Clemency hearing could stop Pennsylvania execution

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In this undated photo, Terrance Williams is pictured. Williams is on death row for fatally beating Amos Norwood in 1984 in Philadelphia.

By Vignesh Ramachandran

Pennsylvania's first execution in more than?a decade,?scheduled for Oct. 3,?could be stopped by a clemency hearing on Monday for a man convicted of killing?his alleged sexual abusers.

Terrance "Terry" Williams, 46, is on death row at the State Correctional Institute at Greene in Pennsylvania for killing 56-year-old Amos Norwood with a tire iron in Philadelphia in 1984. Williams was 18 years old at the time of the murder. Defense lawyer Victor J. Abreu has said Williams' crimes were mitigated by the sexual abuse he experienced in his childhood. Norwood was allegedly?one of his attackers.

Monday's clemency hearing will be heard by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, which?will have to?unanimously agree in order to overturn William's death penalty, The New York Times reported. However, the decision is not binding on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, according to the Times.


The clemency hearing was granted after a petition filed on Sept. 6?called upon?Corbett and the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to stop the execution. The petition?included a statement from Norwood's widow, who said,?"Several years ago, after much prayer and self-reflection, I found the strength and courage to forgive Terry Williams."

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Williams is pictured here at age 17. His defense lawyers say his crimes are mitigated by a childhood of sexual abuse.

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"I do not wish to see Terry Williams executed,? she?said in the statement.

On Friday, a Philadelphia judge agreed to hear testimony on the defense's claim that the prosecutor at Williams' 1986 trial withheld evidence from the jury pertaining to the sexual abuse,?The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

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Williams is also serving a life term for killing 50-year-old Herbert Hamilton when he was 17. Hamilton is another alleged abuser.

"[Williams] was a victim of horrific abuse since he was 6 years old,? Abreu told NBC News earlier this month. "The jury didn?t know that the two men who were killed were abusing him. That information was never presented to the jury."

If Williams is executed on Oct. 3, he will be the first person executed in Pennsylvania in 13 years.

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World's smallest fossil footprints: Small amphibian roamed Earth 315 million years ago

ScienceDaily (Sep. 11, 2012) ? A new set of fossil footprints discovered in Joggins, Nova Scotia, near Amherst, have been identified as the world's smallest known fossil vertebrate footprints.

The footprints were found at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Joggins Fossil Cliffs. A fossil specimen of the ichnogenus Batrachichnus salamandroides was collected by local amateur paleontologist Gloria Melanson, daughter of Don Reid, the famed Keeper of the Joggins Cliffs, while walking the Joggins beach.

"This was one of the most exciting finds I have ever made and I am very pleased that, along with my colleagues, we are able to share it with the world. Every big fossil find is by chance; it's all about being lucky and recognizing what you're looking at. When I saw the very small tail and toes I knew we had something special. I never thought it would be the world's smallest," said Melanson.

The footprints belonged to a small amphibian which would have roamed Earth 315 million years ago, a creature not unlike a salamander.

The fossil record at Joggins is most famous for its diverse skeletal record of small tetrapods, dominated by an array of small, primitive amphibians (temnospondyls and microsaurs), and the oldest known reptile, Hylonomus lyelli, entombed within once-hollow fossil tree stumps.

Small trackways of these animals at Joggins are common, but none so small as the one discovered recently. The 48-mm-long trackway preserves approximately 30 footprints with the front feet measuring 1.6 mm long and back feet measuring 2.4 mm long. Study of the footprints by paleontologists at Saint Mary's University (student Matt Stimson) and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History (Dr. Spencer Lucas) has revealed the trace maker was a juvenile amphibian, similar to a salamander (temnospondyl or microsaur) with an estimated body length of only 8 mm from snout to tail.

Further examination shows the animal began in a walk and later changed direction as it began to run. Speculation could be made that these are some of the juvenile's first footsteps on land after transforming from a tadpole stage that hatched in a local pond. The change in direction and speed may be interpreted as the animal either becoming startled by a larger predator, or perhaps while hunting some small insects, itself.

Melanson's fossil is on display at the Joggins Fossil Centre at the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Joggins Fossil Cliffs. The fossil is described in a paper by Stimson, Lucas and Melanson in the international scientific journal Ichnos on Aug. 27, 2012. The scientific article documents the significance of Melanson's fossil discovery and the secrets it reveals about ancient juvenile life in the Coal Age 315 million years ago in Nova Scotia.

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  1. Matt Stimson, Spencer G. Lucas, Gloria Melanson. The Smallest Known Tetrapod Footprints:Batrachichnus Salamandroidesfrom the Carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ichnos, 2012; 19 (3): 127 DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2012.685206

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IBC 2012: Verizon FiOS customers gain iPad, Android streaming

Michelle Clancy | 07-09-2012

Verizon has given FiOS IPTV subscribers the ability to use its Flex View service to stream hit TV shows from NBC, WB and E! and others, plus thousands of Hollywood titles from all the major studios, to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Android devices, and select Samsung connected TVs.?


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Verizon's Flex View lets FiOS customers buy or rent more than 25,000 on-demand titles, including movies and TV shows, and watch them on their TV, PC and mobile device.
Security is a mounting concern for service providers addressing the explosion in multi-screen media consumption. A 2011 Motorola study found that nearly 70% of global respondents were watching TV on other devices, including smartphones, which in the US experienced a five-fold increase in TV viewing over the previous year.
"Now, more than ever, content protection is absolutely necessary to deliver today's entertainment to multiple screens," said Peter Burke, vice president of product management for converged solutions at Motorola Mobility. "Our Medios portfolio is dedicated to helping our service provider partners like Verizon meet consumer demand for multi-screen experiences. SecureMedia? Encryptonite ONE HLS+ is a key component of that portfolio, as the leading solution widely available today that has been internationally approved by Hollywood studios."
Motorola's SecureMedia Encryptonite ONE HLS+ provides a streamlined process for service providers to ingest, transcode and securely deliver live and on-demand content via standard HTTP methods and infrastructure. That lets Verizon offer its subscribers anytime, anywhere access to secure, premium entertainment on multiple devices
Motorola will be showcasing SecureMedia at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam, taking place 7-12 September, on Stand D3, Hall 1.

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Bill Clinton: Obama 'laid the foundation for prosperity'

While addressing the Democratic National Convention, former President Bill Clinton applauded President Barack Obama's economic record.

By Connie Cass,?The Associated Press / September 5, 2012

Former President Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.

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Bill?Clinton?says no president could have fully repaired within four years the damaged economy that Barack Obama inherited.

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"But he has laid the foundations for a new, modern successful economy, a shared prosperity,"?Clinton?told the Democratic convention Wednesday night. "And if you will renew the president's contract, you will feel it. You will feel it.

"Whether the American people believe what I've said or not may be the whole election. I just want you to know that I believe it. With all my heart I believe it,"?Clinton?said.

The former president, greeted by cheering Democrats like a rock star, acknowledged that too many Americans aren't yet feeling the effects of recovery.

"Are we where we want to be today? No. Is the President satisfied? Of course not,"?Clinton?said. "But are we better off than we were when he took office?"

Delegates answered in the affirmative with a raucous standing ovation.

"When President Barack Obama took office, the economy was in free fall. ... We were losing 750,000 jobs a month. Are we doing better today? The answer is YES."

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College Football Saturday Open Game Thread

EAST LANSING, MI - AUGUST 31: Dion Sims #80 of the Michigan State Spartans makes a fourth quarter catch behind the defense of Jeremy Ioane #10 of the Boise State Broncos at Spartan Stadium on August, 2010 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 17-13. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

With Oklahoma drawing the ridiculously late kickoff in El Paso we have all day (and pretty much all evening) to wait and watch. What better way to spend the time than by watching college football and talking with us here on the CCM open thread? Here's a look at some of today's Big XII rundown as well as some of the national games of interest.

Big XII Schedule

Marshall @ #11 West Virginia 11:00

Tulsa @ Iowa State 2:30

Savannah St. @ #19Oklahoma State 6:00

S. Dakota State @ Kansas 6:00

Northwestern State @ Texas Tech 6:00

Missouri State @ #22 Kansas State 6:10

Wyoming @ #15 Texas 7:00

#4 Oklahoma @ UTEP 9:30

Sunday

SMU @ Baylor 5:30

National

Notre Dame/Navy 8:00am

Miami @ Boston College 2:30

Colorado State @ Colorado 3:00

#14 Clemson @ Auburn 6:00

#8 Michigan @ #2 Alabama 7:00

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