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Show Utah's Olympic benefits Em! ist of Easter services | Surprise: Jazz top Denver State predicts a rosy bottom line B-1 Holy Week is almost upon us C-8 Nuggetsstill have just nine wins D-1 Che Salt Lake Tri http://www.sltrib.com une Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume255 Number 172 © 1998, TheSalt Lake Tribune 143 South MainStreet(801/237-2800 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 SATURDAY/APRIL 4, 1998 The Death Penalty UnderFire ANCESTRAL CLUES U. Research Shows Social Behavior Can Leave Genetic Mark ‘SpringForward . Sono Report Says It’s Applied Unfairly in U.S, and Should Be Banned BY CRAIG TL LOS ANGI 'S NER which could fuel the battle between the Clinton administration and conserva- TIMES UNITED NATIONS — Theapplication of the death penalty in the United States is tainted by racism, economic discrimination, politics and an excessive deference to victimsrights, a U.N. human-rights investigator reported BY LEE SIEG THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Researchers in Utah, India and Arizona have shown how the Hindu caste system left genetic marks on a sixth of Earth's Friday, as he and a U.N. panel called population. They found genes of Hindus for a worldwide moratorium on capital punishment. reflect the fact women sometimes marry mates in higher castes while men donot. USS.officials criticized the accuracy and conclusions of the U.N. study, University of Utah scientists said that shows howsocial behavior can influence tive Republicans over hundreds of millions of dollarsin U.S. financial support for the world body. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, a lawyer and death-penalty expert from Senegal, concluded in his 54-page report that capital punishment as administered in the United States operates outside international standards, and, in someinstances, in violation of international law. Henoted that the UnitedStatesis one nmcora e Mur tlere yal te, of only five countries te permit the exe: cution of defendants who committed crimes before they were 18, a violation of the International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights, which the United States has signed. The others are Iran Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen The report, issued in Geneva at the annual meeting of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, is one of a series of U.N. evaluations ofcivil liberties and See DEATH PENALTY,Page A-6 human evolution, and how our genes carry clues to our ancestors’ behavior. U. geneticist Lynn Jorde, a study co-author, said India’s 3,000-year-old caste system “‘left a real imprint on the genes of these people. It validates the idea we can iook at genes and deduce ourhistory.” U. pediatric geneticist Michael Bamshad said: “The greater social mobility of womenin the caste system has resulted in genetic differences between castes that correspondto differences in social rank. It’s an impressive finding that social processes can affect the genetic evolution of such large portion of the world’s popu- lation.” Bamshad outlined the study Friday in Salt Lake City during the American Association of Physical Anthropologists’ annu- al meeting. Jorde, Bamshad, University of Arizona geneticist Michael Hammer and others have used similar genetic analysis to bo!- ster the theory that humansarosein Afri. ca and spread worldwide rather than arising simultaneously in several regions. In suchstudies, researchers analyze genesof living people to deduce prehistoric migratory behavior. In the new study, they read genes of modern Hindus as a tesi to see if the genes showed the mark of2 social behavior — the caste system — that already was well-known. Bamshad said social processes affect genetics, but the influence usually is too complex to see, “‘and here wehaveit.” Hammersaid the study provides “a first glimpse of how males and females have different evolutionary histories.” Bamshadsaid the Hindu system of 2,000 castes, “governs the mating prac- tices of nearly one-sixth of the world’s population. Of 6 billion people in the world, 1 billion exist on the subcontinent of India and 850 million are Hindus.” Jorde said the caste system persists even though Indiaofficially abolished it. Women sometimes marry men from the Trent Nelson/TheSalt Lake Tribune Elder Victor Kpah, an LDS missionary from Liberia, shows his CTR (Choosethe Right) ring at a missionary conferencein Accra, Ghana. The rings are common among American Mormonyouths. The 168th annual Conferenceof the LDS Church begins today on Temple Squarein Salt Lake City and continues through Sunday. General sessions are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Tonight's men-only Priesthood session beginsat 6, next higher caste, but not from much higher castes. Men are strongly discouraged from marrying womenof higher castes, Bamshadand U. researcher Scott Watkins went to India to collect blood samples from 300 men frorn 12 castes. They worked with researchers at Andhra University and the University of Madras. They analyzed DNA for two kinds of genetic information: the Y chromosome, which is carried only by men and passed PowerStruggle DNA (mtDNA), which is passed only from Looms Large from father to son; and mitochrondrial womento sons and daughters. The Y chromosome traces paternal lineage; mtDNAtraces maternalinheritance. When researchers analyze caste differences in mtDNA, “upper castes are more similar to the middle castes than to lower castes,” Jorde said. That's exactly what you would expect if women are moving up the ladder. They bring their genes to the next caste up, so you have more simi- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WASHINGTON TERRACE — Something like a revolution is raging in this tled in three waves over millenia, Resuits indicate an Asian origin for most castes. Butuppercastes are genetically a bit more Caucasian, The last wave of immigrants were Caucasians who imposed the caste system. “The guys who started this caste system took the upper positions in the hierarchy, which isn’t surprising," Jorde said Ihe scienceofsacrifice Ogden suburb ‘The City Council fired thefirst volley last month, stripping newly elected Mayor Richard Jacksonof his powersto veto council decisions andto hire, fire and supervise employees. Council members say they had meant to give the administrative duties to a city manager BY TOM ZOELLNER ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Movies C4 09 Obituaries Ds Business BS Puzzles Classifieds Comics Hi C6 Star Gazer TV Programs WEATHER: Kain, snow, 508. #2 &3 Cr Details: C-8 pickupand onto government land He was booked into the jail in Vernal on March 23 but not allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor littering until Friday afternoon after nearly two weeksof eating jail food. A bureaucratte goof wasto blame, saidjail officials. “T can't believe they left him in there and threw away the key,” said a family friend UU a4 ll. ‘Topanates was caught littering by an officer from the U.S, Bureau of Land {POOR COPY) mtn. by rumors that the mayor was preparing to clean house Voters shot back this week, collecting petition signaturesin hopesofforcing a public vote to restorethe mayor's powers. The mayor and his supporterssay the council's action is an outgrowth of a personality clash brought on by the council's fierce loyalty to the former See RESIDENTS,Page A-7 Management in January and given a ticket, He admittedly “spaced off" his ting a beercan fall off the top of his C5 BY JUDY FAHYS CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS wrow.aitrib.com THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE State lawmakersthis year could have seen a $20-a-day pay hike if they had taken the advice of the Legislative Compensation Commission. As it turned out, legislators never voted on a payraise, It was not “politically attractive, said one commission tember. Although pay-hike bills went no- where, lawmakersdid tinker with other forms of compensation. House Bill 196 adds new benefits for legislators 62 and older. Now lawmakers are eligible for Medicare supple. meatal insurance fully paid for by the state after 10 years of service, Those whoserve two, four, six or eight years also can opt to have their “Medigap” premiumspartly coveredby thestate. Theprovision was amended tothe annual house-cleaning measure for the State Retirement Fund, of which the 104 legislators are a part “Wesubmit a bill every year that makes changes — sometimes to imSee LAWMAKERS,Page A-6 Minor Crime, Major Punishment: Litterer Spends 12 Daysin an Eastern Utah Jail Pacer Topanates was locked in the Uintah County Jail for 12 daysforlet- Ann Landers Advocates Say There Was No Hidden Agenda, But at Least One LawmakerSays Actions Received TooLittle Scrutiny for months, and hadtheir hands forced Ad Births Legislators Passed Up Pay Hike, But Pocketed Other Benefits BY BRANDON LOOMIS men’s Y chromosomes, adjacent castes Thestudy is part of an effort tu determine origins of India’s people, who set- 5 Ogden Suburb’s Residents GetTired of Municipal Feud were no more similar than castes of much different rank. ‘That indicates males are said Ogdes In Little Town larity among castes of adjacent rank.” Whenthescientists examined the same not moving from caste to caste," Jorde AUELMisyecomcast Salt Lake City, which may reviewthe case. court date and was tossed behind bars, And there he stayed. Andstayed. “I didn’t know what the heck was going on and nobody wouldtell me,” Topanatessaid Friday, hours after his re- Jailers said they were under the mistaken impression that the 19-year-old Topanates had not paid an old fine to the juvenile court inthe nearbytown of leaseandstill 50 miles from his Myton home without a car, “I would hate to Juvenile, had settled the debt in April of worse," apparently,” said Uintah County Chief Deputy Bob Van Derbusse. see what happenedif you did something Generally, state and federal courts are required to bring prisoners before a magistrate or judge within 72 hours of arrest ‘It looks like something has gone wrong,” said Melodie Rydalch, spokes- womanfor the U.S. Attorney's Office in ) Duchesne, But Topanates, no longera last year. “Tt was an error on thecourt's part Probation supervisor Ron Tollefson at the Duchesne juvenile court said he didn't know anything about the case Clark Allred at 11:30 a.m. in eastern Utah on Friday and asked him to con- venea hearing on theprisoner. Allred said it was the first he had heardof Topanates'plignt ‘For somereason, notice didn’t get to myoffice," hesaid, “I thought theofficer whopicked him up was supposed to call. Allredfined the man $25 for littering and — at long last — sent him on his way I'll try nottolitter anymore — hit every trashcan I see," Topanatessaid and declined further comment. ‘Topanates was freed after somebody finally called part-time U.S, Magistrate A Tribune reporter Greg Burton con tributed to this story. |
