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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The sentencing of 14-year-old Lionel Tate for the "wrestling death" murder of six-year-old girl Tiffany Eunick featured; scenes shown from the courtroom. [Circuit court Judge Joel LAZARUS - reviews the murder case.] [Prosecutor Ken PADOWITZ - says the plea bargain was rejected; calls the murder a "savage beating."] [Defense attorney Richard ROSENBAUM - says this was an accident.]
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer; Washington: Roger Cossack) The place of the Tate case in the justice system; the extent of the judge's discretion; the likelihood of clemency from Governor Jeb Bush for the boy and the issue of "cruel and unusual punishment" for a 12-year-old discussed.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Santee: Eric Hong) The release of 911 calls pertaining to the school shooting in Santee, California, by Andy Williams featured; emergency telephone call played while video is shown from Santana High School. Statement from Williams' family quoted. The negative fallout between the people of Santee and the media outlined.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Interview held with the prosecutor and the defense attorney in the "wrestling death" trial of 14-year-old Lionel Tate for the murder of a six-year-old girl. [From Fort Lauderdale, Florida, defense attorney Jim LEWIS - says the tragic event was an accident; points out the mother decided not to accept the plea bargain and that the novel felony murder theory painted the jury into a corner; describes Tate's demeanor now that he is in an adult prison.] [Prosecutor Ken PADOWITZ - says he got justice for the victim Tiffany Eunick, who was brutally beaten and the jury and judge called it first degree murder; says Governor Jeb Bush could hold a clemency hearing to decide on the revised sentence; suggests the system needs to give a judge discretion in juvenile cases.] [Earlier in court, Judge Joel LAZARUS - says the prosecutor could have filed on a lesser charge.]
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) President Bush's blocking of a threatened strike by Northwest Airlines mechanics reported. [BUSH - says he is issuing an executive order to protect the flying public.]
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) A drop in the stock market following poor earning forecasts by chip maker Intel reported.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Gallup poll findings in the drop in former President Bill Clinton's favorable rating in the wake of the pardons controversy cited.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report from an international team of doctors that human cloning in near and the debut of a solar calculator on the NOAA Website reported.
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