European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 22, 198b the stars and stripes Page 7 Davis cleared of attempted murder counts new York a a Man who got into a wild shootout with police who tried to arrest him and then spent 2ft weeks i hiding was acquitted sunday on attempted murder charges but convicted of weapons violations. It was the second time this year that Larry Davis has been acquitted m a trial. On March 3, he was found innocent of murdering four suspected drug dealers in the Bronx. When the verdicts were announced Davis squeezed the hands of his lawyers Lynne Stewart and William Kunstler according to Kuns Lucr. Tears came to Davis eyes said Kuns Lucr the leftist  who often portrays Black clients like Davis As victims of a racist system. Maybe there will be no More Black Sambos Only Black rambos Kuns Lucr said. Maybe this Means there will be fewer shootings of Blacks and Young lat Inos in this  Bronx District attorney Paul Gentile said he would ask the judge to give Davis the maximum sentence on the weapons counts in the Hope that it will help those police officers who received devastating injuries accept these  the devastating fact remains that this jury of 12 people by their Verdic found that the injuries that Larry Davis imposed upon these police officers in the course of their duties were justified by Law Gentile added. The nov. 19, 19s6, Sho Loul occurred when 20 officers went to Davis sister apartment to arrest him for the four drug related slayings. Davis now 22, escaped unscathed from the apartment after trading More than 30 shots with nine officers. He was captured after a it Lay manhunt one of the most extensive in the City s history. Prosecutors said Davis opened fire to evade arrest the defense contended officers went to kill Davis because of his knowledge of police corruption and that he fired in self defense. In addition to the nine counts of attempted murder Davis was acquitted of six counts of aggravated assault. The jury which deliberated for five Days convicted Davis on six counts of criminal Possession of weapons said de Mccarthy spokesman for the Bronx District attorney s office. Davis faces a maximum penalty of 10 to 20 years in prison on the weapons counts. Acting Justice Bernard Fried will impose the sentence. In unrelated cases Davis still faces two charges of murder. A key Issue was who fired first the police or Davis. The defense said it was a Shotgun wielding officer presumably one who rushed in ahead of other officers prosecutors said it was Davis whom they portrayed As a murderous crack dealer Kun Tutler said the testimony of a ballistics expert showed that the first shot came from a police Shotgun at close Range closer than the prosecution maintained. The truth of this Case is justification Stewart told the jury during closing arguments against All Odds Larry Davis a son of the South Bronx acted to save his life inthe Back bedroom of his Sisler  spy says he was victim of political vengeance Washington not in his first interview since he was sentenced to life imprisonment for spy ing Jonathan Jay Pollard says he was the victim of political vengeance by the United slates government to inc interview broadcast sunday night on the lbs news program "60 minutes the former Navy Intelli gence official said his activities had not compromised the identities or locations of american agents. My sentence1 did not represent proportional Justice it reflected political vengeance Plain and simple he said. But Joseph e. Dice Nova the former Federal prosecutor in the Case said that the sentence reflected an As. Sass mint of he damage resulting from Pollard s spying that was prepared by the Pentagon and evaluated by the judge in the Case. Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in March 1987 after pleading guilty to Selling classified Ameri can  to the israeli governor non. His wife Anne was sentenced to five years in prisons an accessory to Pollard s crimes. Pollard was interviewed at the Federal prison in Marion Iii. The session was held in the presence of officials from the naval investigative service. Mrs. Pollard was interviewed at the Federal medical facility in Rochester Minn and she compared her incarceration to confinement in the nazi concentration Camp at  answered several questions about his motives for spying. He said he spied on the United states Jonathan Jay Pollard because he had come to believe that the american government. In the 1940s had abandoned the jewish people to its Fate in  in addition he said that he had become convinced that the United slates was attempting to place Israel in a position where she would be forced to make an unenviable Choice Between a ruinous War or shameful peace.". Juror weds defendant seeks to overturn los Angeles a a woman who married the Man she had helped con vict of murder kidnapping and rape has asked the California court of appeals to overturn the conviction because of alleged coercion by fellow jurors. Gwendolyn Wix 41, was a juror in the six month murder trial of Steven Erickson 34, who was convicted in March 1987 of the february 1984 abduction rape and shooting death of a 26-Ycarrqld woman. Erickson who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole escaped the death penalty primarily because of Wix s resistance. In March Wix filed a seven Page declaration alleging impropriety on the part of her fellow jurors. She did t mention her marriage in the affidavit and the attorney general s office wrote last month that her marriage to Erickson tarnished her credibility. Deputy District attorney Michael Knight who prosecuted Erickson said he once tried to have Wix removed As a juror after learning that she contacted the defense attorney in the Case. That. Effort was denied by the judge. This is stranger than fiction Knight said. She apparently Felt in Tovac with the Guy during the trial. I pc seen some jurors become enamoured of the defendant but i be never seen where they be actual  met the Guy and married  Knight said he planned to investigate How the couple got together and deter mine whether Wix acted improperly during the trial. Jurors who worked  said they agreed to a penalty other than death at her insistence to avoid dead Locking 11-1 and possibly having the Case retried. Referring to her marriage jury fore Man Harry Godley said i m completely flabbergasted. I d like to know How their relationship  Wix said fellow jurors were biased against Erickson. Verbally abused her and pressured her to Side will them. She said they refused to listen to her arguments. Godley denies that Wix was coerced. You have no idea the Way everybody Bent Over backward to try to reason with her he said. The attorney general s office said there was no evidence that Wix s fellow j jurors acted improperly. Scouts food collection far exceeds hops. By the associated press thousands of boy scouts around the nation went out during the weekend to pick up tons of donate food for the poor and their haul neatly packaged in bags the youths had distributed the week before far exceeded expectations. \ v. In Utah alone More than 100,000 boy scouts Esti mated they collected More than a million pounds of non perishable food As pin of the nationwide scouting for food drive. As far As i know this is the most comprehensive request for food and response since world War in said Carl Whiting an executive of the Hawkeye area boy scout Council in Eastern Iowa. He said Early col Lection totals in the seven county area far surpassed predictions of 450,000 cans we collected that in Cedar rapids alone he said. Officials of boy scouts of America said some 4 i. Lion boy scouts joined in the project and the Organiza Tion hoped to collect More than 100 million Foo items.  scout organization estimated that More than 20 million americans including 4 million children go hungry at some time every month said Carlos Santia go associate director of the scouts for new Jersey s Ocean and Monmouth counties. He said scouts in his Region alone might collect More than 10 million cans. Of food.". In Utah Only the great Salt Lake Council participated in the food drive last year and collected 129,136food items roughly 60 tons. This year All four boy scout councils in the slate participated. We Are extremely pleased with the results and Weare deeply appreciative of the cooperation of people in our Community a said Larry Lunt chairman of the drive for the great Salt Lake Council. A ". It is especially Linsly to have this program Lake place just before thanksgiving said Richard Winters head of the Salt Lake food Bank. An estimated 175,000 Utah residents received food through various food Banks and pantries last year in six counties of Central Florida scouts collected Ute Ollala 5hiu jul was Vul Guji in vyv to tvs to of some 9,000 scouts and volunteers collected 250,000 cans of food in new Hampshire we had no idea what we would gel Here and a Quarter of a million cans is one Heck of a Good Start said Ron Titus of the Daniel Webster Council in new Hampshire