`ONION FIELD' KILLER DENIED PAROLE AGAIN.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. ``Onion Field'' killer Gregory Powell Gregory Powell can refer to:
Powell, 61, will be eligible for his next parole hearing in 1998, said board spokeswoman Liz Tanaka. Powell and Jimmy Smith, 65, were convicted of the March 1963 murder of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Officer Ian Campbell Ian Campbell is a name shared by several people:
The son of a police officer, Wambaugh joined the U.S. novel ``The Onion Field,'' which later was made into a movie. Powell and Smith kidnapped Campbell and his partner, Karl Hettinger, during a traffic stop in Hollywood and then drove them to the isolated field. Hettinger escaped after Campbell was shot and later testified against Powell and Smith. Smith was paroled from state prison in 1982. Since then, he has been arrested several times for minor offenses. He was returned to state prison earlier this year. |
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