European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday february 7,1989 judge rejects nightly lockup of North jurors Washington a a Federal judge Rule monday that the jury now being chosen to hear charges against Oliver North in the Iran Contra affair will not be sequestered. North s lawyers had asked that the jurors be locked up each night to prevent their exposure to news reports about the trial which May last up to five months. In his written order . District judge Gerhard  did not state a reason saying Only that the court does not presently intend to sequester the  meanwhile the process for picking the Pool of prospective jurors was going slowly. Of the first 12 Poten tial jurors interviewed monday by Gesell and lawyer son both sides Only three were accepted. The number deemed qualified by Gesell stood at 28women and eight men All Black except for one White woman. Gesell is aiming for 45 people a num Ber that allows for any last minute dropouts for Rea sons of illness or financial hardship. Even As the winnowing process continued Gesel scheduled a closed door session after the court Day to hear Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh concern ing his classified document  the National Security Agency strongly objected Las month to attorney general Richard Thornburgh about classified information to be presented in the Case an said it warranted blocking the trial. Thornburgh rejected the Asa s suggestion. Only those prospective jurors who say they heard read or saw none of North s extensive televised Iran Centra testimony before Congress in 1987 Are being admitted into the jury Pool. So far North s defense has voted against nearly All those chosen on one ground or other. Under the rules of the court the defense later will bellowed to remove 10 people from the Pool and the prosecution six without stating a reason. Each Side also gets three each of such peremptory challenges when it comes to closing the alternates. The jury will be com posed of 12 jurors and 6 alternates. One woman accepted for the jury Pool is an office clerk who said she recalled seeing a july 1987 mag Azine with North s picture on the cover but did recognize North in the courtroom and when asked whether she had heard of him said no i  five prospective jurors were excused in rapid order monday morning one because her Boyfriend was on the grand jury that indicted North. The charges against North include lying to Congressi 1985 and 1986 about his efforts on behalf of the nicaraguan contras and lying to the attorney general about the National Security Council s role in diverting Money from the Iran arms sales to the contras. Move on timid Drivers up Kin Erst at 5 ear Cean it Murp to Fnu Stop Piaf a near rest Stop. More than 15,000 sailors and marines Are in an amphibious exercise through thurs Day included in the exercise adults to8peneste past the rest area sign into the Hills of Camp pends military drug use Down even More than forecast by Norman Blackcap military writer a Washington the illicit use of drugs within the . Military has declined even More than was originally indicated last summer by the preliminary results of a worldwide Survey the defense department said monday. Mlle use of marijuana declined from 6.5 percent in1985 to 2.9 percent last year while usage of other illegal drugs declined from 5.8 percent in 1985 to 3 1percent in 1988, the defense department said. The Overall average for the use of any drug drooped from 9 percent in 1985 to 4.8 percent in 1988 it said. Cigarette smoking and heavy alcohol use also declined and the Survey found that almost 80 percent of military personnel took some action within the past year to improve their nutrition the Pentagon added. Last july based on some preliminary results from Neo Osame Survey the defense department projected1988 s Overall illegal drug use rate at 5.5 percent. The additional drop to a rate of 4.8 percent is based on final tabulations of statistics from military outposts around the world the Pentagon reported. The 1988 Survey is the fourth conducted since 1980. That year the defense department discovered that More than a Quarter of its service members 27.6 percent were admitting they had used drugs Ille Gally. The Pentagon responded with a variety of tougher disciplinary sanctions including dismissal from the service and launched a program that now subjects every Man and woman in the military to random urinalysis testing of drug use. I Colorado plan would deny parole to illiterate inmates Denver a state officials arc studying a proposal to deny parole to illiterate inmates in an Effort to motivate them to learn to read gov. Roy Romer says. I believe we have got to overcome the problem of illiteracy Romer said in an interview with the Denver Post published monday. We be go people in prison we need to rehabilitate and one of the tools for rehabilitation is learning to read. I m trying to think of ways we can motivate or discipline people int using that time to acquire the skill of  if Colorado cannot constitutionally require literacy As a condition for re lease Romer said he Hopes to develop other incentives. Of Colorado s 6,000 prison in mates 55 percent do not have a High school degree or its equivalent. More than 27 percent read below a seventh Grade level according to a Survey of2,938 inmates conducted a year ago. Experts believe Many sex convicts wind up Back behind bars because they Don t have the skills to get an keep a Good Job. One proposal would require that illiterate inmates successfully com plete literacy classes before they Are allowed to take higher paying prison jobs said Herman Abeyta of the corrections department. At present prisoners enrolled in academic programs earn just 56 cents a Day while those with jobs earn 80cents a Day or More. Under a Pilot program established by the legislature in 1988, 100 in mates at Buena Vista correctional facility and Colorado women s correctional facility earn an extra fou Days a ninth off their sentences for participating in literacy programs. People Are staying in the pro Grams longer than they were before without any incentives Abeyta  and reduction in time Are the two big issues in  Rehnquist Calls for Reform of death penalty appeals w turned Down three separate emergency behalf hours before he because it delays execution sometimes for years. Reh naut in a Cna a. J the american bar an  for edged that Federn 1 a knowl turned i non a Legal alien so and educational fund says about 40 per cent of death penalty convictions an sentences in states Are overturned by fed eral courts. J but to my mind the flaw in the pre s a Ste 18vnc at capital sentences Are set aside by Federal courts but that stiga Ion ultimately resolved in favor of the states takes literally years and Vears and years Rehnquist said. X exsltiotns08 Cit a the most recent execution in the country that of serial killer Ted Bundy in Florida on Jan 24 to exemplify a system of death penalty appeals that is often chaotic and drawn out  Diawn Rehnquist said the supreme court a three � these actions were being prosecuted simultaneously on the Day be fore the execution of a prisoner who had been on death re for nine years he said Surdy in would be a bold person to this system could no be in r j Rehnquist said he is not calling for a drastic curtailing of convicted killers right to Appeal to Federal courts a pro known T Federal Hareas Corpus rather the chief Justice said he is Seekon 8 modest changes to impose some Struc Ture on a system in which theavera8e time Between a crime and the prisoner s execution is eight years nationally and More than 13 years in some slates there Are More than 2,000 prison " retired supreme court Justice Lewis f powe11 was appointed by Rehnquist to head a committee of Federal judges too a into the question and a bar association panel is also studying the Issue