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LAST month the trial began in
Lesli Szabo’s $1.7 million Jaw-
suit against a Hamilton hospi-
tal for not making her 1993
childbirth pain-free.

Physicians said that painless
childbirth cannot be achieved
without the — anesthesia’s
endangering the child, burt
Szabo said she expected
enough comfort to be able to
read or knit while the child was
being delivered.

She admitted to previous
run-ins with — physicians,
explaining, “When Pm in pain,

che (words) that come out of
my mouth would curl your
hair.” :

After five days of mial, the
parties reached an undisclosed
settlement.

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attemy ted" murder based ona

- neighbor’s statement’ that
Mack had told her she planned
floor. with oil or

hat her boyfriend,

who lost. his right feg in.1992,

- would fall down the: stairs to

: his death.

: she, and hit-his
“head ‘but...declined- medical

2 » Mack; howev: er, also
‘ fell;-knocking, herself out, but
firsighte -revived ‘her so. the
pole could take her away...”

Downey’s runner,

ee Downey hose age was not

“given but. who is at least in his

*. 20s) told the Arizona Republic

“newspaper * “that, ‘actually, ‘the

: boy-was ‘the: boss and thar he, .
s the runner.

a : Schoolteacher Jody - Sue
Stein’ allegedly accepted thou-
sands of dollars in gifts and dis-
ability. payments based on. an

» elaborate, false claim that she

. had: a brain.tumor.

And Valerie Jones allegedly

te accepted” thousands of dollars
“inc: gifts for. her. nonexistent
“leukemia-stricken * .~: infant
“daughter.

‘Not to be outdone, ‘police
officer Allen Blunk, 30, and his
wife allegedly. raised $43,000
‘from. neighbors for a bone
“fifarrow “transplant for their,

“seven-year-old daughter (who
- did not need one) and spent it
On n themselve cS.

AS federal. . judge. in
7) Albuquerque: efused to send
convicted:: casino © robber
Loretta,,. Martinez, . 61, ‘to
” prison: for stealing 87, 000 i ina
1997, holdup:

; judge noted thar, in
ite interim, ° that particular

s found to be without

ate authority and thus:

ting egy ar the

time of the heist.

Martinez was not required
to make restitution because,
the judge said, thar would be
like reimbursing a drug dealer
tor his losses.

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The three murder convie-
tions against Michael Pardue,

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41, which sent him to prison
24 vears ago, were dismissed
by the Alabama Supreme
Court as the product of a

coerced confession (a sister of

one of the victims said she
accepts thar Pardue is inno-
cent).

However, the state Board
of Pardons and Paroles said

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that it will not release Pardue,
because of three subsequent
convictions during those 24
years, for attempting to escape
from the prison that was
wrongfully holding him.

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University junior — Keven
Ackerman, despite overwhelm-
ing evidence several days after
his arrest thar it was a simple
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no fire-wwpe evidence on his
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