European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stats and stripes in a thursday whether to ask for life District court judge Philip Pratt allowed the nurses to remain free on Bond he said he would set a Date for sentencing after he re caved a presented Cong report the nine women and men of the jury had deliberated for More than w hours Over Days since getting the Case on june 29 after a 13week the Case involved months of Legal a j jury selection took almost a and nearly 130 persons were inter viewed before the panel of 12 regular jurors and four alternates was scaled 100 witnesses f More than pages of testimony were compiled from 100 witnesses called during the Mill than so exhibits were entered As mow of the respiratory arrests occurred in the intensive care where Nareiso and Percus worked on  the women had originally been charged with two counts of seven counts of poisoning and one count of conspiracy but Iho judge granted a directed verdict of uni ital on some of thou charges Midway through the trial staying the government had failed to present enough evidence to submit to a jury  attorneys Taid their Csc rested on two questions were the breath ing Tuii Iurco by a rapid injection of Paulon if wet toss there to inject the drug at the critical time rapid assistant attorney Richard de tools testimony proved the injections were the prosecution presented Leslly Nuny placing one or both defendants near each victims bedside minutes before Ibey mopped but no witnesses Ever testified seeing either of the nurses inject the a liens with attorney Richard Yanko the government proved Only thai Ouw of the a Cums definitely received Maui to Rii cd injections of and that some 4pm n m h p k f a n 41 44 d m to ice 4 4wh u h it h u n to lion on each occasion there was a safety a a Means to prevent and usually the precautions but prosecutors refused to offer a motive for the poisonings and stressed the fact they were not required by Law to do during the course of the prosecution questions to defense witnesses seemed to suggest that revenge for overwork was the 1 inn Ghl into raw Yaiko said the under staffing theme provided an insight into the but was not defense attorneys argued thai a courtly at the Hospital was so lax that virtually anybody had the Opportunity to commit the crimes testimony showed thai the two defendants were not always the last ones near a result the is fens defense tttamejs1 named three other possible suspects a1 nursing assistant granted  from a Tny sic rious Man Green surgical suit and a former nursing did not respond defense Adorney Edwsrd Seln said nursing fist Smartl Tod the Opportunity to be atone who the three victims who definitely received Pavilion r she did not respond to the medical emergencies called when the Paul cols slopped he a victim testified Hal a a Green surgical suit was standing Over him just before he stopped and May have poisoned the defense said a believed both the nurses were 41e was the Only victim to give a firsthand account of the alleged the former nursing Betty littered a mental breakdown and reportedly told psychiatrists at the univer sity of Michigan psychiatric Hospital that she was responsible Tor this deaths she committed suicide earlier this defense attorneys won the right to ques Tion Jakims psychiatrist behind closed doors none of that testimony was Ever presented in court f v mothers during keep an even keel Thor ugh i cull in her Cay Soresi indications Ratt before  he Havior dropped jute refreshed f  Ward she said most youngsters seen rive their by i because awl of their stresses to father than asked what she i 1 a lulled item swam be acc Ltd at it the Chili become Independent of of Fer j to use the la wet instead Ingen the Mother All us can 10 Oft by themselves and be j la the she it 1 carries it Down the aisle at his Hes Gol a murderer sues Delaware to execute him a a can vat cd murderer serving a sentence has filed suit demanding that the state of Delaware exec Pic him because Walton a to die naturally is not Donald asked t be hanging is the prescribed form of execution under delawares capital punishment Walling to die naturally is not humane you lie in a cell waiting to dates said in a Handwritten you dont know when death is coming it could be one hour or in might be so this constitutes cruel Ana unusual punishment and is very Bates was convicted of first degree murder in the january 1976 Shotgun slay ing of Katherinc who had rejected him As a at the time of the Delaware had a death penalty Law for first degree murder the Law eventually was held in and Bates was sentenced to life in prison without the Delaware general Assembly re stored the death penalty this what do i have Bates said wednes in 20 years and Ive got to put the rest of my life in this institution with no Chance to belter myself or gel out whats the use tormenting me he said he told his Mother the night of the killing hat he did not want to fight the Europe fully oaf teaming Caudr the what  Ctm Imti my co mfr nun Low Sun to even if Washington likes it dollars drop in value hurting continued from Page i with the fact he receives it family hous he Diieso t Sec How he is going to make in any j aha of slim is in the same boat the devaluation of the Dollar has Hurt a ii we dont get to most into govern Mai quarters 1 May have to Send my family Back to the Stales per cent of the time to cant afford to go to movies i have just enough Money to get through the we Haven been out to eat since we have Boon to my wife gels very de All she does is Lake care of the children and the we cant afford to get out and is there any Hope Thyl the Dollar might recover in the near future according to economic there int much Chance of that until after the new balance of payments figures come out in the deficit for the last Quarter was h 3 billion More than the pro Vlious figure of that is Why Blu Montral is Happy to see us Dollar go Down in u will mean exports will be less expensive in Many countries and easier to while Many imports will be less attractive to buyers not everyone is As Happy about the silk according to a Frankfurt new spa the behaviour of Washington is the great feeling of insecurity sur rounding the Dollar is caused above All by the endless chatter of the american finance minister Blume Ithal that the Japa Nese the German the franc and the dutch Gulden must be j creased in value to help nations with cil balance of the paper sat when the strangest economic the world takes such a position it Stout not be surprised at criticism american out that although Germany Japan t suffer they realize the an can Market is very important to it is worthwhile to support a stable Inte tonal these Econos posts Forsee no problem in the Strong currency 1 As a result of Dollar devaluation Dollar continues drop wont increase in san effective july 8 Heidelberg s4s cart of living allowances cola and Sta Tion mud big Sha j Cave been increased and the Money should be in the pockets of most Usa eur and Safe Pei Woel by the end of accor Noi to a message received Here from Wimb Usa eur officials said Day Taat the increase will be re inactive to july if taif about the is trill be released the official from press London Dollar continued its nearly two Eskald decline against euro currencies with heavy losses recorded against inc Strong West German Gold continued to foreign Exchange dealers said the renewed across Leboard following tuesdays modest was triggered by that there would no intervention in support of die the Falugo to its lowest level against the Mark since March Cloud at Marks Down from tuesdays close dealers feel the Dollar might even sink below the Al time Low of which was registered March they said it could fall to is a High Ranklan administration source la Washington said there was too much sound and fury Over what he termed a modest readjustment of the but in Germany there were that the world is losing Confidence die a newspaper that tales throughout West the United sates for the tem atonal currency when the flood v with billions of newly printed Dou Arsi  Init is not its own it is no wonder that not in the most important world dal and business said tonal Bankers Are t displeasure with american Onan Cul 1 the dollars loss against other i currencies didst match in fall at Mart conversion id London Gold closed at f cram tuesday be