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8 FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 Sealed details might be opened in Carson case BY SARA GREGORY CITY EDITOR Details about the men charged with former Student Body President Eve Carson’s death might he released in the coming weeks. Monday, a judge could order the release of documents the Chapel Hill Police Department has requested sealed. “1 do think on the 28th there will he some information.” Jim Woodall, Orange County district attorney and prosecutor in the case, said April 17. “I'm assuming the judge will want some discussion of what the state alleges to be the facts in this case." Demario James Atwater. 21, is expected in court May 5 for a Rule 24 hearing. At that hearing Woodall will announce whether he intends to seek a death sentence, and if so. the court will determine if there is evidence of aggravating circumstances that would allow for capital punishment. The district attorney can argue for 11 different aggravating fac tors. ”()ne of the things, probably the first thing in homicide cases, that gets people's attention once some thing is known about the case is the brutality of the murder. That’s the heinous, atrocious and cruel (aggravating factor)," Woodall said. If an aggravating factor can not be proven, the most severe : Life FIIEE for p Sera ester : 2 3t / * i WtheVGrqmm • • sign a lease and be entered in a drawing! • Z • winner will be announced at the move-in party! Z : * sentence a district attorney can pursue is life in prison without parole. An Orange County jury has not returned a death sentence since 1970, and that was overturned on appeal. Lawrence Alvin Lovette, 17, the other man charged with Carson’s death, is not old enough to be con sidered for the death penalty. Community reaction Carson’s death has led to com munity discussion of concerns about safety on campus and off. Residents had a chance April 8 to hear the town’s first plans for how to use an SBO,OOO gift from student government to add call boxes and street-level lighting downtown. “We are promoting the western part of Franklin Street, and we’re getting a great number of visitors,” Police Sgt. Jack Terry told resi dents. “We want them to have a way to contact police." There is some neighborhood opposition though, from residents of the McCauley neighborhood who say the call boxes could be better placed elsewhere. Town staff are expected to come before the Chapel Hill Town Council in the next month with an updated recommendation. Contact the City Editor at city desk (a unc.edu. v OT E BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING APRIL 17 T H - MAY 3RD |9n REGISTER TO VOTE & VOTE EARLY. ALL AT ONCE. VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WITH ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING. IT’S SIMPLE & EASY. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE OR HAVE NEVER VOTED BEFORE TO LEARN HOW 1-888-NC-EARLY (888-623-2759) NC.BARACKOBAMA.COM TEXT NC TO 62262 To register and vote at a On*-Stop Site all you need to do is fill out a voter registration application and provide an appropriate form of ID with your current name and address such as a NC driver ’s license, utility bill, or bank statement © PAID FOR BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA ELECTIONS FROM PAGE ) Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory. N.C. State Senate District 23 Competition for this seat, which represents Orange and Person counties, falls between six-term incumbent N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird and six-term Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey. Visit State A National News at daibtarheel.com for full stories un each of the races. Board of Commissioners This year is the first where vot ers will select counts' commission ers from districts. Voters passed a 2006 refer endum that will allocate seats between two voting districts and the county at-large. It also added two seats to the board. The change is designed to diver sify the board and ensure the parts of the counts outside of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are represented. Voters can pick one of three Democrats running for the at-large seat: Neloa Barbee Jones. Bernadette Pelissier or Mars Wolff The winner of that race will face Republican Kesin Wolff in the general election. There are four candidates run ning for one District 2 seat repre senting the rest of Orange Counts : Tommy McNeill, Steve Yuhasz, Leo .Allison and Luther Brooks. The tsvo District 1 candidates. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education Chairsvoman Pam Hemminger and Commissioner Vice-Chairsvoman Valerie Foushee. face no competition for the two seats and aren't on the May 6 ballot. Visit News Cits News at dailstarheel.com for profiles of the at-large candidates. School Board Six candidates have filed to run for three seats on the Orange Counts Board of Education: Eddie Eubanks. Al Hartkopf, Stephen Halkiotis, Tons McKnight. Jeff Michalski and Stan Morris. Candidates have identified the achievement gap as a major issue the board will need to address. Land-transfer tax Commissioners have placed a land-transfer tax on the ballot after the state gave local governments permission to request an increase in either the land-transfer or sales tax. Ifthe ballot measure is approved, real estate sales will be taxed at a rate of 0.4 percent. Commissioners chose against placing a sales tax on the ballot, arguing that it would be regressive and impact the poor unfairly. The land-transfer tax was voted against in all of the 16 counties in North Carolina where it was placed on the ballot in November. It faces significant opposition in Orange County, as well. Citizens for a Better Orange County is opposing the tax. argu ing that homeowners already pay the brunt of local taxes. Orange Citizens for Schools and Parks formed in response to advo cate for the transfer tax and say the tax is necessary to fund schools and parks construction. Other Races These statewide offices also are up for grabs: state auditor, commis sioner of insurance, commissioner of labor, superintendent of public instruction, state treasurer, court of appeals judge and district court judge. Contact the State Cf National Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu. DROUGHT FROM PAGE 3 going to lose the investment." Kisiah said the department is looking into a well system for the fields for future water shortages. “It didn't take us long to get in this situation," Kisiah said. “Right now the track record is that we might be in it again." Kisiah said that the department will be better prepared the next time CHANCELLOR FROM PAGE 3 istics outlined in the description, the next chancellor will also face several issues already outlined by Moeser and the Board of Trustees. In the next decade. UNC must create a solid plan for faculty retention, increased enrollment and state funding. Although each university handles its leading vision differently, UNC trustees likely will discuss with the next chancellor how that vision will be laid out in the coming years. “It is part of the role of the chan cellor to articulate that agenda." Moeser said. Key to leading UNC is under standing the need to cater to stu dents, faculty, alumni, the state leg islature essentially anyone who has a stake in the University. “One of the things about the job of SATELLITE FROM PAGE 3 voiced. The transit study and the fiscal impact analysis w ill be released soon for consideration in future planning. The two are expected to guide the development plans for the satellite campus. On Jan. 23 the town held a public hearing for the Innovation Center and the updated master plan for Carolina North. The Innovation Center, the first building slated to break ground in 2009. has been approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council for a special-use permit. “That’s on its own schedule inde pendent of any review protocol for overall review of Carolina North," said Jack Evans, executive director of Carolina North. Sentiments were mixed at the forum, with most criticism aimed at the lack of context of a full mas ter plan to compare with the cen ter. Other concerns included the lack of parking, transit and housing. And the way to work through a drought occurs. Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton said he spoke to Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy about drought concerns. “If the months of April and May are dry months then we could still be in a serious situation." Chilton said. Chilton saitl he was curious why OWASA skipped over Stage 2 to go back to Stage 1. But Stage 1 is only in effect for 30 days and Chilton said he wants to revisit the decision in May. He said that even though the ahr Bailii (Tar Hrrl chancellor is that you have so many different constituencies and so many different tasks that you have to mas ter." said Roger Perry, chairman of the Board ofTrustees and a member of the search committee. In the past seven months, many have talked about an understanding of the Carolina way. The next chan cellor will need to not only interpret what that means but preach it “I’ve read the history, and many of our chancellors have been able to draw the connection between the state and the University," said Kevin FitzCicrald, executive associate dean for administration, who served as a special assistant to the chancellor during Moeser’s term. “James fol lows an important tradition, but he does it in his own way." Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. these issue is to resolve them, agree to disagree. Czajkowski said. “The Innovation Center to me is one of the most exciting oppor tunities that has come up within Chapel Hill and the University in a long, long time," he said. “There’s just no excuse for slow ing that down." But the Innovation Center is not the only part of Carolina North underway. The UNC School of Law declared this February that it will move to the campus, but plans are not completed. And plans are not the only unfin ished business for the law school. It still needs to acquire funding before it can even begin to design anew facility. As for funding for the entire satellite campus, Evans and other officials met with the state legisla ture Wednesday to discuss moving forward with monetary plans. “This is going to give us the first round of funding to keep us mov ing forward," Perry said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. community has grown, Carrboro residents are using less water now than before the 2002 drought. The drought has forced people to consider water a limited resource, which they will continue to con serve. he said. “To some extent our water con sumption behavior has been changed not just today but permanently." Contact the City Editor at citydesk@ unc.edu
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