ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : PROSECUTORS WON'T SEEK DEATH PENALTY.LANCASTER - Prosecutors have declined to seek the death penalty against a Palmdale man accused of fatally shooting a man with whom he had argued and an innocent bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. . Harvey Alexander, 20, is charged with a special-circumstance allegation of multiple murder in the Sept. 17, 1995, slayings of Willie Perkins, 23, of Palmdale and Ladislao Jacobo, 33, of Palmdale. Prosecutors said Alexander killed Perkins as he drove away after an argument in front of an apartment house on Fifth Street East in Palmdale, where Alexander's girlfriend lived. They say a stray bullet hit Jacobo, who was walking down Fifth Street East with friends. Defense attorneys say Alexander shot Perkins in self-defense (Law) in protection of self, - it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. - Wharton. See also: Self-defense after he threatened Alexander with a gun. SOURCE: - Daily News Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Union board OKs small classes ROSAMOND - First-grade classes will be reduced in size beginning in February at Hamilton and Rosamond elementary schools elementary school: see school. , Southern Kern Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. officials said. District officials estimate they will need five more teachers and five more classrooms at the two schools. The school board approved Wednesday night taking advantage of a state plan under which schools that reduce kindergarten through third-grade classes to 20 or fewer students would receive $650 per pupil in additional state funding. SOURCE: - Daily News `Frustrated' inmate cracks jail window LANCASTER - A 35-year-old inmate faces additional charges after he attempted to break a window in the jail of the Lancaster sheriff's station, sheriff's officials said. Keith Miller
Keith Ross Miller, MBE (28 November 1919-11 October 2004), was a famous Australian Test cricketer and World War II pilot. , a Palmdale resident arrested Sept. 12 on drug charges, faces additional charges of vandalism after he kicked and damaged one of two small windows on the cell door, a deputy said. While Miller did not break the 4-square-inch window, he did crack the 1/2-inch-thick pane A rectangular area within an on-screen window that contains information for the user. A window may have many panes. See menu pane. . SOURCE: - Daily News |
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