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WASHINGTON
SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT OHIO DEATH CASE RULING
The Supreme Court yesterday threw out a decision that erased the conviction and death sentence of an American-British citizen in a fatal fire.
Justices directed an appeals court to reconsider whether Kenneth Richey was wrongly convicted of the blaze in Ohio that killed a toddler nearly 20 years ago. The case has gotten international attention.
The high court, in a six-page ruling, said the 6th American Circuit Court of Appeals wrongly ruled in Mr. Richey’s favor. The lower court had found that Mr. Richey received incompetent legal help and that there was no proof he intended to kill the girl.
– Associated Press
MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL GETS FACELIFT
The iconic American Marine Corps War Memorial, which faces the nation’s capital, is undergoing the most extensive restoration in its more than 50-year history.
Better known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, the depiction of Marines raising a flag above the World War II battleground honors all Marines who have given their lives to defend America. The original design was based on news photographs and was dedicated in Arlington, Va., in 1954.
– Associated Press
PROSECUTORS WANT PROSPECTIVE JURORS ASKED ABOUT RELIGION
Federal prosecutors want to know the religious beliefs and practices of potential jurors who will decide whether the only person charged in America in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks receives the death penalty or life in prison.
In a court filing yesterday, the prosecutors listed 89 questions designed to discern the views that prospective jurors have about Islam, the death penalty, the American government and the defendant, Zacarias Moussaoui, 37, a French citizen of Moroccan descent.
– Associated Press
WEST
BLIZZARDS BLAST ACROSS PLAINS
DENVER – The first big snowstorm of the season closed hundreds of miles of major highways across the Plains states yesterday, part of a treacherous system that also sent tornadoes ripping through Arkansas and Kansas.
Six-foot drifts were common in eastern Colorado and western Kansas, the National Weather Service said. Wind up to 60 mph piled drifts 3 feet high in Pierre, S.D., where state government offices were closed. Snow fell as far south as the Texas Panhandle. Three highway deaths were blamed on the weather.
– Associated Press
HEALTH
NEW CPR GUIDELINES URGE MORE CHEST COMPRESSIONS
“Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice.
Putting the emphasis on chest compressions instead of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the American Heart Association now urges people to give 30 compressions – instead of 15 – for every two rescue breaths.
“Basically, the more times someone pushes on the chest, the better off the patient is,” said Dr. Michael Sayre, an Ohio State University emergency medicine professor who helped develop the guidelines announced yesterday.
“We have made things simpler,” he said. “Push hard on the person’s chest and push fast.”
The streamlined guidelines should make it easier for people to learn CPR.
Earlier rules were different for adults and for children and called on untrained rescuers to stop pushing the chest periodically to check for signs of circulation.
Now, the advice is the same for all ages – 30 compressions – and you don’t have to stop to check for improvement. What’s important is to keep the blood flowing.
Studies have shown that blood circulation increases with each chest compression, and it must be built back up after an interruption.
“When you’re doing 30 of those compressions, then you’re giving more circulation throughout the body and the brain,” Jennifer Khonsari of Texas CPR Training said. She said the new advice makes sense.
– Associated Press