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Andrew Goldstein, the paranoid schizophrenic who mercilessly tossed Kendra Webdale to a terrifying death under a subway train, got no mercy yesterday when he was sentenced to 25 years to life in jail. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman conceded that Goldstein, 30, was mentally ill, but she gave him the maximum sentence because he was too "dangerous" to be free. In asking for the maximum, prosecutor William Greenbaum said it was "a slur on the mentally ill" for Goldstein to have become "a poster boy for mental illness." "The problem with poster children is they look pretty good in the poster because they're simplified," the judge agreed. "Just because he's mentally ill does not mean he's a nice person." At his first and second trials, defense lawyers argued that Webdale died because the state's mental health system failed Goldstein, who had been hospitalized numerous times in a 10-year battle with schizophrenia. The defense said Goldstein had stopped taking his medication and did not realize what he was doing when he threw the 32-year-old Webdale under a northbound N train in January 1999. His first trial ended in a hung jury. Defense attorney Kevin Canfield said Goldstein will appeal the conviction. The second jury convicted him in March "out of fear," Canfield said, because they wanted to "keep Andrew Goldstein off the streets." In a cold, flat voice, Goldstein spoke for the first time yesterday about his case. He told the judge, "If you kill somebody, you should be punished. . . . Jail or mental hospital, it's all the same." "I apologize to the parents," he added. "If I'd taken my medications that morning, this never would have happened." Webdale's weeping family rejected that argument. Her older sister, Kim, said later that Goldstein's apology was "extremely insincere" in a "very purposeful" bid for leniency. In their statements to the court, Webdale's sisters and mother spoke of the pain of losing a loved one. Krista Webdale, the victim's youngest sister, said Kendra was "the protector" who could say, " 'I'm so proud of you,' 'I understand,' 'You're too funny!' 'I love you,' all with a tilt of her head and flash of her gentle, honest eyes." Webdale's mother, Patricia, said she was "angry that her time was cut short" and that she mourns "the cruel and inhuman way she left this world." "If Andrew Goldstein had been held responsible many incidents ago, there would not have been 13 assaults and one homicide committed by him. His ongoing aggression was tolerated and deemed acceptable," Patricia Webdale said.
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ST. LOUIS - Gore supporters cheered the return of Fightin' Al last night, while George W. Bush's partisans said the veep's combativeness would sink him. "I didn't find it very appealing," said Michigan's Republican Gov. John Engler. "I think the voters will find it off-putting. I'm surprised at this strategy." The vice president's supporters said the veep finally got the tone right, slicing surgically on the issues and revealing the Texas governor's inability to answer direct questions. "This was a different type of aggression," Democratic National Committee Chairman Ed Rendell said. "He was tough, and he did a great job of drawing the contrasts between their positions. All Bush could offer up was the same platitudes about how Washington is too big." Gore, who had been almost universally expected to wipe the floor with Bush in the presidential debates, has run into trouble finding the right tone. His ironic sighing and hectoring delivery in the first debate was panned by voters, who found Bush more appealing. In the second debate, Gore tried to be likable, acting chummy, pulling his punches and taking pains to constantly agree with Bush. The passive approach proved no better, with comedians joking he looked medicated and Bush getting another bump in the polls. Last night, Gore clearly gambled on a return to the feisty style that earned him his rep as a ferocious debate opponent. He gave uping to win a popularity contest and went back toing to win on policy. The vice president took the fight straight to his opponent, gesturing to Bush as he told the audience that if they wanted a President in the pocket of insurance companies or a return to 1980s trickle-down economics, "then here is your man." But the hotter Gore got, the more soft-spoken and folksy Bush became. "We've had enough fighting," Bush inserted into an answer about the size of tax cuts. "It's time to unite." Gore ignored that, repeating his campaign mantra that he wants to fight for the middle class. The format - both men perched on stools taking questions from the audience - had been expected to make the debate more civil. But the candidates stood in the arena like gladiators, stalking about with microphones in their lapels. Gore's challenges weren't just verbal but also physical. He often cut Bush out of the conversation by turning his back to his foe and stepping between the governor and the questioner. The veep leveled several in-your-face challenges at Bush, asking direct questions in violation of the debate ground rules. The gambit - while risking a viewer backlash for its stridency - put Bush on the defensive. Bush appealed again and again to moderator Jim Lehrer. After a while, he got testy. "There are certain rules in this that we all agreed to, but evidently rules don't mean anything," he complained toward the end of the debate.
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When a replica of the Amistad is launched at Mystic Seaport, Conn., tomorrow, an African-American skipper will be at the helm of a vessel once known for its human horror. Capt. William Pinkney hopes the re-creation of the 129-foot, 19th-century schooner, which will double as a floating museum, provides a valuable history lesson. "A lot of people don't understand the importance of the Amistad," said Pinkney, a maritime expert who has sailed the world alone and recently navigated teachers to West Africa to study the slave trade. "It was the first time blacks and whites joined together to fight injustice and won," he said. In 1839, the Amistad began a historic passage when, off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans rebelled. They steered the ship up the Atlantic coastline ending up in Montauk. The African men, women and children were imprisoned but eventually won their freedom. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled they had been illegally enslaved. "The Africans on the ship were in the cargo hold," Pinkney said. "They were chained and taken against their will. The Amistad story is horrific, but it is a story that needs to be told." For the past two years, paid craftsmen and volunteers have labored around the clock to build the $3.1 million re-creation using traditional skills and materials. Though it took only two years to build the wooden ship, bringing the project to life took more than two decades. After tomorrow's launch, it still will take some time to sail. The new Amistad makes its first voyage in July after it passes a Coast Guard inspection. Pinkney will navigate the ship from Mystic to New York Harbor, where it will participate in Operation Sail 2000, July 3-9, with vessels from 60 nations. For Pinkney, 64, the replica is an opportunity to tell the "real story of the Amistad," not the story director Steven Spielberg adapted for the silver screen. For instance, Pinkney insists "the Amistad was not a slave ship; it was a cargo ship." He said the 53 Africans were not slaves; they were kidnapped and held captive. "Those people were illegally taken from Africa by Spanish slave traders who wereing to smuggle them into Cuba." The new Amistad has some modern features, including two 140-horsepower engines, exhibition space, classrooms, bunks and a galley accommodating 49 passengers and a crew of eight, said Dana Hewson, vice president of Watercraft Preservation, which helped build the replica. Hewson said the project has brought history to life for him. "We learned the names and faces of people who revolted against slavery," he said. "This project helped bring slavery and injustice down to a human level. This is part of American history, and we need to keep it in the consciousness of all Americans."
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