Monday, March 5, 2012

JUDGE RULES DU PONT CAN STAND TRIAL.(MAIN)

Byline: New York Times

MEDIA, Pa. -- John E. du Pont on Monday was found competent to stand trial for murder in the shooting death of the Olympic wrestling champion Dave Schultz.

A court date was set for Jan. 21, nearly a year after Schultz was killed on the sprawling du Pont property in the Philadelphia suburb of Newtown Square, where the wrestler lived with his family while he was training for the Atlanta Olympics. Du Pont holed up inside his house for two days after the Jan. 26 shooting before the police captured him.

Judge Patricia H. Jenkins of Delaware County Common Pleas Court ruled Monday that there were ``major improvements'' in du Pont's …

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