"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hello Kathy,
Lyons is minister in a St. Petersburg church not far from us. It was
impossible not to follow all aspects of his case since the Tampa and St.
Petersburg papers covered it thoroughly. The man is an absolute scoundrel
and it is to the shame of his ministry that he was not removed from office.
Shooting him, however, is quite another matter!
Joan
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> From: Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: L&I Lesson learned: Some jokes aren't funny
> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 7:05 AM
>
> Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> A Pinellas County, Fla., jury has acquitted a man who was charged with
> plotting to murder the Rev. Henry Lyons, the embattled president of the
> National Baptist Convention USA.
>
> Fifty-two-year-old Dale Hutchins had been accused of offering an
> acquaintance $1,100 to kill the controversial Lyons, who last week was
> charged with racketeering and grand theft for his alleged mishandling of
> convention funds.
>
> Prosecutors said that on August 12, Hutchins walked into a St.
> Petersburg doughnut shop where both he and Arthur Siemers were regular
> customers, slapped a wad of cash down on a counter in front of Siemers
> and told him he could earn the money by killing Lyons.
>
> Siemers, a 59-year-old piano teacher, told police of the incident, and
> Hutchins was charged with solicitation to commit murder.
>
> But Hutchins told investigators he had merely been kidding with
> Siemers, who was the frequent butt of his jokes.
>
> Hutchins told St. Petersburg police detectives, ``Everybody had a
> little chuckle about it and it was over. He said his only intent was
> ''to upset Arthur.``
>
> Jurors apparently believed Hutchins did not intend to arrange Lyons'
> death. After the verdict was announced, juror Joseph Alexander told
> reporters, ``I think it was a bad, stupid joke.''
>
> Assistant Public Defender David Parry had told the jury that the
> prosecution pursued the case against Hutchins so as to appear even-
> handed in its dealings with Lyons -- a suggestion one prosecutor called
> ``spurious.''
>
> When Circuit Judge Douglas Baird told him he was free to leave,
> Hutchins, who had faced up to nine years in prison if convicted, turned
> to prosecutors and said, ``No hard feelings.''
> --
> Kathy E
> "I can only please one person a day, today is NOT your day, and tomorrow
> isn't looking too good for you either"
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