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...Commonwealth of Virginia did. It decided on Joseph Patrick Payne, a soft-spoken, 40-year-old eighth-grade dropout who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Nov. 7. Yet Payne, while hardly a model citizen, may be innocent of this murder: his attorney has a stack of affidavits maintaining that the crime was committed by the man who became the state's star witness against Payne, as well as a signed document in which that witness confesses to framing him. Why, then, is Joe Payne still facing execution? "That's got me baffled," he admits...
BORN: Dec. 31, 1937, Barrier EDUCATION: U of Kentucky, B.A., 1962, LL.B., 1964 FAMILY: Widowed; three children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: National Guard, 1957-64 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Pulaski and Rockcastle counties commonwealth attorney, 1969-79; U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1214, East Mount Vernon Street, Somerset 42502. Washington...
...Bethlehem EDUCATION: Lehigh U, B.A., 1972; Georgetown U, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Katherine Pecka; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Marines, 1972-74; Marine Corps Reserve, 1974- OCCUPATION: Lawyer; adjunct professor POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1980; Pennsylvania House, 1983-91; sought Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, 1989; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1905, Bethlehem...
BORN: June 9, 1927, Baltimore, Md. EDUCATION: Virginia Commonwealth U, B.S., 1949 FAMILY: Wife, Rhoda; four children RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: Navy, 1945-46 OCCUPATION: Beverage distributor POLITICAL CAREER: Virginia House, 1974-82; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: 4012 Raintree Road, Suite 120A, Chesapeake...
...thrilled for her, and I'm very sorry to see her leave the University, but it's a great opportunity for her and a great addition to the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," said Allan A. Ryan, Jr., who has been a University attorney since...