Chip Off the Old Block

When Gregory W. Kasey Jr., 20, of Maryland was accused of violating the terms of his probation, his 41-year-old father, also named Gregory W. Kasey Jr., took the rap and got a four-year prison term. It wasn’t that big a deal, really: the elder Kasey was already serving 20 years for assault with intent to murder. When the judge discovered the mixup, he had the younger Kasey brought in and taken to jail. Asked what he thought of his father’s action, he said “It showed me he still cares.” Meanwhile, Gary Graham, 38, is awaiting execution after being convicted of murder during a 1981 robbery in Houston, Texas. His son, Gary Hawkins, 21, has just been charged with capital murder after a robbery-shooting in Houston. If Hawkins receives the death penalty, the two will become the only father-son pair on death row in Texas. “Obviously Gary Graham’s been gone for a whole lot of time and hasn’t had an influence” during the son’s upbringing, a Houston police spokesman said. (AP) ...No, it looks like he had a huge influence indeed.