society's president.
society's preside-
"The ABIGAILE accords are an effort to provide international environ- mental awareness and solve international environmental disputes," he said. "We really are the flagship of this program, at least this part of it."
spreading information, Smith said. The accords are being written by legal scholars and scientists nationwide.
Linda Guinn, former president of the society, said the ABIGAILE accords were a set of moral laws meant to help preserve the environment.
mental laws,
KU law students are seeking endorsement from other law schools to encourage members of the Torts and Insurance Practice Session to grant financing for the accords in March 1990.
ment.
"It's not a binding law, but it is a basis for creating possible environmental laws," she said.
March 1990
If hired by the session committee, BAIGALE would be presented to the American Bar Association in August 1990 and then taken before the
1991 U.N. General Assembly.
documents, 68 students, members, Smith said, 36 were working for the passage of ABIGAILE. Among other things, they are writing letters for the nation's law schools. The letters will be mailed in January.
"It will cover six areas," Smith said. "It's acid rain, deforestation, ocean degradation, waste, ozone depletion and global warming. Tentatively, it will address those six issues, but it's not a procedural document."
be mained in and we really want is one or two more organizations in the law school to endorse what the ABIGAILE committee is doing now," he said. "It is an intergenerational accord. You're asking for support from law students of something that is going to be passed by practicing attorneys."
Canned food drive benefits charity
"I can, you can, we all can" was the theme of Panhellenic's charity drive. Emily Price, Overland Park sophomore, was stacking cans yesterday.
The holiday season is approaching, and the spirit of giving has begun.
Yesterday, the Salvation army received more than $1,000 and approximately 1500 cans of food from KU Panhellenic.
Junior delegates, representatives from each sorority's pledge class, sponsored a canned food drive from Nov. 2 to 16. The delegates then began collecting cans from the sorority houses. Donating money instead of cans was an option, and the junior delegates purchased cans of food with the money donated.
"The theme of the drive is, 'I can, you can, we all can,'" said Stacie Cheen, vice president of sorority affairs.
sorority artisans.
The food drive is an annual event, but in the past it has not had a named theme, she said.
Darci Davenport, junior delegate president, said that involvement in the food drive had been good but that more people were donating money than cans.
Sharing money can help. Each sorority had a goal of 150 to 200 cans, she said.
"I think each house will meet its goal," she said. "It will be nice for the houses to get involved with the community and help them out because that is one of the greek system's main priorities."
The intersoority committee, a committee devoted to improving relations between sororities and the community, raised more than $1,000 for the Salvation Army by giving sorority members the opportunity to miss a meal. They then donated the money that would have been spent on the meal to the Salvation Army, Chesen said.
Most of the sororites participated, Chesen said. This is the second year this has been done.
"I think that by doing this, it sends back such a positive view into the community," she said. "It lets the community know that we recognize we are part of the community and are willing to give back to it."
Douglas County United Way closes in on goal of $768,000
back to it.
Chesen said they tried to give the donations at Thanksgiving time.
By Holly Lawton Kansan staff writer
ger. "We have been setting an ambition pace through this campaign;
The 1989-90 campaign of the United Way of Douglas County has reached 86 percent of its goal, raising $660,572 for next year's funds.
of next year. The 1899-00 United Way Campaign Cabinet met yesterday to discuss progress made so far in the campaign. The goal is to raise $768,000 by the beginning of December. The money will go to 26 Douglas County agencies and will help organizations such as the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross.
The United Way has until the end of November to raise the remaining 14 percent of its goal. Praeger said that the goal would be reached because there were about 200 companies left in be contacted for assistance.
Red Cross.
"We wanted to be at 80 percent of our goal today to realistically meet it on," said chairman Sandy Prae-
in donations, said division leader Mike Kautsch. KU has raised about $113,000, meeting about 103 percent of its goal.
to
The University of Kansas has already surpassed its goal of $110,000.
The progress of the University campaign can be seen on large Jayhawk signs throughout the campus, but four of those signs have been stolen recently, Kaush said.
taken recently, Ruddo said.
Lawrence has done equally well in
its campaign, raising $14,498 so far,
said Diane Mullens, city government division leader.
"When I told the city administrators that our goal was $13,350 this year, they told me I'd never make it." Mullens said. "Now we have 108 percent of our goal, and we still have money coming in."
Two other divisions, Lawrence
Memorial Hospital and Unified School District 497, also have met their goals for the campaign, officials reported.
counsel.
"We're all doing a really great job." Praeger said. "We're really developing team spirit. Next year everyone will want to help us. When you have a winning team, everyone wants to be a part of it."
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