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Show C4 TheSalt Lake Tribune THE WEST Tuesday, May9, 2000 Lost Hiker Admits Killing Best Friend Islanders Awarded Millions For Atomic-Age Hardships attendantlifestyle and values canTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS not be compensated with an award HONOLULU — Addressing a of dollars. While that which was devastating legacy of the Atomic lost may be priceless, it does not Age,a claims tribunal has awarded mean it was withoutvalue.” $341 million to Marshall Islanders The tribunal said the federal who were moved from their re- governmentshouldpay the islandmote,pristine atoll in the Pacific so ers $199 million for loss of use of the United States could detonate 43 Enewetak, $108 million to clean up nuclear bombs there. and restore it and $34 million for The Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal said the 145 peo- - hardship. However, the federally funded ple'taken from EnewetakAtoll in December 1947 and their descen- tribunal has less than $46 million dants should be compensated for after paying previous claims,so islanders will appeal to Congress the lasting damage to their oncelush homeland andfor their 33- next week. Oneoftheir allies is Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii. year exile to barren, resource-poor If Congress doesn’t pay the Ujelang Atoll. There, they nearly: starved, award, Enewetak’s 1,500 residents were overrun by rats and were will sue in the U.S. Court ofClaims in Washington, said Davor Pevec, plagued by disease. When islanders returned to their Honolulu-based attorney. “We in the United States got Enewetak in 1980, they found that clear benefits from the testing prosomeof their land had been vaporized by atomic blasts and most of gram,” Pevec said. “The Marshall the land was contaminated by Islanders? They got burdened with this residual contamination, with radiation. “The claimants have suffered the destruction of their land, with damage beyond that which money their forced relocation.” Enewetak atoll consists ofabout can compensate,” the membertribunal ruled last month. 40 islandsin the northwestern cor“The destruction anddisruption of ner of the Marshall Islands, about their community and the 2,500 miles southwestofHawaii. Sentencing today in so-called desert mercykilling BYMICHELLE KOIDIN TH SOCIATEDPRESS CARLSBAD, N.M. — A man whoclaimed he stabbed his best friend to put him outof his misery apparently had agreed to kill himself as part of a pact they madeafter running out of water andgettinglost in the desert, a prosecutor said Monday. Raffi Kodikian “did have marks on his wrist, across his wrist, but they were not deep,” and he said his knife was too dull, prosecutor Les Williams said at Kodikian’s sentencing hearing. He was dehy- Eric Gay/The Associated Raffi Kodikian,left, with attorney Gary Mitchell in Carlsbad, N.M. While Coughlin was dehydrated, drated, “but notto the point that he didn’t know what he was doing,” Kleinsaid, the cause of death was two stab woundsto the chest. Williamssaid. Kodikian,26, of Boston, pleaded no con‘st to second-degree mur- Medical Center the day he was der Monday for stabbing David Coughlin last Aug. 8 in the backcountry of Carlsbad Caverns Na- tional Park in southeastern New Mexico. Kodikian said Coughlin, 26, of Millis, Mass., pleaded with him to end his pain after the two got lost andran out of water while camping. Kodikian said they believed he would die. “The boys earlier had both attempted to slice their wrists and weren't able to do so,” said Gary Mitchell, Kodikian’s attorney. Mitchell said both didn’t take enoughwater and weretotally unprepared for the possibility that their one-day trip could turn into. four. They were in “absolute des- peratestraits,” he said. “These boys gave up out there,” Mitchell said. “They gave up because they had no water.” “David pleads with Raffi to end hislife, and Raffi — in what most peoplecall a mercy killing — does ashis bestfriend wishes,” Mitchell said. Park workersrescued Kodikian about six hoursafter his’ friend died. Dr. Dennis Klein, who _performed an autopsy on Coughlin, said Coughlin hadthree cuts on his right wrist that could have been the result of a suicide attempt. Dr. Mark Hopkins, the doctor whotreated Kodikian at Carlsbad found,testified that Kodikian was dehydrated, had a fever of 102 and had an extremely elevated sodium level and pulserate. Kodikian was treated and released in three hours, the doctor said. Kodikian could face anywhere from no prison time to 20 years, depending on the hearing, which HONDA—Spring Super Sale will resumetoday.In thefirst two No Payments for 6 Months « 50 Down/0 Interest Option’ rows of the courtroom Monday were Kodikian’s parents, his sister, cousins andfriends. Under the plea bargain, Kodikian preserves the right to appeal a judge's ruling barring him from mounting a defense of temporary insanity based. on dehydration-induced dementia. Earlier in court, as a videotape rolled showing investigators uncovering Coughlin’s body from a pile of white and gray rocks, Kodikian stared down at the de- fense table and wiped his eyes twice. Members of Kodikian’s family dabbed attears. Mitchell said Kodikian and Coughlin were very close and that any speculation that there was some type of problem between them wasnotright. Kodikian had said that Coughlin had gone into convulsions be- cause he was so sick, and that HRT216SDA © Single-speed, self-propelled * Bag, mulch or Soe * Easy-start Honda OHC *4iin | versatility wogfionalleatshredder (n0 tools required for conversion! * 21” steel mowing deck Richard Pipes/The Associated Press Rockspartially spell “SOS”in this August 1999 photo,a call for help left by two dehydrated hikerslost in southeastern New Mexico desert. Kodikian had been removing mucous from Coughlin’s mouth. To- ward the endof their ordeal, the two started eating prickly pear fruit, and it made Coughlin violently ill, Mitchell said. “David begged himto put him out of his misery,” Mitchell said. Lance Mattson, a park ranger, testified that he found Kodikian Kodikianroll outfrom a tent sheet and ask for water. When he asked where his buddy was, Kodikian gestured toward some stones and said, “Right over there. I killed him,” Mattsontestified. Hesaid that Kodikian was very hot andthirsty. He started throw- ing up’ after drinking at least a quart of water. and Coughlin’s car and knew something was wrong when he pulled out a copy of their permit Mattson. noticed cuts on Kodikian’s wrist. “These are at- and saw it was for just one day. Kodikian’s response, hetestified. tempts of me killing myself,” was Their campsite was spotted at the bottom of a canyon. 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