European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 17, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 in japanese teen s. ". Win Baton Rouge la. A the parents of a japanese Exchange student wanted to show the injustice of his death More than they wanted the Money they won in court from the Man who shot him their attorney says. The Point had to be made that what happened that night was wrong said Charles Moore attorney for Masaichi arid Mieko Hattori. On thursday District court judge Bill Brown ordered Rodney Peairs to pay the couple $653,000 for the wrongful death of their son who was mistaken for an in Truder while looking for a halloween party. Moore said Peairs a 32-year-old supermarket Butcher probably could t afford to pay the award. To a Large degree this verdict is sym Bolic Moore said sometimes  can be served by a  Peairs used the same defense that got him acquitted last year of manslaughter he thought 16-year-old Yoshihiro Hattori was a crazed attacker approaching his House. Brown rejected that argument. Self defense is not acceptable. There is no justification that the killing was Nec Essary to save himself or his family the judge said. " x Peairs and his wife Bonnie would not comment after the verdict. Peairs attorney planned to Appeal. The Hattori had turned Down a settlement offer of $100,000 for the killing which reinforced the United states image in Japan As a violent nation. The Hattori who Are from Nagoya Japan talked to reporters through an interpreter. Although the verdict was in our favor the Hole in my heart will always be there forever Mieko Hattori said. And she had a plea for the american people please decrease the number of hand guns As much As  aside from the funeral costs the hat Toris will Jive whatever Money they col Lect to a foundation they established in their son s memory to Foster better understanding Between the United states and Japan Moore said. Freed irishman urges release of other inmates san Francisco a returning to the neighbourhood where he hid for years after the biggest Jailbreak in British history a newly freed Irish nationalist called for the release of three fellow escapees still in . Prisons. The three along with Irish Republican prisoners in Britain have to be released a tense Jimmy Smyth said at a raucous pub Celebration of his free Dom thursday. For peace to go Forward there will have to be a political amnesty. These men Are not  . District judge Barbara Caulfield ordered Smyth s immediate release thursday re fusing British requests that he be returned to com plete a 20-year sentence for the 1977 attempted murder of an off duty prison guard. Smyth maintains his innocence. Caulfield said Smyth would be a target of political persecution in or out of prison if extradited. A . Prosecutor said he would Appeal Caulfield s ruling is based on extradition restrictions in a 1986 treaty Between the United states and Britain. The treaty bars extradition of anyone who would face persecution for which the government was responsible on account of race religion nationality or political opinions. The British government represented in the Case by the . Justice department has appealed every unfavourable ruling so far and has twice won reversal of Caulfield s decisions free ing Smyth on bail. Fellow prisoners gave Smyth an ovation when he walked out of the cell where he had been held since . Agents captured him in san Francisco in june 1992. Later thursday Irish and Ameri can supporters at Molly Malone s Dublin pub chanted our Day has  Smyth and the three others made their Way to the san Francisco Bay area after he and 37 other men escaped from the Maze prison in Belfast in 1983. The British described All the fugitives As terrorists or terrorist sympathizers. Smyth supported himself in san Francisco s Sunset District As a House Painter and married eight years ago. Smyth was Pale and nervous thursday. He suf fers from an apparent bleeding ulcer that forced Brief furloughs from his prison cell. Smyth said he feared he would be killed if he were turned Over to the British government. He said he intends to stay in san Francisco and re sume work for Irish Republican interests. Deputy kills estranged wife then commits suicide on to Alexandria la. A a Deputy sheriff killed his wife agonized with a priest for 2vz hours then killed himself with a gunshot to the jaw As a television station broadcast it live. Kalb to s decision to broadcast the suicide of Paul Broussard upset viewers. It was very graphic to the Point where you could see the Hole from the Bullet a businesswoman said of the thursday broadcast. Diane Ryland watched at  first. Did t think it was real she said. I could t believe they had shot it. That should have been Cut away. It was very in sensitive.". \ ". The violence began about 8 . When the Deputy s 26-year-old estranged wife Andrea Baden Broussard was shot at least five times outside a courthouse authorities said. She was killed shortly before she was to continue divorce proceedings they said. Minutes afterwards Paul Broussard 39, fled across the Street to the courtyard of the Security first nation Al Bank. Police swarmed into the downtown area evacuating people from several buildings and blocking off  v As police sharpshooters trained their weapons on Broussard a priest sat with his  around him and tried with others for 2vt hours to persuade him to sur Render. A Friend and a chaplain from the police depart ment also were brought in. Nothing  said it. Tommy Cicardo. Broussard who repeatedly pointed his .45-caliber gun at his head during the standoff became agitated apparently when he saw the sharpshooters he ordered the priest and others to move away then shot himself. Kalb news director Jack Frost citing danger to the Public said the station believed it had Good reason to provide live coverage. There was a Man under stress who had reportedly committed a very heinous crime just minutes from where he was seated with a gun and we did t know if he was going to erupt again into violence Frost said. We prayed i prayed that would not happen. Unfortunately it  Frost said he was t Able to Cut away because he did t have a tape delay mechanism. The station Broad casts throughout Central Louisiana. The businesswoman speaking on condition of anonymity said i am very upset. I know it has upset my entire office staff. We had about 30 people watching and our reactions were the same. It did t add any value to the Community or families i Don t feel the Paul Broussard Points a gun at his head As monsignor Ronald Loppe tries to talk him out of shooting himself thursday in Alexandria a. Family should have been exploited like that. Nothing was gained by exploiting  about 30 people watched from inside the Bank As the tragedy unfolded a few Yards away. I think the feeling was that the longer it goes on the More likelihood there was that it will have a Safe ending said Tom Fowler the Bank s chief executive officer. -. Andrea Broussard filed for divorce in july. The Cou ple had been married for six years and had a 2-year-old daughter. Paul Broussard also had a 10-year-old child from a previous marriage. Broussard had worked for the Alexandria police department for 10 years before joining the sheriffs department in january. Americans getting Hock on Berlin s radio did Berlin a the Western allies Are coming Back to Berlin. Not their soldiers mind you. Their broadcasters. The american French and British Mil itary radio stations have departed or will be off the air soon As the last Allied troops leave the former cold War City. But new stations by americans Bri tons and French have cropped up or will appear in Berlin soon. Last week a group of German and american investors led by former . Ambassador Richard Burt won approval from Berlin s regional broadcasting authority to launch capital radio. The new station s owners have an agreement with the voice of America and will be airing blocks of Voa pro Grams As Well As local news and features in German and English said Burt s Ger Man partner Georg Gafron. There will be a lot of information about the United states and a lot of american lifestyle programming As Well As English lessons said Gafron who Heads Hundert-6, Berlin s leading Sta Tion. He said he Hopes to have the station on the air in six weeks. Capital radio also Hopes to establish partnerships with big stations in new York and los Angeles and thereby pro vide live coverage of news in the United states. Gafron said in a Telephone interview that starting up capital radio was at least As much a political As a business decision. After escaping from East Germany in 1977, Gafron worked 10 years for Las the american founded station in West Berlin. Rias for radio in the Ameri can sector disappeared Jan. 1 As part of the Allied withdrawal. The British broadcasting corp. Has been on the air in Berlin since last year broadcasting in German and English and radio France International also won approval for a frequency last week. Unlike capital radio both Are state owned Public broadcasters. Radio France International should be on the air in Berlin by Early next year said Susanne Grams spokeswoman for the Berlin Brandenburg Media Agency that governs the Region s airwaves