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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 16, 1994 . The stars and stripes Paga 92 May face solitary confinement on islands Seattle apr teen agers Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts could soon be banished to uninhabited islands left to fend for themselves for a year in frigid Pine forests off the Southeastern alaskan coast. Instead of going to jail the 12 months in exile would be tribal Justice for the 17-year-old Alaska natives. They pleaded guilty to robbing and beating a pizza delivery Driver with a baseball Bat during a visit to Washington state last summer. If tribal elders approve the sentence a one boy will go to one Island and one boy will go to another a Rudy James a thl Awaa tlingit nation judge said thursday. A we will Check on them from time to time a not very often. We done to want other people to influence them. Its a time for inner reflection a James said. Superior court judge James Anen Doerfer in Everett decided wednesday to postpone sentencing for 18 months and turned the boys Over to tlingit elders. A there is no appeals if the elders decide on banishment James said. The teen agers both from tiny Klawock on Prince of Wales Island in the Southeastern tip of Alaska would be Given food to last a few weeks but would be expected to Hunt fish and make their own shelters to survive. A even though it is a Fornof punishment its More a rite of purification. That a what its intended to do cleanse your life a James said. The pizza delivery Driver Tim Whittlesey was robbed of $40 and suffered multiple Skull fractures. His hearing and vision Are permanently impaired. Prosecutor Michael Magee was wary about the decision to defer to tribal Justice but said he would not Challenge it. A frankly we have some difficulty with the notion that you can treat someone differently because they have a different cultural background a Magee said in a Telephone interview from Everett 30 Miles North of Seattle. A James who proposed the unusual arrangement said the Point of Trie punishment was to make both the teen agers and victims whole. For example tribal leaders also May order the teens to make native items to raise Money or saw lumber for a House for Whittlesey and his wife. The tribe will pay $25,000 Bond aug. 1 and take responsibility for the teens who have been in custody for nearly a year. A hearing before tribal judges will be held in Alaska by aug. 7, James said. The judges will determine punishment for the teens and restitution for  said his clan was asked to intervene by elders of the teens clan. Quot i can to Tell you the shame we feel for something like this a James said. A we hold the whole family and clan guilty until some kind of correction is  Gore asks Wilder to drop out of race Richmond a. Apr vice president Al Gore met with Independent . Senate candidate l. Douglas Wilder on thursday to urge the former democratic governor to quit the race. Quot my purpose in inviting my Friend Doug Wilder to come for a. Visit was to Tell him in person that 1 Hope he will end up supporting the candidacy of senator Robb for re election As i do a Gore said in a statement released by his office thursday evening. Wilder bolted the party last month to run against his longtime political rival and fellow Democrat sen. Charles Robb. Robb a first term incumbent is locked in a four Way race against Republican nominee Oliver North and independents Wilder and Marshall Coleman a former Republican attorney general. Wilder released a statement from his Richmond office before meeting with Gore saying he hoped to be a a positive Force in the United states Senate for helping the Clinton administration keep their Campaign promises to the american  he was t immediately available for comment after the meeting at the White House. Contractor cleared of bribing lawmaker Alexandria a. A former rep. Donald Lukens took $5,550 from a Pentagon contractor but the Money was no bribe a Federal court ruled. The contractor Edward Krishack was acquitted thursday of 16 criminal charges including bribing Lukens who resigned from Congress in disgrace in 1990. After two Days of deliberations a . District court jury cleared Krishack of fraud bribery embezzlement obstruction of Justice and conspiracy. The charges included allegations that Krishack tried to buy Access to an important congressional committee through Lukens during the Ohio republicans final year in office. 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