Man Who Pulled Plug on Son Won't Face Murder Charges
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ibor leaders blast Bedell bill unable of wortnen'i compensation is •e Out bill sue as t weapon i i his quest K to 60 for control of the (tat* AFL- nit he is Thf workmen's com- pensation law has not been ov- in of the erhauled In New Jersey in 17 u« Labor, years, and its reform ii to* rotewoni. important to be impeded by any battle brewing In the AFL- Bedell laid d charged As a card-carrying mem the See Befell, page I Eageie Bedell The Daily Register VOL.102 NO. 30 SHREWSBURY, N.J. TUESDAY. JULY 31. 1979 ' 15CENTE Claim victim clinically dead Bundy prayi before tentenclng Man who pulled plug on son Bundy sentenced to electric chair won't face murder charges By WILLIAM J. ZAORSK1 young man Lehrer said that his decision in the case should not be in coed murders FREEHOLD — A Morris County man who pulled the plug New Jersey law takes the position that death is determined regarded as a precedent. of his 33-year-old son's respirator at Bayshore Community by (he absence ol a heartbeat However, when a patient is on I do not wish to give the public the impression that I , MIAMI (AP) - Twice deadlocked between lifeand death, a Hospital, Holmdel, last Jan. 26 will not be prosecuted for life-support equipment, the heartbeat can be kept going as long condone the actions of the father, nor will I fall to prosecute Jury has voted to send smiling former law student Theodore K murder. Monmouth County Prosecutor Alexander D. Lehrer as the equipment is operating In the landmark Quinlan de- such matters In the future when a prosecution Is legally Bundy to Florida's electric chair for strangling two sorority said yesterday. cision, the Supreme Court in 1976 said that brain waves could be supportable, said Lehrer. sisters. Now a judge must decide whether to take the jury's Hospital officials had already determined that Anthony used in the determination of death. The prosecutor said that Anthony Weiss had been admitted advice. ' Weiss was clinically dead at the time of the incident, and Lehrer also said that the'Supreme Court, in the Quinlan to Bayshore Community Hospital Jan 22 after having suffered Judge Edward D. Cowart said he would announce today Lehrer s investigation confirmed that finding. That was a decision, established legal procedures for ending the use of life- a stroke whether Bundy is to live in prison or die in Old Sparky." the crucial factor in the prosecutor's decision not to proceed with a support equipment He said that the elder Weiss had been made On Jan 22. State Trooper Robert Crow observed a vehicle oak chair in the state's death chamber case against Fred Weiss Jr.. 62. of Boonton. the father of the aware of those procedures, but that he pulled the plug anyway. in which Anthony Weiss was riding traveling at a slow rate of Bundy seemed unconcerned "See you next trial, ' he said speed about 9 45 a.m. in the northbound lane of the Garden with a grin on the way out yesterday after the jury recom- State Parkway near Telegraph Hill mended his execution The trooper got out of his car. ran alongside the Weiss The jurors were out for just under two hours. On the first Gas plan vehicle and reached inside to Urn off the ignition. The trooper ballot, six jurors voted for Bundy to live, said juror Mary then radioed for the Lincroft First Aid Squad which transported Russo. Six voted for death Another vote produced atiother 6-6 Weiss to the hospital. tie. vote seen During his stay at the hospital. Weiss' condition seriously "Each time we voted secretly,' she said The third time deteriorated and after consultation with the medical specialists we came up with a majority ' Jurors would not say what the at the hospital, it was determined that use of life-sustaining final vote was. __^ ' as close medical machinery was necessary, said the prosecutor. Under Florida's two-stage trial system in capital cases, a After the patient was placed on the life-support equipment, unanimous jury vote is required for a conviction But only a WASHINGTON (API - his condition continued to deteriorate to a point at which he was simple majority is needed for the jury's non-binding recom- Congressional leaders, hopeful determined to be "clinically dead" by the hospital medical mendation on a penalty. of putting a standby gas ra- staff, said Lehrer. Cowart gave no hint whether he would accept the jury tioning proposal on President * Medical authorities may only clinically diagnose death. recommendation. He has sentenced three people to death, once Carter's desk by tonight, are See Pulled plug, page I overriding a jury that recommended life in prison. working hard to reverse a Florida electrocuted convicted murderer John A. House vote they claim serious- Spenkelink on May 25. the first time in 12 years an inmate in an ly weakened the bill. American prison was executed unwillingly. However, today's sched- New Jersey expected Bundy seemed without emotion when the jury's recommen- uled floor vote on rationing dation was read As he had when he was convicted six days was expected to be close - far earlier, he remained serene, chewing idly on a mint and closer than Democratic lead- to be hit by slump scribbling notes on a yellow pad. ers were predicting a week Then he rose — but only to speak in calm tones He wanted ago. ' TRENTON (AP) - New The council also urged the to make sure his family could visit him in jail. Cowart said they The standby rationing bill Jersey won't escape unscathed state to accelerate Its efforts could. is the first piece of the presi- from a projected nationwide to promote foreign Investment Prosecutor Larry Simpson reminded jurors of Lisa Levy, dent s new energy plan to economic slump, but the blow in New Jersey, particularly 20. and Margaret Bowman. 21. who were battered, choked, and emerge for congressional floor won't be as bad as the re- now that the state's wage rate bitten in the Chi Omega sorority house in Tallahassee Three debate cession of 1974-75, the state's is below the national average. other young women were beaten the same morning around the House Speaker Thomas P. top economic advisers said Council Chairman Joseph Florida State University campus. O'Neill said he thought there yesterday. Seneca, a Rutgers University Bundy wouldn't let his lawyers introduce results of his last were enough votes to pass the The Governor's Economic economics professor, said psychiatric test, but public defender Margaret Good tried to measure in a form Carter can Policy Council said New Jer- New Jersey has enjoyed sever- depict a client with a troubled mind. accept - without a Re- sey will experience a "mild" al "very good" years of eco- • "The crimes were the product of delusion, disorder and publican-sponsored amend- recession over the next 12 nomic recovery, with more compulsion." she said ment adopted last Wednesday months, with the • unemploy- than 300,000 new Jobs created She argued that the victims had not suffered. "They were that limits the President's ment rate expected to rise to 8 since the depths of the 1974-75 sleeping." she said. They felt no pain ' flexibility percent from the current 6.8 recession. Later, she noted the defense has until Aug. 10 to file a "I think we can get the percent. The unemployment rate, motion for a new trial and said "We will file it before that votes to knock that out." "As goes the nation so goes meantime, has gone from a time." O'Neill said in an interview. New Jersey, but we expect recession high of 10.4 percent Bundy has other dates in court. Bui the speaker also said he's now that the recession will be to the current 6.8 percent, Sen- He is due for trial in September on a charge of murdering no longer so sure of his vote- very mild," council member eca said. 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, of Lake City. Fla.. on Feb. 9.1978 predicting prowess as a result William C. Freund, chief econ- With the projected econom- He is charged in Colorado with the 1975 slaying of Dearborn. (il last week s setback, which omist with the New York ic downturn, however, un- Mich., nurse Caryn Campbell He is still under a 15-year Utah he conceded caught him by Stock Exchange, told a news employment is expected to prison sentence for the 1974 kidnapping of 17 year-old Carol surprise conference. rise by 1.2 percent to 8 percent DaRonch. A number of members re- The three-member council by next year, well above the The FBI said in early 1978 that Bundy was sought for main reluctant to relinquish to said the impact of the re- anticipated 6 8 percent jobless questioning in three dozen murders of young women. He was the President the right to de- cession could be softened if the rate for the nation as a whole, not charged except for the Utah. Colorado and Florida cases cide how ration coupons state boosted spending for he said. should be distributed. O'Neill public building projects, ap- Seneca said an increase of 1 said. "There are certain propriated unspent bond issue percent in the state's un- In Red Bank members out there who are money and encouraged a employment rate places about opposed to what they see as speedup of new construction 30,000 people on the jobless yielding their power in Atlantic City.