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...Doug McCray, now 32, had been on a drinking binge and could not account for his whereabouts at the time of the crime when police arrested him for murder six weeks later. The FBI had matched his palm print with one found in Mears' apartment. Nearly ten years later, McCray says he still does not know whether he is guilty. He has passed two polygraph tests, which prosecutors would not permit in evidence at his trial. An eyewitness who placed McCray in the woman's neighborhood at the time of the slaying later recanted, saying police had coached...
Nevertheless, he now awaits his fate on death row in Florida State Prison at Raiford. McCray looks back in anger: "I feel victimized by the Florida Supreme Court, which waited 5½ years to rule on my case, which granted me a new trial and then abruptly took it away. [A 4-3 decision last March in McCray's favor was reversed six months later when one justice changed his vote without explanation.] I feel victimized by my clemency lawyer, who never even bothered to read the transcript of my trial. I feel victimized by a lawyer who took...
Outside observers, including New York Times Columnist Anthony Lewis, have rallied to McCray's defense. When a St. Petersburg attorney phoned him and volunteered to help, McCray remembers, "I started to cry. I can't stop crying in this place. It meant so much to me, after all the other things that happened, that this man cared...
...weeks ago, Harold McCray of Mayo, Fla., signed a five-year agreement with Quality Holstein for 70 dairy cows. The herd cost him an initial cash outlay of only $6,000 rather than the $100,000 purchase price. McCray now expects to make $4 per day on each cow and receives as a bonus any offspring born during the lease. He also expects to exercise an option that would permit him to buy the cows at a discount when the contract expires in 1985. As long as credit money to farmers remains tight, Quality Holstein Leasing is likely...
...Cardinals are not just a one-man team, however. Their balanced attack against L.S.U. included 16 points from Wiley Brown, 13 from Derek Smith and 12 from freshman center Rodney McCray, who seems to get better in every game...