| Show life or Death Mares Mares' Fate Awaits Pardon Board Vote Life imprisonment or death before before before be be- fore the firing squad may be decided decided decided de de- de- de for tor Elisco Eliseo J J. J Mares Marcs year 22 old by the state board of pardons Tuesday at al 1030 am a.m. I The special executive session in inthe inthe I Ithe the capItol has been set by Gov I J. J Bracken Lee board chairman Meanwhile the governor studied transcripts transcrIpt of the Mares murder trial Monday and heard R R. Verne McCullough defense attorney revIew re review tOe tOe- view arguments he presented the board before Gov Lee took office oice Mares Marcs scheduled to face a firing squad last December won a reprieve reprieve reprieve re re- re- re while the board studied a United States supreme court opinion opinion opinion ion which voided a conviction on grounds that a defendant had been denied dented legal counsel prior to making making making mak mak- ing a confession Mr McCullough said the ruling applied in the case of Marcs Mares convIcted convicted convicted con con- of the first degree murder of Jack Durwood Stallings Corning Corning Corning Cor Cor- ning 0 O. motorist in Summit coun coun- ty Mares was denied counsel eight days during which he confessed confessed confessed con con- th the crime Mr McCullough said The homicide was called caned self defense by Mares Marcs who said Stallings Stallings Stallings Stal Stal- lings attacked him in Summit county June 21 1016 1996 after giving him a ride from Sinclair Wyo At the board of pardons' pardons regular regular regular regu regu- lar meeting Feb 17 in the Utah state prison members will hear petitions for freedom by two slayers slay slay- ers Tony ers Tony Gannuscio year old farmer and Elwood Ralph Startup I year old businessman Gannuscio convicted of oC first degree degree degree de de- de- de gree murder of Mrs Rozina Jacobsen Jacob- Jacob sen had his sentence commuted to 30 years last February after an original life imprisonment sen sen- tence Startup was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after fa fatally fatally fatally fa- fa tally shooting Don E E. Swenson 42 A st st. on Sept 4 1946 1046 when the victim sought to repossess repossess repossess repos repos- sess some equipment I Both men are arc reported to have I very good conduct records Thirty-six Thirty inmates including I four women serving sentences In Colorado state prison at Canon I City have asked for releases |
