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Jury Selection Begins in Tenn. Park Trial

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 7:53:07 PM
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD

This is undated photo released by the Pigeon Forge, Tenn., police shows Rockin' Raceway amusement park manager Charles Stan Martin. Martin is to stand trial for second-degree murder and reckless homicide on Wednesday, May 11, 2005, in the 2004 death of a woman who fell from a park ride. (AP Photo/Pigeon Forge Police)SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A jury was selected Wednesday in the murder trial of a roadside amusement park manager charged after a woman plunged 60 feet to her death from a carnival ride in a Great Smoky Mountains tourist town.

If convicted, Charles Stan Martin could face 25 years in prison for second-degree murder, and another two to four years for reckless homicide.

June Carol Alexander, 51, was killed in March 2004 at Rockin' Raceway after she fell out of a ride shaped like a ship that rocked back and forth, going higher each time until it turned completely upside down.


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