European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 18,1988 Georgia congressman indicted in perjury Atlanta a congressman Pat Swindall was indicted monday on charges of perjury. . Attorney Robert Barr said swin Dall a Republican was indicted on 10 counts of perjury Over his testimony be fore a grand jury in february Aboul a Sling operation in which a Federal agent posed As a Money launderer. Swindall s office said monday that he had no immediate response to the announcement. But he said sunday that he expected to be indicted and was glad be cause he hoped it would give him a Chance 10 Clear his name before his re election bid goes to the voters nov. S. In a bitter race Swindall. 47, is seek ing a third term from suburban Atlanta s 4th District against democratic Ben Jones 46, a former actor on television s Dukes of hazzard who lost to swin Dall in 1986. Jones has criticized Swindall Ever since allegations related to Money Laun Dering were first aired while Swindall has assailed Jones conviction on charge of wife beating a conviction Jones said stemmed from alcohol abuse that he has since overcome. On sunday Swindall said he expected to be arraigned monday afternoon and planned to waive a number of rights including the right to charge the. Govern ment with misconduct in the Case so that he can go on trial next monday. Barr said he did not know whether such a Quick trial would be possible. Swindall said he planned to represent hts Cufal the trial. "1 am actually excited because it will be the first Opportunity i am going to have to Clear the air Clear my name and give the voters a legitimate race based on the issues Swindall said sunday. On oct. 3, Swindall angered by re ports linking him to the grand jury investigation took the House floor to demand an immediate indictment. Barr said the Liming of the indictment has nothing whatsoever to do with poli tics or Swindall s request to be indicted. Swindall was first linked publicly to the Money laundering investigation this year when it was disclosed that his aug. 28, 1987, meeting with an undercover Federal agent posing As a Money Laun Durer for underworld figures had been videotaped. Money laundering is a term for Var ious methods of gelling around Federal currency Laws by transferring illicitly raised Cash drug Money for example into Bank accounts in such a Way that its origin is hid. Swindall was introduced to the under cover agent by Charles la Chancy a for Mer Atlanta businessman who was act vein Republican circles. La Chancy is one of the two men scheduled to go on Ria next week on Money laundering charges. Confession s Good for More Fhern souls of Tampa criminals Tampa Fla. A a prosecutor is having Crimi nals apologia for their crimes in newspaper advertise ments As punishment in return for probation and dropping some minor charges. I be admitted my guilt. I be been punished. It was l Worth it. I m sorry said an and purchased by John Zuckor. Zuckor 20, and John Fusaro 21, faced possible jail sentences on charges of stealing Cor stereos at the University of South Florida where they were students. Assistant Hillsborough slate attorney de Page gave them he Public apology option and they bought Small advertisements in the school s newspaper with apol Ogies prepared by Page. Zuckor s and in the classified Section of the Oracle in july explained that he and Fusaro were arrested in Gainesville for burglar izing vehicles on inc University of Florida Campus. It said officers who searched their car found stereo equipment linking them to Highl burglaries Al the University s Tampa Campus. October 17, 1986, was a terrible Day for me the and said. Lawyer Shelly Ryback who represented the two questioned whether apologies were appropriate and called the method totally arbitrary and discretion  Zuckor and Fusaro both left school after the advertisements appeared. Page said he proposed the idea after Reading Aboul its use in other states. His supervisors liked the idea. John Skye chief of the felony division in the state attorney s office believes the embarrassment of a pub Lic apology can be an effective tool. It s a Public act of contrition that is unpleasant to do and thus can act As a deterrent similar to going to jail he said. Besides they say confession is Good for the  not everyone agrees. These kinds of things Are basically gimmicks said Jerome g. Miller president of the National Center on institutions and alternatives in Alexandria a. Thenon profit group advocates options to prison and has helped some 7,000 criminals who faced incarceration. Miller said such tactics Are poor substitutes for meaningful sentences that encourage rehabilitation. Motorist commits suicide at scene of fatal collision Rumney . A a Motorist involved in a fatal head on collision committed suicide at the scene while paramedics were treating people injured in the wreck police said. An autopsy completed sunday showed that Ronald a Quitle. 42, of Plymouth shot himself in the head police said. They declined to speculate on a motive. Slate police Cape. Ernest loom is said blood tests had not been completed on Paquete s body. Loomis said a Quitle had several Drunken driving convictions. Loom is said Pau clue apparently tried to pass sever Al cars on a two Lane Highway and struck an oncoming car saturday evening. Loomis said Paquete turned a pistol on himself White sitting alone in his car As medical attendants treated people injured in the other car. One person in the other car was killed. Saving face a mannequin is positioned in front of an inflated passenger Side air bag in a test conducted by try inc. Technician Ray psych it a research Laboratory in Romeo Mich by 1990, All front seats of new can sold in the United stale must be equipped with such air bag systems or motorized seat Belt system. Texas ruling that lifted conviction of Flag Burner to be reviewed Washington a the supreme court Mon Day agreed to consider reinstating a criminal conviction against a Man who burned an american lag Al a demonstration during the 1984 Republican National convention in Dallas. The court said it will review a ruling that the Flag burning was a form of symbolic expression protected by the Constitution. The Texas court of criminal appeals last april threw Oul the conviction of Gregory Lee Johnson who supreme court Roundup had been sentenced to one year in jail and fined s2.000. Johnson was arrested on aug. 22. 1984. While participating in a demonstration against the Reagan administration and the republicans. The protest had culminated with a rally in front of Dallas City Hall that included political chants and the nag burning. Johnson was convicted by a jury of violating a state Law Banning the desecration of a venerated object. The Texas court said Given the context of an organized demonstration speeches slogans and the distribution of literature anyone who observed Johnson s act would have understood the message that he intended to convey. The act for which he was convicted was clearly speech contemplated by the first  the state court said the Texas Law against hag dese cration is too Broad because it seeks to curb expression Likely to cause serious offence in other action the court set the stage for an important libel Law ruling by agreeing to review a 1200,000 award won against a Hamilton Ohio newspaper. The court will use an Appeal by the Hamilton Jour Nal news to decide sometime by july How closely appeals courts must scrutinize jury findings of actual malice when a Public figure sues for libel. Refused to Block a $10 million lawsuit against the manufacturer of a government approved whooping cough vaccine that allegedly caused brain damage in an infant who was inoculated. The justices without comment let stand a ruling in a Virginia Case thai Federal Law does not foreclose such suits under slate regulations that protect Consumers against defectively designed products. Left intact the espionage and theft convictions of a former . Intelligence analyst who gave of a satellite photographs to a British Magazine. The justices without comment rejected an Appeal by Samuel Loring Morison. Who is serving a two year prison sentence Lor leaking the photos of a soviet ship to Jane s defence weekly. Agreed to hear a Reagan administration Appeal aimed at making it easier for the government to con duct tax fraud investigations. The justices said they will use a California Case involving the Church of scientology to Settle a dispute Over the Power of the internal Revenue service 10 obtain and use confidential documents particularly communications Sci Wen lawyers and clients