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F2 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Thursday, July 18, 1996 ech.lifeonline Netscape: Citizens for lam and Order Talking Two Web pages with a link to Death Row a iVv.J Horn RtoJ lm9 Opn Print Fmd $bp Ucatton http www cktUntt oomutarsgho Cftlzeaslor Law 'Q' Ntlmpe: Bead Man IHln bynnan 8 to a I a I I I I flwk jfwwirdj Hem J- RtS lmoJ 0P Print FW St nuftky hok4nlmlHiltdmMdliTay)html A condemned murderer's essays are being published by a radio personality. That inspired the father of one of his victims to get his own message out. wstx. II jury convicted Richard Allen Davis of killing Polly Klaas and is expected to decide his sentence later this month, But if Davis is sentenced to death, there's no telling when his execution will be carried out. And Cullins knows an awful truth: A courtroom doesn't bring closure.

In Carter's case, there may still be years of appeals, and Cullins doesn't want to let the record become blurred by time. Before Janette Cul ptl Alan Miiii1 By Brandon Bailey KNIGHT -R1DDKR NEWS SERVICE AN JOSE, Calif. Dean Carter murdered George Cul- lins' daughter. Now, as Carter awaits execution on San Quentin's Death Row, the two men are locked in an electronic debate. Try to imagine how you would turn out if you were sent to a place where slowly, day by day, you lose a part of what you are as a person and what you are as a numan being.

What is there to replace it? Dean never by Dean I The creator of this page listening WESSB Dm tmrmatlT a. IBM It it go Qwnb Priioi la Ctllfonli xU mldai alt 'Dull Hk ttittt ui thM colmng ti to gly yo i alta ol raw i tka tt yon TMt man. "The Surfing Monkey" site with help from Alex Bennett, a Bay Area radio-show host. George lobby for tougher criminal penalties. His daughter was one of four women slain by Carter in 1984: Carter talks of his crimes.

He writes about prison life, Death Row, and politics. types each column and sends it to Bennett by mail. On the Web, Bennett has reproduced the essays in plain text format, without the colorful embellishments found on other pages of the eclectic Web site that he and three partners dubbed "The Surfing Monkey." Though the site is a commercial venture not sponsored by Bennett's radio station, it's a platform for the same brand of irreverent humor, outrage and occasionally liberal politics that Bennett offers on a popular morning radio show in this area. Bennett said he doesn't know if Dead Man Talkin' will change anyone's mind. But he said he hoped to make people realize that prisoners on Death Row are human beings, no matter what they've done.

"We haven't set up a site to plead Dean Carter's case," Bennett stressed. "We haven't set up a site to get him out of his situation. He'll do that, if he through his lawyers." Bennett has posted letters from readers, many of them praising Carter's observations as intelligent, sensitive and sincere. Their reaction might be different lins was slain in 1984, her father was, in his own words: "a complacent idiot, like most people." Since then, he has plunged into political activism: lobbying for tougher criminal penalties, campaigning against former California Chief Justice Rose Bird. His Web page contains reports on current crime bills, including legislation aimed at reducing execution delays.

Cullins is not the only father driven to activism by the murder of his child. Klaas started a foundation to protect children Mike Reynolds, a Fresno photographer whose daughter was slain, led the voters' initiative campaign for "three strikes, you're out." Both seem driven by a desire to create something constructive from their losses. It's a battle, said Cullins. "We all fight it in our own way." As for Bennett and Carter, their goal is to show what life is like on Death Row and, by extension, that capital punishment is inhumane. The Web has allowed them to open a window on Death Row, at a time when California's execution rate is picking up and prison officials are clamping down on press interviews with inmates.

In recent months, Carter's essays have drawn Netscape: lno the Wardrobe: Main Menu Smm Lit! IhaVLlfMMi nahdfmpav; Xrti tafr l4" Tk Alt Luaa -Into the The S. i In recent months, Carter has gained a small measure of fame as the author of Dead Man Talkin', a collection of essays about Death Row that Bay Area radio personality and capital punishment opponent Alex Bennett has published on his Web site (http: monkey.hooked.netrnhut deadmandeadman.html). But since Carter never describes the crimes for which he was convicted, Cullins has launched his own Web page (http:www.deltanet.comusers ghc) to make sure that side of the story gets told. This individual was convicted of murdering four women in four days by strangling them with his bare hands. For your information only takes 20 to 30 seconds to render his victim unconscious takes an additional hold of the grip for three to five minutes more to bring death.

lt's not unusual for relatives of murder victims to make public statements during a trial witness Marc Klaas setting up his own Web site and repeatedly facing television cameras. A Santa Clara County, i a vunu vviue vveu uui 2 II therewith too few gems amid the vast clutter. Each week tarAvi iau we'll attempt to direct you to a few i of the best sites. And we welcome uyour input. Send nominations to: tech.life.inquirerphillynews.com Into the Wardrobe Aficionados of the fantasy stories of the late English writer C.S.

Lewis, who wrote The Lion, IZ the Witch and the Wardrobe and III the rest of the Chronicles of Narnia, now have a place to go on the Web. There's a daily quote from the scholar and Christian apologist, archives of the "MereLewis" mailing list, and links to Lewis lore. http:www.cache.netjohn cslewis What's Online By Dave Peyton Olympic Games news from 3 services Dean Carter's essays show up on Cullins fright) uses his page to notice from newspapers in Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta, as well as from the magazine Internet Underground. Although Carter asserts his innocence, he never elaborates. Instead, he writes about his physical surroundings: His cell is freezing in winter and stifling in summer; the prison yard walls are pocked by bullets that guards have fired to break up fights, He also comments on the prison system and politics from the humiliations that prisoners' families must endure when visiting, to self-serving public officials who ride the law-and-order bandwagon.

Written as if they were letters from a friend, the essays are simple, stark and sometimes eloquent: The three most striking things that you notice when you enter Eastblock is first, it is very dimly lit and shadowy. The second is the constant roar of over 500 men living in a relatively small area. The third is the smell. Prison has a distinct smell that you never forget. Since prisoners have no access to computers with modems, Carter The (.

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Much of his Web page is devoted to legislative updates and statistics-laden arguments about ex-, ecutions and crime rates. And despite his stated intentions, even Cullins doesn't offer much information about the murders that sent Carter to Death Row. Janette Cullins was 24 when she became the final victim in Carter's crime spree. In the spring of 1984, authorities say, the former televi-" sion cameraman raped a woman in San Diego and another in Ventura County before murdering three women in Los Angeles County and then returning to kill Cullins in San Diego. Three juries convicted him on all counts.

It's unclear what prompted the spree, though authorities say some, victims had previously rejected Car-: ter's advances. One prosecutor said Carter is simply a serial killer. Although Cullins has urged readers to contact Bennett's sponsors, he says he doesn't want to push Carter off the Web. "I don't feel he should be denied that opportunity," Cullins said. "I just want the public to make an informed decision about what he says." teleportation? Which end of the egg comes out of the chicken first? America Online presents the man with all the answers to those strange questions and more.

He's Cecil Adams, whose newspaper column, Straight Dope," is now on AOL (keyword: Straight Dope). Adams answers questions from readers, but be warned that some of the questions and answers are R-rated. If you have your own strange question, there's a place to submit it to Adams in the Straight Dope area. Go, NASCAR. Prodigy, which has gone through a sale and reorganization, is climbing out of the doldrums with some additions.

Prodigy members can jump: NASCAR for a Prodigy-only World Wide Web page devoted to stock-car racing. Dave Peyton's e-mail address: PAYTONaol.com 9 p.m. Jean-Michael Cousteau, diver, on CompuServe. Discuss diving with Jacques' son. Location: Conference Center.

Go: Conference. Sunday 8 p.m. Susan Paget, Olympic correspondent, on America Online. Discuss the games with AOL reporter. Location: AOL Live.

Keyword: AOLLive. Monday 8 p.m. Daniel Jenkins, Big star, on America Online. Talk Broadway with the 12-year-old performer. Location: Playbill.

Keyword: Coliseum. 8 p.m. Dr. Steven Ungerleider, sports psychologist, on America Online. Discuss Mental Practice lor Peak Performance with the author.

Location: Olympic. Keyword: AOLLive. 9 p.m. Tony Curtis, Hollywood actor, on Prodigy. Discuss bachelorhood and his three decades in film.

Location: Prodigy Spotlight. Jump: Chat. 9:30 p.m. Goo Goo Dolls, rock group, on America Online. Talk about A Boy Named Goo with the band.

Location: Warner. Keyword: Odeon. Tuesday 9 p.m. Jeremy Mayfield, NASCAR driver, on America Online. Gain pole position with the racing standout.

Location: REV. Keyword: CyberPlex. Wednesday 9 p.m. Martin Landau, actor, on America Online. Oscar winner discusses his new film, The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Location: Times. Keyword: Coliseum. 10 p.m. Robyn Lively, actress, on America Online. Discuss life in showbiz with I Savannah's Lane MacKenzie.

Location: Oldsmobile. Keyword: Bowl. Coming up on Prodigy: Prodigy subscriber will be able to post questions to a number, of celebrity guests in July and August. For more information about Prodigy guests, JUMP: Coming Soon. To access these events, you need a computer, modem and appropriate software.

For more information or to order your free'" software, call: America Online 800-827-6364 CompuServe 800 554-4067 i ft a 1 yjl Document Dona if they knew Carter's record, Bennett said, and that would distract from the point. But Cullins, a 73-year-old Ocean-side, resident, says that is the point. He believes Bennett and Carter are building sympathy for condemned prisoners without acknowledging that they're getting what they deserve. When a friend told him Carter was on the Web, Cullins was no stranger to cyberspace. He already had joined online debates about capital punishment.

Cullins said he decided to ask Bennett for equal time. Though Bennett turned him down, it didn't end there. "The Marine Corps taught me the best solution is always to attack," Cullins said. Cullins signed up for an Internet service that provided the technical support to launch his own page. He pays $90 a month to keep it going.

On his page, Cullins makes it easy for people to read Carter's columns by clicking on a picture of a donkey, they jump instantly to Bennett's site. Bennett has declined to provide a link to Cullins' page. While Cullins obviously writes around Atlanta and will put his daily journal, Ground Zero, online for all to read. Prodigy's strategy is to place most of its Olympics coverage on the World Wide Web, but for Prodigy members only. Prodigy members can jump: Olympics to see the Olympic Grandstand, Prodigy's home page for coverage of the Games.

Prodigy says it will have up-to-the-minute results from AP Online and NBC Sports, event times and locations from USA Today, special Olympics chat events, and a place to discuss what's happening with others the Olympics Bulletin Board (jump: Olympics BB). Have a strange question? Why does Sweet 'N Low make microwaved water fizz so strangely? Does tapping a can of soda keep it from bubbling over when it's opened? Has IBM really perfected Today 8 p.m. Dennii Mitchell, Olympic athlete, on Microsoft Network. Sprint with the track and field star. Location: MSN Kids.

Go: Kids. 8 p.m. Roberta Cooper Ramo, president ot the American Bar Association, on Prodigy. Discuss domestic violence with the organization's first female president. Location: Domestic Violence auditorium.

Jump: Chat. 9 p.m. Evan I. Schwartz, computer expert, o.n America Online. Talk software with the Wired magazine contributor.

Location: AOLLIve, Keyword: Globe. 9 p.m. Patty Cabrera, International pop star, on America Online. Discuss multicultural music with the Always and Forever performer. Location: CO Live.

Keyword: Bowl. 9 p.m. J. Gurin and A. Markovich, Consumer Reports editors, on CompuServe.

Discuss the magazine's product testing. Location: Conterence Center. Go: Conference. 10 p.m. Sparky Anderson's Virtual Dugout on America Online.

Argue balls and strikes with Captain Hook. Location: The Sporting News. Keyword: AOL Sports Dome. 10 p.m. Kurt Andersen, New York magazine editor, on Prodigy, Get the inside scoop on literary NYC.

Location: Hot Seat Auditorium. Jump: Pseudo 10 p.m. Liz Torres, performer, on America Online. Discuss comedy and singing with Mahalia of The John Larroquetle Show. Location: Oldsmobile, Keyword: Bowl Tomorrow 1 -4 4 p.m.

Brian Gaskill, soap actor, on America Online. Vent with All My Children's troubled teen, Bobby Warner. Location: ABC Daytime. Keyword; CyberPlex. 8 p.m.

Bruce Haring, music -business journalist, on America Online. Discuss Oil Hie Charts: Ruthless Days and Reckless Nights Inside the Music Industry, with the writer. Location: HOB. Keyword: Odeon. 0:15 p.m.

Jackie Chan, martial arts legend, on Microsoft Network. Discuss his new flick, Supercop. Location: Entertainment Tonight Online. Go: ET. SafiiHav 8 p.m.

Ed Hula, Olympic expert, on America Online. Argue America rtances with the Radio Atlanta reporter. L.ntion: Sports. Keyword: AOLLive. TU tuot ckisvt Vage a Joseph Wu's fffse; Wu's Or'tyvnt a a.i Das twi vkt him Or A.im Htm.

feeamu Imm tin tuts Welcome to the Origami 1 This page, full of diagrams, history and biographies of origami's greatest masters, will delight lovers of this ancient Japanese art form. It is managed by Joseph Wu, a master practitioner. http:www.cs.ubc.caspiderjwuorigami.html From the opening ceremonies tomorrow, until the closing ceremonies more than two-weeks later, the online services are gearing up to cover the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. The recent rush by Americans to get online has prompted CompuServe, America Online and Prodigy to presume that thousands, perhaps millions, in America and around the world will want up-to-the-minute information about the Atlanta Games and will be willing to log on, perhaps several times a day, for updates. All three major services have al-.

ready opened Olympic pages on their services with previews of the Games. All promise they'll have the best and latest information as the Games proceed. On CompuServe, it's go: Olympics for all the service's coverage. CompuServe's primary Olympics information provider will be Sports Illustrated, which will provide coverage to include a sport-by-sport breakdown of every event and feature stories about the top athletes. CompuServe says it will have Sports Illustrated's complete Olympic Preview magazine, which will include profiles of U.S.

team members, features on the favorites from around the world, and Sports Illustrated's complete medal picks. From the go: Olympics home page, there's a daily schedule of events. And from the Olympics page on CompuServe, you can connect with the Sports Illustrated Online World Wide Web site to find more Olympic information, such as a searchable database of past winners and historical Olympic anecdotes from David Wallechinsky's The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics. For the up-to-the-minute news of the games, CompuServe will "comb" the news wires and present Olympic news as it's filed. Topping off the Olympic coverage on CompuServe is the Atlanta Summer Games Forum, where you'll find news, as well as a bulletin board where you can chat with other Summer Games enthusiasts.

On America Online, use the keyword: Olympics to get to the site of AOL Olympic happenings. AOL has much the same approach as CompuServe, with one interesting twist. A husband-wife reporter-photographer team, Dale and Susan Paget, will produce much of AOL's Olympic coverage. They produced the America's Cup for AOL Sports in 1995. Susan Paget will be a nightly host in AOL Live for up-to-the-minute reports from the AOL News Center and the Olympic city.

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