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...Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was introduced by Republican Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.), passed the Congress last summmer and was signed into law by President Clinton...
...people listening that night was Arba Earl Barr, 33, an inmate at the Avon Park Correctional Institution, the same prison in which McDougall was incarcerated. Barr was serving a 114-year sentence on assault and robbery charges. On Oct. 1, say police, Barr, McDougall and 200 other inmates were in the prison yard after dinner, when Barr took the steel post used in a game of horseshoes and beat McDougall to death with it. Prison officials say they had put McDougall under protective custody on the night of the Russ & Bo broadcast because inmates who had been listening told them...
...talk radio play a role in McDougall's death? The station says there was no mention of a bounty on the broadcast, but it will not release a tape. Whether or not a reward was offered, the show was highly charged and emotional, and it is certain that Barr was listening. His attorney, Rex Dimmig, said, "Barr advised me that he did in fact listen to at least portions of the radio show. It was on the radio in the dorm that he was in. There was conversation among the inmates about the radio show...
Russ and Bo are popular with prisoners around the region, and Barr may even have heard some calls they made to the show, speaking angrily about what should be done to McDougall. "We got calls from inmates that night," Rollins said. "They were describing what happens to child molesters in prison. They talked of a blanket party, where you throw a blanket over him and everybody beats the hell out of him. A certain prisoner said that should happen to [McDougall], and we were like, 'No, no, no. On to the next call...
...McDougall's death. "We're just people giving our opinions helping the public to be able to voice their opinion," he said. Even if the show was inflammatory, it's clear that some listeners approve. People continue to call and fax the station, Rollins said, offering reward money to Barr...