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4D ivapira uatitj ivcnta Tuesday March 18 1997 STATE NEWS sanity debated again Landing gear fails on Navy training jet npwimn i mu 7 tr-y rXf Ji V-d'-'- U'jvr- I Purchase With This Coupon Nol hM wiHi any ottwr id or tUm IIP Mwwnuwi funchm OAiiiikMddHMW rlVntii 'Ml a rarely used law that bans the execution of anyone who doesn't know being executed or why they're being executed A panel of three psychiatrists appointed by Gov Lawton Chiles concluded Medina was acting crazy in an attempt to stay alive His execution was scheduled for Jan 29 but the state Supreme-Court gave Medina a stay two days earlier and later ordered a trial judge to hold a hearing over the claims of insanity Last month Circuit Judge Richard Conrad heard four days of testimony including the testimony from six death row inmates Conrad then ruled that Medina could be executed because he "understands the execution is imminent and why he is to be executed" Medina's case has prompted appeals for clemency from Pope John Paul 11 and the First Presbyterian Church in Cape May NJ Nunnelley argued Itut Martin McClain Medina's lawyer argued that Medina hasn't had a fuir chance to prove to the courts' satisfaction that he is too crazy to be executed Several weeks ago JLhc state Supreme Court delayed a January execution dule and ordered a trial Judge In Orlando to hold a hearing on Medina's claim of Insanity The Justices said McClain had to prove Ills' claim by "clear and convincing evidence" That standard Is too high McClain argued Monday "I believe the majority of the Feb 10 opinion was in error respeclAilly" McClain said adding the standard of proof should be set at the preponderance of the evidence Medina 30 lived for a while in New Jersey after coming over in the boatlift and then moved to Orlando Medina had been scheduled to go to the electric chair in December but his lawyers invoked By JACKIE HALUFAX Associated Press TALLAHASSEE IVdrn Medina is getting closer to anollicr execution date for the 19B2 murder of an Orlando teacher and once attain lawyers are debuting his sanity On Monday the debate was before the stute Supreme Court Medina a 39ycar old Cuban refugee who came to this country in the 11MI0 Mariel boatlitl Is scheduled to go to the electric chair at 701 a Tuesday of next week he know he's going to die when the Juice hits him Is the bottom line" Kenneth Nun-nclley an assistant attorney general told high court Monday Medina knows the electric chair will kill him and he knows he's condemned to die for the murder of Dorothy James Nun-nelley said And since Medina understands those two issues he's competent to lie executed FREE FACTORY TOURS EVERY 15 MINUTES Miah Quality nan 6088 Taylor Road (N from Pine Ridge) Associated Press NORFOLK Va Eight crewmen aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS John Kennedy were injured by flying debris when the landing gear of an FI A-18 Hornet collapsed as the jet was landing on the ship's flight deck The plane slid across the deck during Sunday's landing into an aircraft parking area showering debris as it went the Navy said The pilot assigned to Fighter Attack Squadron 15 at Cecil Field wasn't hurt The Kennedy based at May-port is operating off the North Carolina coast on a training exercise in preparation for an overseas deployment next month -I Next to Pkture Wtreboute 1 Souvenir Lgtfrtt diDEWTALlk CLEANING She Grand Opening Special Damages against TV station owner upheld New Patient Special Complimentary Exam X-rays Cleaning $40 Professional Installation Sales Distributors Free Home Service Showroom 2081 Blvd Naples FL 513-9444 2 MCA Television had claimed in a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit that Feltner of Singer Island and his company Krypton International of New York NY continued to show syndicated programs such as "Kojak" and "The A-Team" after being stripped of the right to do so by MCA for not paying licensing fees The shows were shown on WNFT-TV in Jacksonville WABM-TV in Birmingham Ala and WTVX-TV in Fort Pierce Ha Feltner no longer owns any television stations he said Krypton is still in business as the owner of a large library of feature films and television programs Feltner said A federal judge in West Palm Beach ruled in 1995 that Feltner willftilly violated MCA's copyright He was ordered to pay $10000 for each unauthorized showing for a total $9 million in damages The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the award Associated Press WASHINGTON- The former owner of two Florida television stations must pay a $0 million judgement for airing programs after his license to show them was suspended The US Supreme Court on Monday reftised to lift the judgment rejecting Elvin Fellner Jr's argument that the matter was a contract dispute and he should not be forced to pay damages for copyright infringement The court did not olTer any comment on its decision Feltner said continuing to fight the judgement pursuing fraud charges against MCA but said he couldn't elaborate on the charges "The game 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