European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 59 50c wednesday june 15,1994 d 8693 a Schap s time in prison Cut to 45 years Simpson questioned of. Simpson a former Star running Back in the National football league walks from a los Angeles police station monday after he was questioned about the slayings of his a wife and a Man. A i know nothing a Simpson said earlier As he got into a patrol car. The bloody bodies of the victims a Nicole Brown Simpson 35 and Ronald Lyle Goldman 25 a were found Early monday near Nicole Simpson s condominium. Sec Story on Page 5. Widnall offers to by Craig Martin staff writer the v corps commander has reduced the life sentence of a Fulda Germany Soldier convicted of beheading his wife s Lover. It. Gen. Jerry r. Rutherford viewed the court martial findings Friday and sentenced Stephen j. Schap a former sergeant to 45 years in prison for killing spec. Gregory w. Glover. A the convening authority reducing the sentence in this Type of Case would be relatively unusual a said Joel Cohen a civilian attorney who for about 25 years has represented military people in courts martial. As convening authority Rutherford is the officer tasked with ordering the court martial and approving the sen Tench. However Cohen said the decision probably would have Little effect on Schaps eventual release Date. Even with the life sentence Schap would have been eligible for parole in 10 years he said. A a if a person is sentenced to 30 years or longer he or she is eligible for parole in 10 years Quot Cohen said a if a person is sentenced to More than 30 years that time is  but he noted that a statistically parole is not normally granted the first time  Schap was convicted april 1 of premeditated murder in the dec. 7 slaying of the 21-Ycar-old Glover at Sickels army Airfield in Fulda. Both men were helicopter mechanics with the 11th army Cav re to. According to trial testimony Glover was having an affair with Schaps wife Diane. Schap also received a dishonourable discharge reduction to the lowest enlisted rank and forfeiture Schap 0f and pay and allow ances. Rutherford approved that portion of the sentence according to a statement from v corps Headquarters in Frankfurt Germany. Although military Law required that Schap receive a life sentence the jury recommended clemency. Five of the jurors asked Rutherford to set Schap s see prison on Page 2 airman issues by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the air Force tried monday to make amends with a Junior no who has gone Public with a two year tale of sexual harassment and retaliation. In an unusual 75-minute meeting at the Pentagon air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall told sgt. Zenaid Asee related Story on Page 4 Martinez that a criminal investigation into an official travel claim has been quashed and that reassignment orders recently issued two years before her Norma rotation Date have been rescinded. Widnall offered to try to help the Security policewoman from Raf Mildenhall England get her career Back on track and promised that there would be no further reprisals while a defense department inspector general complaint and civil lawsuit Martinez has filed Are pending. A it was a productive meeting a said Susan Barnes one of Martinez a lawyers. A we did not resolve All the issues but we made a Good  a a in a grateful that she took the time to listen to me a said Martinez a 27-year-old native of North see Widnall on Page 4 Martinez n. To n group fuels concern Seoul South Korea apr the United states South Korea and Japan a the prime backers of sanctions against North Korea Over its nuclear program a ail voiced concern tuesday Over the North s announcement that it would pull out of the , nuclear watchdog group. The North koreans plan to quit the inter a Vional atomic Energy Agency announced by the North a official news Agency late monday would make it virtually impossible to Check whether North Korea is complying with an International nuclear arms control pact it signed in 1985. President Clinton told japanese prime minister Tsutomu Hata by Telephone tuesday that the North a move if confirmed would make the situation much More serious Japan a foreign ministry said. The Iaea based in Vienna Austria said tuesday that North Korea had not officially communicated its intention to withdraw from the 120-member organization. Agency spokesman David Kyd said the two Iaea inspectors at the North a main nuclear Complex at Yon Byon had not been asked to leave. Top South korean Security officials met in emergency session for two hours in Erduy to Dis see concern on Page 2