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A hearing in the case of Israel Keyes, accused of kidnapping andmurdering Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig, strayed far fromroutine Wednesday as Keyes attempted to break for the door beforebeing subdued by a half dozen U.S. marshals and courtroom bailiffs.A taser was deployed. The hearing, a discussion about whether or not to declare the casecomplex and to set a timeline for trial, had been proceedingroutinely. Keyes sat mostly motionless as Assistant U.S.
AttorneyFrank Russo discussed the possibility of the government seekingthe death penalty. Keyes, 34, is charged with kidnapping resulting in the death of18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from a coffee standin Anchorage on Feb. 1. Charges against Keyes allege that hekidnapped Koenig before stealing a debit card and killing her.Keyes was arrested in Texas after allegedly withdrawing money usingthe debit card in Alaska and several Southwest states. Many guards Keyes is also charged with receiving and possessing ransom money aswell as access-device fraud -- a charge related to his alleged useof the debit card.
Keyes occasionally glanced around the courtroom on Wednesday, buthe had done that in previous hearings as well. Nearby, both infront of and behind the railing separating Keyes from the spectatorarea, stood four guards. Others were positioned elsewhere in thecourtroom. Russo explained to U.S.
District Court Judge Timothy Burgess whythe government was seeking a trial date within about 10 months; theprosecution had previously applied for a trial date of March 2013.Russo said that although there was a large amount of discoveryevidence in the case, 90 percent of it wasn t pertinent to the keyfacts. The evidence in the case would be easy to sort through when youcut the wheat from the chaff, Russo said. He added that the Victims Rights Act was in effect, which givesvictims -- or in the case of murder victims, their families -- theright to a speedy trial. Several of Koenig s family members werein the courtroom Wednesday, including her father James Koenig andmother Darlene Christiansen.
The family is in court today, Russo said, indicating toward thecourt observers, Mr. Koenig has expressed to me that he certainlywants closure. Asked by Burgess what the timeline would be for the trial if thegovernment decided to pursue the death penalty -- a possibility inthis case, since Keyes is charged in federal court and not Alaskastate court -- Russo said the government would have to file thatmotion 150 days before the trial, or about five months. The defense, on the other hand, is seeking a trial date about twoyears out, based on the possible pursuit of the death penalty bythe government.
Quickly taken down As Jacqueline Walsh, one of Keyes s three attorneys, began to makeher case for why the defense was seeking a trial date as much astwo years away, Keyes turned and lunged over the railing into thespectator area of the courtroom and past the four men positionedaround him. Seconds later, he was grabbed and taken down into thesecond row of seats. He never made a sound, even as he was forced down and continuedfighting. Those sitting in their seats stood up, with many immediately movingto the other side of the courtroom. One woman yelled, Kill him! while the guards wrestled Keyes to his back on the armrests ofchairs.
A taser was deployed and Keyes stopped struggling,surrounded. The whole incident was over quickly, perhaps due to the number ofguards in the courtroom, more than had been present at previoushearings. David Long, supervisory deputy with the U.S. Marshal's Service,said that Keyes had managed to break his leg irons, which hedescribed as being made up of steel chain. It wasn't clear howKeyes managed to get out of the irons without attracting theattention of the guards around him.
Long said that the number of marshals present "depends on thehearing or the situation," but wouldn't discuss specifics of whatmerits additional security. He also couldn't say what extrameasures might be taken at future hearings. Asked whether Keyeswould have to be handcuffed for later court appearances, Long saidthat it's up to the judge to decide, if the marshals request it. Overall, Long said that the amount of security Wednesday wasadequate. I am an expert from Agriculture, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as flavored coffee beans , old milk cans.
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