European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann Landers i read something in inc Jack Sonville times Union thai made me furious. Please look at this clipping arid Tell me How such a thing could happen. Perhaps if you share it with your readers someone out there will do some thing about a court system that lets a Man who All but certainly raped a 4-Ycar-old girl go free on a Legal technicality. Concerned Mother dear Mather thank Yoti for sending Ibe Story. Twas on the Asso dated press wire and appeared All Over the country 1, too was furious when 1 read it. Here Are the particulars for How Nho missed it. Ii happened in Decattor a. A 4-year-old rape victim who is now terrified of men froze when a male defense attorney asked her questions. Her refusal to speak made it possible for the 46-year-old Man charged with raping her to walk out of the courtroom. The child identified the attacker out of photo line up but Ibe slate could not use the lineup identification a.4 evidence unless he youngster could be crass exam ined by the defense attorney. The Man was charged with rape Abdira viled child molestation and kidnapping with bodily injury. The Little girl s Mother Lold the child and her 8-year old brother to Wail in the car while she was visiting a. Friend in an Auto repair shop one night. A shop employee As accused of abducting the child from the ail and attacking her while Ibe Mother was in the shop. The child was found the next Day wandering alone on the Highway. She was bleeding profusely and had to under go seven hours of reconstructive surgery. The Little girl s grandmother said there should be some Way other than to Lei someone who committed a crime like this go free. A whole me should not rest on ibs testimony or 4-year-old." i certainly agree with the grandmother Anil so do others with whom i spoke about the Case. There was. Strong evidence against the suspect thai could not be presented because the 4-year-old would not speak. Obviously this was a very emotional Case for District at Torney Bob Wilson s office and they Are extremely distressed by the outcome. They Are working with legislators to change the Georcia Law to give juries inc Burden of determining the credibility of witnesses. It is hoped that soon it will no longer be possible in Georgia or anywhere else for a Man who is charged with raping a child to walk away because of � Legal loophole. Rear Ann Landers i am very Hurt and can t talk to anyone about this. My husband. Trio Mas is a hard working dedicated Man who spends Many extra hours without pay in the health care Field. We have been married for 11 years and have four healthy Beautiful children. Although we Are far from wealthy we wanted each and every one of our youngsters and they Are a Joy to us. Thomas and i love and respect each other. I would never cheat on him and 1 am sure he is faithful to me. 1 cannot Tell you How shocked i was when he said last night  an by voice that he wanted All the Chil Dren to have blood tests to make sure they were. His. What in he world could cause a Man 10 think like thai please help me figure this but. Bewildered in of 10 dear bewildered since Uherc is no basis for your husband s suspicions in let inc help of Jour family physician in should get Jour husband in for a Complete physical examination including a neurological exam. A Radical personality change can be a symptom of a brain disorder ill an Ihfe tit a  Tolburt viral Linden Ete omm Jot he tar Ubu can write to nor m Taia us tha stars and slri&akapo.09zlt, us banking express mail questions answered i m writing to Sec if you can get answers to questions that no one seems to be Able to answer. I have two. The first concerns merchants Bank not returning our cancelled checks. My Only complaint with this is the is charged to obtain a copy of a Check i have written. I can understand the Batik wants to discourage people from coming in every month to ask for copies of cancelled checks that they Don t really need but there is quite often 8 need for a specific Check. For example when something is ordered by mail and either the order itself or the item ordered never arrives this is a problem with the postal system which is my second subject. At least once or twice a year i have to Send a copy of my cancelled Check to prove that i did order and pay for something that never received. It does t seem fair thai i should have to pay an extra ii when this happens. I offered a suggestion to the local merchants Branch but no one really Weed interested. Why can t they Oiler two or three  free copies per month for each account Holder it would t be that difficult and it would be a real improvement in service. To avoid a lot of extra paper work for the Bank in keeping Irack of who has received their copy of a Check they could require you to bring a recent statement of your account and it could be noted on that statement that you had used your free Check for the month. By requiring the statement to be recent in would avoid people bringing in two years Worth of statements and asking for is copies of checks. The people who occasionally have a real need for a copy of a Check would t be penalized for getting in. My second subject is the Post office and the most recent Lack of service. I sent a Check to my brother via express mail in october. It was mailed on a wednes Day and i was assured thai in would be delivered by Friday. The following tuesday i was called from inc United states because it had t arrived. Since six Days had gone by since t mailed in i assumed in was Proba Bly lost. Sini could t afford the loss  was lost or stolen and then cashed i had to Call my Bank in the United states and Stop payment on the Check. This Cost me a $ 1.0 service charge plus inc Telephone Call i went to the Post office and filed a claim for the $ 8.75 Cost of mailing and asked How to claim the $ in. No one at the local Apo knew what form to use or How to ask for such a claim so they have  is form pen pals. I m 21 rain Oti. My hobble Are a Adow. Writing and teaming about Darrar  ,. I Arn vary inti Grad in having Friy turned placed in your Pfifle pal column. 1am 31 Yutan old and my hobbies Are alg. Sleeping and writing lettaiv.1 a a roman cat rate. Deli Del Marlnee of Etna by Bajon 143 new so Crew pm ing. Divio ally Pruiti Pirai i would wag Tok your kind aia Isunza Lor a Ming in Louch wih pan Pali my hobble Ara playing to he two Wal mpg def Tetra movies among punks Frowen Tyno Jokai and raiding. I am 25 Jam  c of Ouia or. Vej Gunnad Coconut planters Ufa Ais Rarico corporation16th floor up Babida Maun Avenue. Maktal metro  would like my Rama Lobo published in your pen pal column. I am 13yaira old. And my Hob Blaa Are dancing swim Oira Reading Poyau and writing Paypal. A Tabeh Branda Calu Saado Tearna funeral Chapel. Diro, re Oriental.  i Wmk Duke to Hava pen pay. I am 15 Yaniri old. And Nvvf Fob twi Ara swimming done Law  pert pal Warco 1_ Adi Omli to Forth Pollack i Bacong Nagrant Ort Elbl  Plab Publ Ltd 9ur Nam in your pen Pri column. We Tomk Ihn an  Toluca for Nodi from Lar away a a Ai , 17v,cara1de.15 a str jew. O Garwuo. Itsumu. Ten ago 4314-c and Lold me to mail it with my que Liun. It has now been two months and i have never received an answer. I m sure thai i la never recover the Cost of the phone Call but i think that the s10 charge for stopping payment on a Check that the Post office misplaced for a week should be covered by the express mail insurance. By the Way 1 mailed a replacement Check via express Mai and three Days after it was mailed i was called from the United states again because it also had t been delivered. The following Day both checks arrived. The Post office did refund the full amount of postage for both packages but in still Cost me Over s10 to accomplish what i could have done with a 25-Ccnt stamp and that does t include the Cost of the three phone Calls made to me from the Stales. Chief warrant officer 4 Robert Klase lands Lull West Ger Raimy editor s note we received two replies to this letter. The first is from Yvonne Wise manager Public affairs merchants National rank Community Bank lug. / your suggestion to provide one or two free Check copies a Letu to merchants Bank clients i valid and. Was discussed at length during our banking contract negotiations. In was decided at that time that the Hurden of Effort and paper work the Branch would have to As sume would negate one of the safekeeping benefits that of freeing employees to help you at Lite service counter. "  i Hope that you will find As clients have who Bank at our two safekeeping branches in Germany that the need for a Check copy is rare. Duplicate checks Are in your Check Register and your Bank statement is an excellent Back up. The second reply is from Sill Tyli a postal ser tvs analyst Mai semen Branch Liq usage or we appreciate you Lakin the time to write convern intr your a service and i regret any inconvenience you experienced. 1 will take this Opportunity to inform lie writer and stars and stripes readers of the Mill Lull express mail system. Military express mail is guaranteed to be delivered the second Day after acceptance at the Al o. In Nin express mail accepted on monday is guaranteed to be delivered to . Cities on the distribute inn scheme no vol scr Ihan 3 . On wednesday. The . Pustal service delivers express mall j6s Days a year. Most cities arc on our Apo express mail list. We can Finly it for express mail service to ihosi1 Annie civics  postmaster new York can More with .next-day1 delivery. The Basic fee for express mail in eludes $500 merchandise insurance in crake Ulsan the two Day delivery coverage is Rua ranted. If not i Liv ered by 3 . The second f our Apos the local postal personnel should have been Able to Lull the customer thai postal insurance for express mail docs not cover Inci Duntin a Dols. . Army postal croup Europe has a postal Infin tar program which includes inc sub jul express mail also a min manual for Espres Smail accept uni clerks will be sent to lie Field in the near future. I Nilal customer1, unable to ret in haters to que Willims at local army pint offices should first conflict the Apo no or officer in charge or Call is. Army postal group Europe e is 379-6364/7811. 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