European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday november 14,1993 Apdal Cedric p. Or Titi 13, is among four teens charged in the staying of a briton at a Florida rest Stop. In of British tourist Tallahassee Fla. Apr a 13-year-Oid Hoy charged in the september killing of a British tourist was released from custody Friday. A it s because the states evidence against him is very very weak Quot defense attorney Greg cum mings said noting that it was highly unusual for someone charged with first degree murder to be released on his own recognizance. Cedric d. Green is the youngest of the four teens charged in the shooting death of Gary Colley at a Highway rest Stop near Monticello on sept. 14. The other suspects ranging in age from 14 to 17, arc still in custody although a motion to release 17-year-old Dacron m. Spear is pending. A we re waiting with bated breath to see when he gets his gun Back a state attorney Willie Meggs said sarcastically. The prosecutor said he was disgusted by Green s release. Quot its pathetic Quot he said. Quot its the Best Way to describe it absolutely  Meggs said it was decisions like the one to release Green that gave Florida its crime problem. A a we re fast becoming a state of victims and decisions like this just hurry it along a he said. Cummings said there were several conditions placed on the release but he would not describe them or say where the teen went after leaving the Hamilton county jail. Green had recently moved to . A a he a very excited. Head like to get Back to school a Cummings said. Quot he a excited to gel out of  the teen had More than 50 offences on his record before the murder arrest state officials have said. Cummings said Green had been convicted of three misdemeanours and a car theft. The teen is not under the supervision of the state department of health and rehabilitative services but he is in the care of an unidentified adult according to hrs spokeswoman Lisa Hutchinson. Engineer at ism alleges sex for business pressure by James  los Angeles times Santa Monica Calif. A an ism Engineer filed suit Friday alleging that her supervisors effectively forced her to have sex with the Pentagon a leading defense conversion official so that the giant computer company might secure millions of dollars in funding from the Agency. Veronica Gunther in her suit filed in Superior court in Santa Monica alleged that her Bosses threatened to fire her in 1991 and 1992 unless she maintained a sexual relationship with Gary Denman 54, director of the Pentagon a advanced research projects Agency or Arpa. Gunther 35, alleged that Quot in an act of desperation Quot in August 1992 she Quot went to bed with of. Denman in Exchange for his Promise to get ism into his funding Chan incl Quot and that a the very next Day a series of talks began Between or. Denman and ism  Denman has a doctorate in engineering. A International business machines corp. And two of Gunther s managers Ray Blonn and Nancy Green were named As defendants in the suit. Denman was not. Repented efforts to reach Denman Bloch and Green were unsuccessful. Scott Brooks a spokesman at in my a Headquarters in Armonk n.y., said the company does not comment on pending litigation. An Arpa spokeswoman Jan Walker also declined comment. Gunther has been on medical leave from ism since january after she twice tried to kill herself while suffering from severe depression the suit stated. Arpa finances the development of leading a dec technology and has responsibility for selecting companies universities and Community organizations that Are receiving defense conversion funding under the $2,5 billion technology reinvestment program. The program is a Cornerstone of the Clinton administrations conversion Effort aiming to create so called dual use technology that has both military and commercial applications. When the reinvestment program announced its first round of awards oct. 22, ism was a partner on several winning conversion protects that received a total of $29.5 million. Clinton administration officials stressed that the defense conversion awards were made strictly on the basis of technical Merit. For sex harassment Juneau Alaska apr the. Alaska Senate a ethics panel decided Friday that a powerful senator violated the stale ethics Law by sexually harassing Young women including amp 17-year-old legislative Page. It recommended that the Senate formally censure sen George Jacko strip him of his rules committee chairmanship and Force him to undergo counselling. Jacko 33, was attending a fisheries conference Friday in Sun Valley Idaho and could not be located for comment. The sanctions need a majority vote of the full Senate to be adopted. The chamber to expected to consider them tits 1994 session in Early january. Jackobs attorney Paul stickier said that he will Appeal but that he probably will have to wait until the Senate action the recommendations. A subcommittee of the state Senate ethics committee found Jacko guilty of three of five charges against him in each Case ruling that he had tried to exploit Nis Public office for private gain. The panel also criticized Jacko in its written decision for lying under oath and failing to accept responsibility for his act ions. The subcommittee of five residents and two senators said Jacko violated the ethics Law by. Quot a a seeking sexual favors from former House Page Ilona Barber in 1991, when she was 17. A asking the Juneau police department to help him enter the Motel room of legislative aide Heather Brad nor in the Early morning of Jan. 16, citing state Bustness. A offering to Trade his vote on a Bill in Exchange for a Date with former legislative aide Christine Underwood. Underwood said she was disappointed that the panel did not recommend that Jacko be kicked out of the Senate. _ a \  when you consider the fact that he perjured himself Over and Over again i done to think expulsion should have been out of the question a she said. The panel also recommended that the Senate bar Jacko from any out of state legislative travel for the rest of a term and revoke his appointments to any state regional or nation at committees. It said the Senate should place Bation until his term expires in january 1995. The ruling is the first involving a charge against a legislator to be issued by the new citizen led subcommittee which was created earlier this year under a 1992 rewrite of the legislative ethics Law. Brother called mom s killing merciful 00k courage beyond belief a los Angeles apr Lyle Menendez told a therapist that he and his brother shot their Mother to death with her permission and As an act of mercy because she was suicidal. Quot what Erik and a a _ Menendez said in a tape played Friday for jurors in the Brothers months Long murder trial. The defense last week lost a three year Battle to keep the tape out of the trial. Menendez 25, and his 22-year-old brother Eric Are charged with first degree murder for the August 1989 slayings of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion. They could be sentenced to death if convicted. The claim of mercy killing has not been made by the Brothers in their courtroom testimony. Instead the Brothers have said they killed their parents in self de sense aft Cir years of sexual and psychological abuse claims not mentioned in the session with a psychotherapist recorded dec. 11,1989. Quot it was almost As if i was an instrument of hers a Lyle Menendez said of his Mother on the hour Long tape Quot that we were doing her and us a favor by killing her a Erik Menendez was heard sobbing at one Point and saying Quot i almost had no Choice but to do what i did. I hate myself for doing  the prosecution says the Brothers fatally shot their parents out of greed to acquire their $14 million Fortune. The trial is to resume monday. The shootings Lyle Menendez said on the tape were Quot done so quickly and so sort of callously almost because. If you thought about it too much the feelings of not having your parents around and so on would get in the Way of what was More  gets 22 months apologizes in Case Tampa Fla. Up1 a a key witness in the trial of two White men convicted of torching a Black new York tourist was sentenced Friday to 22 months in prison for his part in the new years Day crime. After he was sentenced Jeffery Pellett apologized to victim Christopher Wilson and his family for any trouble he caused. "1 am just thankful things happened the Way they have a said Pellett 18. A the two have been found guilty. The system works. The Only thing that can really be said is an apology to Christopher Wilson and his Mother for All the trouble they have gone through and me changing my stories and everything  Charles Rourk 33, and Mark Kohut 27, both of Lakeland were sentenced to life in prison for the gasoline attack that burned Wilson Over 40 percent of his body. Wilson 32, is still recovering from his Burns. Pellett was with Rourk and Kohut when the attack occurred. He changed his Story about events on that Day several times before the racially charged trial began. A originally 1 had gotten some bad advice from an officer in the jail and plus i was thinking i was going to get away with it a he said. Pellett said the Story he told on the witness stand was the truth. Quot there is no doubt about it. 1 seen what happened. They done it and now they Are going to do the time for it a he said. Pellett will serve the 22 months concurrency with a 6vi-Ycar Federal sentence he received for a guilty plea in the same incident