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;™E DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE NEWS IN BRIEF www.dailyutahchronicle.com Friday, December 2, 2005 Today u E C Today Rain/Snow Saturday 12/2 Sunday 12/3 Monday 12/4 Snow Showers/Wind 32/22 Few Snow Showers 29/19 Partly Cloudy 32/20 Few Snow Showers 12/5 29/10 SUNRISE 7:34 o.m. SUNSET Tuesday - QUOTE OF THE DAY ~i "(would not go around saying how BYU Twill dominate and how BYU students ' c a n hold bragging rights for the next year until it actually happens. Here is a title for your next editorial: There is always next year!'". .!•,-•.. • <rt' -Tyson Horrock on BYU Fans SEE PEEPING TOM PAGE 3. [ j H jj Jj t] !i j| (• Attorney general ;.;• discusses polygamy issue • SALT LAKE CITY—Utah Attorney . General Mark Shurtleff takes the polygamy issue north to British Columbia when 'he meets next week with his counterpart .there and with women's groups concerned .about the status of women living in com-rjrunities practicing plural marriage. "7'Shurtleff will meet with Wally Oppal, .the attorney general and minister responsible for muiticulturalism on Dec. 8 in ' -Vancouver. Z X>ppal, whose been in his job just five Trronths, said he welcomes ShurtlefTs vis-itj-advice and the exchange of ideas. -•'As in Utah, polygamy in Canada has received spotty attention from political and law enforcement officials over the -last 50 years. But Oppal said that climate is changing. "I get a lot of letters from people wondering why we won't do anything about it," the minister said. "When I took office, I made the statement that I am prepared to prosecute." Historically, however, police investigations have never netted any willing witnesses to testify against alleged perpetrators, he said. Currently the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is investigating allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in Bountiful, a British Columbia town founded by members of a polygamous sect, he said. Tuesday Monday Sunday 6 3 CR/NC for term and second session: Fall 2005 Academic Deadline • Meteorology Seminar: "Bridging the gap Between Theory and Applications: An Inquiry into Atomspheric Science Teaching": 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. @ 110INSCC • Preservation Hall Jazz Band: 750 p.m. @ Kingsbury Hall 42/27 Saturday • Electrical & Computer Engineering Career Day: 8:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. @ Merrill Engineering Building • Early Music Ensemble Presents "Sweet Airs, That Give Delight": 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ Thompson Chamber Music Hall • "Christmas Comes Anew" Choral Ensembles Holiday Concert 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Hall, School of Music •Department of Art & Art History Holiday Sale: 10 am. to 7 p.m. @ Gittins Art Gallery, Art Building • MBA/PMBA Information Session: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. @ FAMB Lounge • Biochemistry Seminar Series Lecture: "Specifity of Ubiquitin-like Protein Conjugation:" 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ EIHGfirstDoor Auditorium Death penalty recommended for mechanic convicted in slaying of 11-year-old girl SARASOTA, Fla.—Jurors recommended the death penalty Thursday for a mechanic convicted of killing an n-year-old girl whose abduction was taped by a surveillance camera and broadcast worldwide. After deliberating for five hours, the jury voted 10-2 for the death penalty for Joseph Smith, who was convicted last month on charges of kidnapping, sexual battery and first-degree murder in the slayjng of Carlie Brucia. Circuit Judge Andrew Owens ultimately will issue the sentence and could do so as early as next month. Under the law, he must give great weight to the jury's decision before imposing a sentence of death or life in prison without parole. Smith, 39, showed no reaction as the recommendation was read. Carlie's mother, Susan Schorpen, let out deep sobs and hugged friends. Patricia Davis, Smith's mother, left the courtroom crying. "I'm overwhelmed. Yes, it's what I wanted," Schorpen said. "He may be condemned, but he's still breathing, and my daughter is not." Defense attorneys left the courthouse without commenting. Jury foreman Francis Kruzel said deciding the sentence was not easy. "Our hearts go out to the families of both Carlie Brucia and Joseph Smith. We're praying for them," said Kruzel, a clergyman. In closing arguments earlier, prosecutor Debra Riva sought the death penalty, saying Smith was clear-headed enough to get rid of evidence and recount his crimes to his brother, which she said showed Sue Schorpen, left, Carlie Brucla's mother, beams as she embraces Carlie's he was not impaired by a mental stepfather, Steve Kansler, after a jury voted 10-2 to sentence Joseph Smith to disorder or drugs. death for kidnapping, raping, and killing the 11-year-old, Thursday in Sarasota, Fla. "He chose to prey upon a child Looking on Is Sue's friend, Judy Cornett. for sexual gratification," Riva said. Defense attorney Adam Tebrug- would punish Smith, protect soci"...He was under the influence of his urges, not under the influence ge argued for a sentence of life in ety and provide "a fitting concluprison without parole, saying it sion to this horrific case." of a mental disorder." Military blamed for not explaining Iraq war well enough WASHINGTON—The military hasn't done a good enough job of explaining to the American people what is going on in Iraq and the political and military progress there, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday. Even so, Gen. Peter Pace, warned that battling terrorism will be a long war. Speaking at the National Defense University at Fort McNair, Pace said he is often asked if the United States would be better off by ending the fight and leaving Iraq. "There is no option other than victory," he said. "You need to get out and read what our enemies have said...Their goal is to destroy our way of life." Pace spoke a day after President Bush used a speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., to spell out what he called his strategy for victory in SALT LAKE CITY—In Baghdad, late at Iraq. Bush's plan contained no new approaches and no night, Tom Fox sometimes would speak of start date for withdrawing U.S. troops. But he indihis fears. Fox, now a hostage in Iraq, had been "con- cated that by 2006, Iraqi forces will be sufficiently cerned about something bad happening— trained to let American troops shift to less visible particularly being kidnapped," said Will and possibly less dangerous roles. Van Wagenen, who recently returned after four months in Iraq working with Fox and other members of the nonprofit Christian Peacemaker Teams. It's not often that an industry brags when sales are down. Fox and three other hostages appeared this week in a video aired by Al-Jazeera. But the American Beverage Association sounds Fox's fears were as selfless as he was, almost proud when it declares in a report being released Thursday that the amount of non-diet soft Van Wagenen said. drinks sold in the nation's schools dropped more "He wasn't so concerned about his life for his own sake," the Salt Lake City native than 24 percent between 2002 and 2004. told The Salt Lake Tribune. "But he often The trade group's report is an effort to deflate expressed concern about his children and threats of a lawsuit against soft drink companies, the effect it would have on them if he were which face mounting pressure as childhood obesity killed or kidnapped. concerns have led schools to remove sodas, "I guarantee you, right now, that is all he During the same two-year period, the amount of is thinking about—about how his kids are sports drinks sold grew nearly 70 percent, bottled going through hell," the 28-year-old Harwater 23 percent, diet soda 22 percent and fruit juice vard student said. 15 percent, according to the report, which is based on data from beverage bottling companies. Van Wagenen is hopeful that his friends will be released. Regular soda is still the leader within schools, accounting for 45 percent of beverages sold there this He said that in Iraq he was often met year. But that's down from 57 percent three years with suspicion, but ultimately, most came earlier, the industry said, citing additional numbers to accept that members of his group were based on 2002-2005 data. interested only in the welfare of the Iraqi people. Over the same three-year period, sports drinks jumped from nearly 7 percent to more than 14 perHe said that even those involved in cent, while water increased from 9 percent to nearly the resistance against U.S. troops offered 13 percent. them safe passage, he said. Utah hostage feared for life in Iraq Soft drink sales slump Parks' arrest celebrated in Montgomery was a planned march by children to the Capitol from the site about eight blocks away where Parks was arrested on Dec. 1,1955. The Montgomery Improvement Association, which hosted the prayer breakfast, was the group that organized and launched the boycott of city buses four days after Parks' arrest. The yearlong boycott, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., became a key moment in the civil rights movement. In New York, empty seats were marked with posters of her reading, "It All Started on a Bus," and bus drivers were keeping headlights on all day. MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Montgomery residents and civil rights figures held a prayer breakfast Thursday to remember Rosa Parks on the 50th anniversary of the day she made history by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. All buses in Montgomery paid tribute to Parks by leaving a seat empty with a display commemorating her act. Other bus systems around the country had similar displays. 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