Correspondent to give Hall lecture series talk

A correspondent for Atlantic Monthly and author of âÂÂWarrior Politicsâ will present a talk titled âÂÂThe Roots of Future Conflictâ at Kansas University.

Robert Kaplan will speak at 8 p.m. today at the Kansas Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. He is the second speaker in KUâÂÂs Humanities Lecture Series, sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities.

Kaplan also will lead two colloquia in the Summerfield Room at Adams Alumni Center. âÂÂAfghanistan,â will be at 2 p.m. today. âÂÂThe Middle Eastâ will be at 10 a.m. Friday.

Crime

Suspect in slaying set for additional testing

Leavenworth Ãi¿½” A Missouri man accused of stabbing his 11-year-old disabled son and leaving him to die on the Kansas Turnpike will undergo a second round of psychiatric tests to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.

Leavenworth County District Judge Frederick Stewart approved additional testing for Raymond Boothe during a brief hearing Wednesday.

BootheâÂÂs attorney, Gary Fuller, sought an independent evaluation last week after Larned State Hospital declared Boothe competent.

Boothe, 34, is charged with first-degree murder.

Fuller said the evaluation was expected to be completed for a Dec. 20 hearing, during which Stewart is expected to rule on BootheâÂÂs competency.

Courts

Supreme Court justice sitting on county jury

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Fred N. Six has ruled on many cases, but this week he will decide the outcome of a case from a different courtroom seat and in collaboration with 11 other people.

Six, a Lawrence resident, was picked Thursday to sit on a Douglas County jury in a criminal drug trial. During the jury selection process before Judge Jack Murphy, neither Assistant Dist. Atty. Dan Dunbar nor defense attorney Martin Miller scratched the justice from their list of potential jurors.

Miller is representing Jacob Waldrup, who was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of PCP.

Six wonâÂÂt be able to publicly comment on the case until after the trial is over. Six will be retiring from the Supreme Court on Jan. 13.