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...tragedy of the generations, reminiscent of the movie Joe, a Detroit railroad worker named Arville Garland one night last year found his runaway daughter Sandra, 17, lying nude with an 18-year-old hippie in a seedy apartment. Garland testified that he struck the boy with his revolver and the gun discharged, killing Sandra. He then went berserk and killed Sandra's companion and two boys who shared the pad (TIME...
After being convicted of manslaughter and second-degree murder, the father was sentenced to from ten to 40 years. Garland has obviously touched a sympathetic nerve among peers who have seen their children vanish into a world beyond parental comprehension. Since December, Garland has received hundreds of letters of support. Said one California father of a teen-age girl: "There must surely be many among us who have done in our hearts what you have done with your hands. To have those to whom we have opened our hearts and treasures say 'Your truth is not truth, your values...
...Escape. The charges are first-and second-degree murder. The defense does not question that Garland killed the four but contends that he went to Stonehead Manor with the intention of bringing his daughter home. When the gun accidentally discharged, Garland went berserk and shot the others. The plea is temporary insanity...
Horrible as it may be, Garland's crime is not without precedent, at least on the screen. Before the trial began, Judge Joseph A. Gillis saw the movie Joe, and was struck by the similarities. He strongly suggested that both prosecution and defense attorneys see the film, and during jury selection, he carefully questioned the jurors to exclude any who had seen...
...Garland's brown hair has turned mostly gray since last May, and his weight has dropped from 250 Ibs. to under 200. He has received electroshock therapy to relieve his despondency, but still he sits in court, head bowed, wiping his tears away with pink tissues. He is living at home during the trial, free on his own recognizance. No one fears that Arville Garland will try to escape...