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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 12, 1993                   TAG: 9301120076
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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COURT REJECTS DEATH ROW INMATE'S APPEAL

Virginia death row inmate Ronald Watkins, convicted of a 1988 murder in Danville, lost a Supreme Court appeal today.

The court, without comment, let stand rulings that Watkins received a fair trial.

His appeal alleged racial bias in the selection of jurors and misconduct by prosecutors and police.

Watkins was convicted of fatally stabbing William McCauley, the owner of a package-shipping company, on May 26, 1988. - Associated Press

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