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The man accused of kidnapping and killing 5-year-old Samantha Runnion pleaded innocent on Friday as prosecutors investigated additional claims against him in a separate case.Alejandro Avila, 27, was arraigned in Orange County Superior Court on charges that he raped and killed Samantha after kidnapping her from her Stanton home July 15.Avila appeared in court dressed in a mustard colored jumpsuit. A Sept.16 pretrial hearing was set.Meanwhile, one of two girls whom Avila was acquitte stanley cups d of molesting in a separate case last year has made additional claims against him.The stanley tumbler Riverside County Sheriff s Department is interviewing the girl and other potential witnesses to determine if there stanley quencher is enough evidence to bring a new case against Avila. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said earlier this week he will seek the death penalty against the southern California factory worker.Rackauckas, speaking at a press conference in Santa Ana, about 40 miles south of Los Angeles, said he saw no reason to spare 27-year-old Alejandro Avila s life if he is convicted of abducting, molesting and killing Samantha at a trial. There is no question in my mind that the person who kidnapped, molested and murdered 5-year-old Samantha should face the death penalty, Rackauckas said, adding that the crimes had outraged her community, the United States and the world.Rackauckas said that before deciding to seek the death penalty against Avila he met with Samantha s mother, defense lawyers and Copd Why Apple Won t Miss Aperture, and Neither Should You
The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has released a disturbing video showing four dead minke whales aboard a Japanese whaling vessel located in protected waters. Conservationists are outraged at the Australian government which doesn ;t appear to be doing anything about it. Warning: The above video is graphic. The group, which is accusing the Australian government is reneging on its promise to monitor Japanese whaling, says the whales were killed inside an internationally recogn stanley cup ized sanctuary for whales. The five Japanese vessels were working in New Zealand territorial waters, located in the Ross Sea in Antarctica. The Australian government has been urged to lodge a whaling protest with Japan. Australia ABC reports: 8230;Sea Shepherd Australia chairman Bob Brown says there is no sign of survei stanley becher llance from the Federal Government. Sea Shepherd is committed to doing all it peaceably can to prevent this grotesque and cruel destruction, Mr Brown said. There three carcasses on the ship; a fourth carcass has been cut up. There blood all over the place, meat being carted around on this factory ship deck, offa water bottle stanley l [and] innards being dumped in the ocean. That just a gruesome, bloody, medieval scene which has no place in this modern world. A statement from Mr Hunt office says the Federal Government is ready to start a monitoring mission but the whalers have not yet been in Australia ; |
