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Father claims insanity for shooting son

by David N. Goodman The Associated Press

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — A 15-year-old Michigan boy admitted having sex with a 3-year-old girl, so enraging his father that the man pulled a gun, marched the teen to an empty lot and shot him through the head, the father’s defense attorney said Tuesday.

The lawyer for Jamar Pinkney Sr., 37, said he will pursue an insanity defense as a judge in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park ruled that Pinkney should stand trial on firstdegree murder, assault and firearms charges in his son’s Nov. 16 death.

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O’Meara said Pinkney’s son’s confession would have driven anyone crazy.

“There is no rational response to the rape of a child,” O’Meara said after the hearing. “He was immediately remorseful and didn’t seek to hide.

He turned himself in to the police.”

Authorities haven’t said if they believe the teen raped the girl and police have said the matter is not part of their investigation. Wayne County prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Maria Miller declined to comment Tuesday on the nature of the sexual contact.

Pinkney’s confrontation with his son came a day after the 3-yearold underwent an examination at

Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Results of the exam haven’t been released, but the teen’s mother said they indicated her son “had molested” the girl. The Associated Press is not naming the girl or detailing her relationship to the teen to avoid identifying a victim of sexual assault.

Lazette Cherry testified Tuesday that her son told her about his contact with the girl in a conversation that stretched long into the night.

She said her son called his father about 3 a.m.

“Daddy, can you please forgive me in your heart, forgive what I did?” she quoted Jamar Pinkney Jr. as

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for creating of an Audience Association to oversee the orchestra budget, she said.

“The musicians, since the last time they voted on a contract for management, were able to successfully negotiate terms of accountability — also oversight, as well as transparency mechanisms — where progress reports will be released to the public,” she said.

Turner said the NMSO Player’s Association created the Audience Association through independent fundraising. She said the Audience Association raised enough funding to pay musicians to play in the New Mexico Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.”

“We’ve done concerts to help raise funds to start the Audience Association, and the Audience Association actually decided to donate funds to underwrite the orchestra for the ballet,” she said. “So, they’re actually

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contributing to New Mexico Ballet to ensure that we had a full orchestra.”

Turner said the musicians will also play a holiday concert on Dec. 12 as part of their Pops series. She said some NMSO musicians will perform with the ballet at Popejoy Hall this weekend.

“The musicians did, on their own, create a partnership with New Mexico Ballet,” Turner said. “The musicians haven’t received a paycheck in 15 weeks, so this work has really assisted the musicians.”

Thirteen members of the NMSO also teach in the UNM music department.

Terry Davis, a public relations specialist for Popejoy Hall, said the orchestra has six concerts listed as rescheduled, but no dates have been set.

Davis said the ratification of the NMSO contract is an important cultural event for UNM.

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E-Progress that have a minus symbol on the right side. This indicates classes that aren’t completed, she said. The classes students can take to fulfill those requirements are listed underneath in red.

Students who are confused by the E-progress report should attend one of the quick E-progress seminars UNM offers, Saavedra said. At least 10 students attend each seminar, she said.

Saavedra said E-Progress reports aren’t perfect and students should visit their advisers if they still have questions.

“It’s a tool to help us assist students, but it can’t be the only thing that students use because sometimes it’s wrong,” she said.

“Sometimes honors classes get listed where they’re not supposed to.”

Carmen Brown, vice president of Enrollment Management, said a new degree audit report, Lobo Trax, will replace the E-Progress report in March.

Brown said Lobo Trax is much more student friendly. It has graphs that show areas such as core and group, which must be completed before graduation, she said.

Lobo Trax is an enhanced Eprogress, Brown said in an e-mail.

“It is easier to read. It identifies for users their progress by utilizing graphic designs and it will allow students to identify courses they wish to take in future terms,” she said.

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Awardees of honorary degrees will have the same privilege as other graduates, Koch said, even though giving such lenience could backfire. “(There are) 2,342 people that are going to get a degree at

commencement. How many of them are going to show up?” he said.

There are three candidates for honorary degrees, and their names will be released pending official acceptance, Sanchez said.

“At this time we are not making it public until each of them accepts the honor,” he said. “They have to be available for the commencement in 2010.”

correction In Tuesday’s “Popejoy’s doorless stalls less than discreet,” the bathrooms in question are actually just north of Popejoy Hall, in the Center for the Arts.

Contrary to what was printed in Wednesday’s article, “Free-range, organic turkeys worth the cost,” co-president of Natural Grocers is Kemper Isely, not Isley.

The Daily Lobo is committed to providing you with factually accurate information, and we are eager to correct any error as soon as it is discovered. If you have any information regarding a mistake in the newspaper or online, please contact editorinchief@dailylobo.com.

“The Nutcracker” Saturday, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, 2:00 p.m.

“A Very Merry Pops” Dec. 12, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.

Popejoy Hall “It’s good to have the symphony back and working. They are a cultural icon,” he said. “They’ve been performing on the University campus for probably 40 years, almost since Popejoy began,” he said. “So there’s been a lot of history with the symphony here.

We’re very glad that they worked things out between the musicians and the organization to be able to perform some more.”

Turner said the musicians are glad to go back to work providing music to Albuquerque.

“Everybody is really hoping for a successful turnout for ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet,” she said. “They’re bringing in dancers from major dance companies. It’s quite a production.”

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