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Petition Says Jury Never Learned of Abuse
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Attorneys for death row inmate Vernon Lee Evans Jr. petitioned Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) for clemency yesterday, arguing that a jury did not hear compelling evidence that Evans was not the man who pulled the trigger in the killings of two motel clerks in 1983.
Evans, 57, is scheduled to be executed during the week of Feb. 6 for the contract killings of Scott Piechowicz and his sister-in-law, Susan Kennedy in Pikesville. Evans insists in his petition that he was not the gunman. In the 51-page petition, Evans's attorneys argued that the sentencing jury did not hear that Evans experienced severe physical and emotional abuse as a child.
Search Is On for Montgomery Llama
Montgomery County police were searching yesterday for Zodiac, a 7-year-old male llama that ran away from a Darnestown farm.
Police received calls Sunday night and yesterday morning about three llamas from the farm spotted near Route 28 and Quince Orchard Road. Two of them, Pokie and Riley, have since been recovered.
Police said they were concerned that the missing llama, which is four feet tall with a charcoal-gray coat and white feet, could be struck by a motorist. Llama sightings can be reported to the police non-emergency line, 301-279-8000.
Pr. George's Schools Audit Is Finished Late
Nearly four months late, Prince George's County Public Schools yesterday received a completed independent audit of the school system's financial statements for the fiscal year that ended in June.
School board member Robert O. Duncan (Laurel), who heads the board's committee on finance, audit and budget, said auditor BDO Seidman had certified the school system's fiscal 2005 books.
The audit, which was due Sept. 30, will be forwarded to state education officials. That will help Maryland's second-largest school system avoid state-imposed financial penalties. The previous year's audit was more than nine months late.
VIRGINIA
Voters Choose New State Senator Today
Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today in most of Loudoun County and part of western Fairfax County for voters to choose a state senator for the 33rd District.
Loudoun Supervisor Mick Staton Jr. (R-Sugarland Run) faces lawyer and former supervisor Mark R. Herring (D) in the contest to replace former Sen. William C. Mims (R), who left the Senate to become the chief deputy state attorney general.
