Barry murder trial underway ■ Two witnesses were coerced into giving corroborating statements, the defense says. BY JOSH FUNK Witness-credibility ques tions will plague the prosecu tion in the first-degree murder trial of Larry Barry, which began with opening arguments Tuesday. Critical details of the prose cution’s case will depend on the testimony of inmate inform ants, transients and an alco holic, who was recovering from a drinking binge at the time of the murder and police interro gation, defense attorney Jeff Pickens said. Barry, 40, is charged with first-degree murder and the use of a weapon to commit a felony for the March 1999 murder of James Allen, 38. Allen was found face down in his apartment, 1635 F St. #2, with two knives stuck in his back. Two other people charged as accessories in the crirtie, Larry Welch, 46, and Jennifer Irwin, 21, are slated for trial later in November. Both are expected to testily during Barry’s trial. When she was arrested, Irwin was using the name Irwin Barry and telling people that she was married to Barry, but spe cial prosecutor Sean Brennan said that was not true. “They told everyone they were married, but they weren’t really married,’’ Brennan said. “They were living together in (Barry’s) van at this time.” The three charged in con nection with Allen's stabbing were transients at the time of the crime. Brennan, who was appoint ed prosecutor because the county attorney’s office had a conflict of interest, told the jury there would be only two types of witnesses in this case: police and .people involved in the events surrounding Allen’s mur ier. On the day of Allen’s murder, Earn $30 Today! Donate your blood plasma to help save kids’ lives Earn $30 Cash — (for approx. 2 hours or your time). Can or stop by. Nabi Biomedical Center, 300 S. 17* Street, Lincoln 402-474-2335 Faaat donation *ma may vanr CaltordalaBa. www.nabi.com Barry, Welch and Irwin, along with three other people, had been at Allen's apartment drink ing, Brennan said. Police said Barry went back to Allen’s apartment that night to steal $500, and a fight erupted that escalated to the stabbing. Brennan said Barry smashed a guitar, broomstick and vacu um cleaner over Allen’s head in the attack. Pickens, a Commission on Public Advocacy lawyer appointed to defend Barry, countered that the prosecution found no evidence in Allen’s apartment or Barry’s van to link the defendant to the crime. Pickens also criticized Lincoln police interrogations of Irwin and Welch, and suggested that they were coerced into incriminating Barry with threats of prosecution. Pickens also tried to cast doubt on Welch’s statements by arguing that Welch is an alco holic and may have been hallu cinating from alcohol with drawal when he gave his state ment. 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Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Hiesday call ing for special measures to protect women and girls from rape and sexual abuse in war and for a greater role for women in making peace. While the council has passed resolutions on civilians and chil dren in armed conflict, it has never focused exclusively on the impact of war on women and girls - and the need to include women in solving conflicts and rebuilding shattered nations "The Security Council has taken an important step to reaf firm women’s vital role in all levels of peacekeeping, to ensure that gender perspectives are taken fully into account in all peace efforts, and to protect women and girls in conflict,” said Assistant Secretary-General Angela King. The resolution, sponsored by Namibia, was redrafted after last week’s first-ever Security Council meeting on “Women, Peace and Security” at which representatives from about 40 nations spoke. 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