European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A wednesday. May 22. 1991the stars Anc stripes Page 5rape-shield Laws can be allowed evidence of previous consensual sex can be barred Washington rap a states May Protea an i a a vat to by bar mtg the Man she is. A her frees introducing evhfo1 _ to a a r. Previously had consensual set is Rene court ruled monday. The 7-2 ruling Usu it As a tales to enact Broad rape shield los and the court s first Ever ruling on tree tonality of such Laws. The justices ordered a Michigan court to too kor reinstating the so Ual Assaph nov Saosi of Nolan Lucas accused of forcing Ai knife Point his former Girlfriend to have sex with him. Justice Sandra May o Connor writing for the court said the a similar to those in most states. A is a a valid legislative Detert natos that rare victims deserve he tight Ned Protection against Surprise harassment and unnecessary invasions of the Law Gene rally bars Evi Etsoe Asj boat an alleged victim s sexual history. Bui it makes an exception for evidence that the defendant and alleged victim had been lovers. At Issue in Lucas Case is whether evidence of his relationship with his former Girlfriend May he barred from the trial because Lucas failed to notify pros ecu supreme court tors within 10 Days after his arraignment that be would seek to introduce such testimony. The 10-Day Rule a a serves legitimate state interests in protecting against Surprise. Harassment and undue o Connor said. Quot failure to comply with this requirement May in some cases justify even the severe sanctions of barring the evidence of the previous relationship she said. New York City comptroller Elizabeth holt/Man., who As a congresswoman wrote a Federal rape shield Law. Praised the ruling. �?o1 think this is a Victory for those of us who care deeply about the plight of rape victims Quot and their general reluctance to report rapes she said a a pm pleased the. Court realized the special needs of rape victims to privacy and refused to erode protections in rape shield . She said the ruling is particularly heartening Given a the conduct of some elements of the Media Quot that published the name of a woman who said she was raped in Palm Beach. Fla., by the Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy. A mass. Ironically o Connor named Lucas Girlfriend in the Justice s opinion for the High court. The name also was used in Legal papers filed by Michigan prosecutors and Justice department lawyers who urged the court to uphold the state Law. To other action the court a ruled. So. That Louisiana state courts Viust be allowed to decide whether to save the lives of two monkeys used for medical research. A unanimously ruled the attorney general has Broad Power to classify drugs As illegal substances upholding a Federal Law aimed at so called designer drugs. A struck Down the death sentence of an Idaho killer ruling 5-4 Oliai lie and his lawyer had inadequate warning that the sentencing judge was considering the death penalty. A rejected a Nevada Challenge to the Federal government s efforts to put a High level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain about h 0 Miles Northwest of Las vegas. A agreed to review Illinois rules that make difficult for new political parties to place candidates Oil transplant aids connection probed Richmond. \ lip it a imeri�.2 c is from Ibe centers for Centro Quot arc a food acid drug administration met with \ for traib beat he officials to investigate an aids scare Ink eve to atom than Planis. Quot health expert a to dcten3e a i took nearly six Vears to i cover Chat err Laris and tissue from a % Irginia Man with Aid s were to dozens of people across the country three c4 Rise people who received the Man s Urga two cd of a Icik it Cluj i aids. Monday in . Adas Fra representative met a h act iridis from the Virginia health Quot department. Modt a. A forum Cadet director of the state s Devi it it. It i disease control. Cader said the into Spisic is needed to pm people s minds to rest. A i think this is Someth my ass Susae beams and minds of Cader , refer re to potential problems with tainted Organ but Cader Sard but the first recipient of a f Ted Eris scuse crafts. Was Erx erased by Ibe news thai Zoe died tissue Craft from the Man tested negatively for aids. Lif net transplant services of Virginia Beach is working with hospitals and medical institutions nationwide to locate the recipients of tissue grafts from William Norwood who was shot dead during a robbery oct. 21, 1985. Life net is a transplantation network that helps distribute organs and tissue from donors to recipients. Norwood twice tested negatively for the human immunodeficiency virus or his which Norwood causes aids. The tests apparently were unable to detect his infection because he had contracted the virus too recently. A we have completed Hospital notification and Are aware that physicians and institutions have located several patients and testing is underway a said Doug a we a son life net a director of Public affairs ,.---the Best piece of news we have is that one recipient of a freeze dried tissue graft tested negative. It is hopeful tha Call recipients of the freeze dried grafts will be negative a he said. C do and Fra investigators Are expected to meet with Lif net officials this week. A Lif net statement did not identify the patients who have been located and gave no additional information about their conditions. T he company said it will Issue another statement with More details Friday. Doctors Hope tissue grafts from Noi Yood have not led to widespread aids eases. Foito Lour of the 52 tissue grafts taken from the donor and used in patients were freeze dried and treated with alcohol or radiation which decreases the Chance of infection. Three people who received More risky a fresh Frozen Quot tissue grafts which were not treated with ethanol have tested positively for the aids virus. Ipi the stars and strikes 10 years ago May 22, t.s6t a a Pra Sua a Srug suppression Rac at Panzer a assure in by Clinger gain Ary a 55 military pc Ica writ to decs Rashad in 1 go drug cases arid re apprehension of s3 Peccie 20 years ago May 22, ts7t after More Iran six years As Secretary of re army. Stanley r. Re scr resigned re Post. Re scr was erased Fer dec inc re army Quot thru gun Many do Cut phases a or re vie train. Ria arc Cir his efforts to crag ado a. An Al cd Untener army. California helmet Law signed but Cycle riders vow to on 30 years ago May 22. Tsp Tes Cert Kennedy sent a Wecera a Arenas to Mart scr Ery a. Rate a Are Moo Caos or teen Cere or. A Des is arc. R or nor incr iss id to u s. Der scr More a Rau. Barrec or the cd a ror by the los Angeles times Sacramento Calif. A Over the objections of bikers voiced during nearly three decades of legislative debate. California Gen. Pete Wilson signed legis Patjon monday requiring motorcycle riders to Wear safety helmets on California streets and highways. Sweeping aside the Lee Choice argument that had prevailed in the past. Wilson declared the need to prevent injury and death was Paramount. Quot simple put. This Bill will save lives he said choosing As a site for the signature Ceram on a physical therapy unit at a Kcal Hospital where injured cyclists often end up Lor Ireat Mem. A opponents of this Bill claim that it we Miami personal Choice and indeed it Wilson will Quot the governor said. A a that a something the Law should seek to avoid except where there is As Here justification of compelling Hie helmet Law requires the states 850,000 a yeasts to begin wearing the protective headgear on Jan. I 1992. T he California Highway patrol said it would allow a 90-Day Grace period before it starts issuing citations to violators. Thereafter anyone driving or Riding on a motorized Cycle without a Hel met will he subjected to lines starting at $100 and rising above that Tor Mcpeat of lenses. Among the thousands of cyclists who protested the helmet requirement some leaders of Cycle clubs said that they would encourage members to haunt the Law and clog the courts with their cases. Protest leaders also promised to sign up new voters to try to oust lawmakers who voted for the Hill and to file a lawsuit challenging the Law. A a it a not Over yet. Not by a Long shot Quot said Paul fax the statewide coordinator of one of the protesting groups. Laws requiring All motorcyclists to Wear helmets Are in Lorce in 23 other states and the District of Columbia. Marcos7 widow must pay in deaths of 2 40 years ago May 22 a 3b a of Crew of Garr Srsic or a a Cue . 20. Revet Zere Ankara Arena or cur Gamma risk acne Irea arc car los to in. A to in .1. Utlz 1.1�3 k ?. I j i p or 2�? i. \ 11 eth v Tihes v a a i i pc apr relatives of Unn cd Down in for by supporters of former it Ferdinand Marcos in irom Marcos Quot w Idow. Approved monday. -1 i Caces at Ger Arv or Raa Laurai a Ai o Vaoa r. Air Rae r Ean Arar sgt a a e s a l ves of silme and be Irnes. Nev were fatal shot in head a u Art ers of Alaska of w Hie r. Be beat to r. I o in local ? t w a were murdered on orders from Manila because of their anti Marcos activities. A jury in Seattle awarded the families s15.1 million from Imelda Marcos and her late husband s estate in 1989. I he families had been fighting for Access to the Money from Frozen Marcos assets and settled Lor s2 million said James Douglas an attorney in Seattle for the relatives. . District judge Mariana r. Pafael or approved the settlement. She had Loren the assets five Vears ago pending Resolution of a philippine government lawsuit charging the Marc oses with looting their noun try a Treasury. None of the $2 million will come from Frozen assets. Mrs. Marcos plans to borrow the Money said her lawyer Bernard Simons. He would t identify the Lender. Tony Baruso. President of the Cannery local of the International longshoremen s k. Warehousemen a Union in Seattle was convicted in March of arranging Viernes slaying to Slilla dissent against Marcos who was ousted and died in exile in Hawaii. Baruso was acquitted ill Domingo s slaying
