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MONROEVILLE, Ala. — A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.
The girl told reporters last week that she and her 14-year-old classmate had planned to have sex with the suspects who have been charged with rape. The girl under investigation is dating one of the three suspects who are 16, 17 and 20 years old. "The victim told police that the attack did begin as consensual contact," Monroe County District Attorney Tommy Chapman told the Press-Register of Mobile for a Monday story. "But when all three suspects began to join in, she told them no repeatedly, but they did not stop." Authorities said the girl required surgery after the Nov. 16 attack and was in intensive care for three days. "I am exceedingly angry, and you can quote me on that," Chapman said. Calls to Chapman's office by The Associated Press Monday were not immediately returned. Police took the girl who may be charged into custody on Chapman's orders Friday and she was later released. Investigators said the fellow ninth-graders left Monroe County High School with Steven Scott, 20, DeShon Riley, 16, and Justin Williams, 17, before the start of classes the day of the attack. Investigators said that the three took turns assaulting one of the girls at a home. The other girl claimed that they attempted to rape her, but that no intercourse occurred. A medical examination indicated that the girl had sex. The men then took the classmates back to school where the injured girl sat in bloody clothes for hours until school officials called police, investigators said.
Monroeville Police Chief Rudolph Munnerlyn said that interviews with the girls were continuing in what he called a "shocking crime" in the town about halfway between Mobile and Montgomery. Calls by AP to police were not returned. The three suspects were jailed last week and charged with felony rape. Bail was set at $500,000. A jail employee would not say if they were still jailed Monday and it was unknown if any had lawyers
I have no idea what these boys could have been thinking! NO means just that NO! How could anyone controlling hormones feel it's ok to hurt a young girl even if the intentions were let's all join in? Oh my god they should be castrated and burned at the stake for this one. I can't even phathom that they felt it's ok to do this to one human being. My heart goes out to her and her family in this time of grief. I know what its like to watch one suffer ler alone be one that has suffered in more ways than one. Those boys and the girl should pay for what had been done. I know girls now adays at that age are vicious and to hurt someone like that to get a boyfriend free and clear makes my heart sink and stomach ache. What if it had been her in that siuation?
I know as a single mom raising a girl myself and having two future step-daughters at one time this is inevitabley the most haneous and belligerent of all crimes and they need to pay for the crime. I would have a rifle behind my door for show and means of scaring the boys my daughter may date in the future, see I am not afraid to use it I am a ex-mp! But to sit and worry over every little boy right now shes only 10 years old would be insane but boys watch out when she is of age to date! Momma's got a gun!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Ohio Coroner's Office: 6 Bodies Found at Sex Offender's Home Are Homicide Victims - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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Six badly decomposed bodies found at the home of a sex offender facing a new rape allegation were females and all were homicide victims, the coroner's office said Sunday. Powell Caesar, a spokesman for Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller, said at least four of the victims apparently had been strangled. Decomposition made it difficult to determine how two victims died, he said. None of the victims has been identified, Caesar said. Two victims were black, but race hadn't yet been determined in the other four bodies, he said.
Women claiming to have been attacked by Ohio sex offender Anthony Sowell came forward to share their horrifying experiences, Fox 8 Cleveland reported. Two women told Fox 8 Cleveland that they believe Sowell, 50, would have killed them and said they feel lucky to be alive. "He was gonna kill me," one alleged victim said. "I have scars on my neck and nerve damage. I couldn't leave the house for months. I was afraid to go to the store. I could not sleep." The alleged victim told local reporters that when she turned down an offer from Sowell to drink beer with him, he "punched her in the face and dragged her to his house," according to Fox 8 Cleveland.
She managed to escape from his house and flag down police, Fox 8 Cleveland reported. Sowell was arrested for rape, kidnapping and robbery — but the case never made it to court. Anthony Sowell, 50, of Cleveland, was arrested Saturday when officers spotted him walking down the street of his eastside neighborhood. Police found the first two bodies Thursday night when they went to Sowell's home to arrest him on a new rape charge. Police said Sowell spent 15 years in prison for a rape in 1989. On Friday, police found a third body and remains that were confirmed on Saturday to be three additional bodies. People who knew Sowell said he often walked around his neighborhood looking for scrap metal to sell and asking for money. Police urged the public for help Sunday in identifying missing people who may have been victims.
I know this is along the same basis as my other blog, but this man isn't a man hes an animal and hes a wussy. He picks and hits and abuses women, that isn't a man to me. He can't say racist or its a pride thing as he has no pride for himself, no respect for himself and or any women and god forbid he has any kids he doesnt deserve having any to be honest with you all.
This rat is part of the world and we let thim out of prison to do the same thing all over again he cant heal as he is jail there is no rehabilitation just gays and insecurities it might build in this man later to take it out on women, they subject themselves to violence therefore taking it out on women is ok for him and the other forms of scum in this world.
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Six badly decomposed bodies found at the home of a sex offender facing a new rape allegation were females and all were homicide victims, the coroner's office said Sunday. Powell Caesar, a spokesman for Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller, said at least four of the victims apparently had been strangled. Decomposition made it difficult to determine how two victims died, he said. None of the victims has been identified, Caesar said. Two victims were black, but race hadn't yet been determined in the other four bodies, he said.
Women claiming to have been attacked by Ohio sex offender Anthony Sowell came forward to share their horrifying experiences, Fox 8 Cleveland reported. Two women told Fox 8 Cleveland that they believe Sowell, 50, would have killed them and said they feel lucky to be alive. "He was gonna kill me," one alleged victim said. "I have scars on my neck and nerve damage. I couldn't leave the house for months. I was afraid to go to the store. I could not sleep." The alleged victim told local reporters that when she turned down an offer from Sowell to drink beer with him, he "punched her in the face and dragged her to his house," according to Fox 8 Cleveland.
She managed to escape from his house and flag down police, Fox 8 Cleveland reported. Sowell was arrested for rape, kidnapping and robbery — but the case never made it to court. Anthony Sowell, 50, of Cleveland, was arrested Saturday when officers spotted him walking down the street of his eastside neighborhood. Police found the first two bodies Thursday night when they went to Sowell's home to arrest him on a new rape charge. Police said Sowell spent 15 years in prison for a rape in 1989. On Friday, police found a third body and remains that were confirmed on Saturday to be three additional bodies. People who knew Sowell said he often walked around his neighborhood looking for scrap metal to sell and asking for money. Police urged the public for help Sunday in identifying missing people who may have been victims.
I know this is along the same basis as my other blog, but this man isn't a man hes an animal and hes a wussy. He picks and hits and abuses women, that isn't a man to me. He can't say racist or its a pride thing as he has no pride for himself, no respect for himself and or any women and god forbid he has any kids he doesnt deserve having any to be honest with you all.
This rat is part of the world and we let thim out of prison to do the same thing all over again he cant heal as he is jail there is no rehabilitation just gays and insecurities it might build in this man later to take it out on women, they subject themselves to violence therefore taking it out on women is ok for him and the other forms of scum in this world.
Illinois Man's High School Ring Found Buried in Cave 44 Years After It Disappeared
Illinois Man's High School Ring Found Buried in Cave 44 Years After It Disappeared
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — In 1965, Clarence "Corky" Iversen Jr. gave his girlfriend his class ring. About 44 years later, it was found buried in a cave in a Skippy peanut butter jar about 115 miles away. He's still trying to figure out how it got there. "Bonnie was in gym class one day and she said the ring was becoming a problem. I think they were playing volleyball," said Iversen, 65. "She set it behind a pole in the gym so she wouldn't lose it, ruin it, or cut her finger." When she went back, the ring was gone. Iversen said he was upset at the time — the ring cost about $27 back then. Bonnie had had the ring for about a week. Today, Iversen figures the ring must have been buried for at least a year by the time he and Bonnie were married in the late 1960s. A note in pig Latin found with the ring says it was buried in 1965, but the rest is unintelligible aside from the initials "T.M.B." Iversen was reunited with his ring with the help of the social-networking site Facebook, which he said a friend badgered him to join.
A man in Savanna, Ill., had bought a metal detector to help find metal stakes marking property lines, but began exploring nearby caves with his brother. Their first find during that dig was a bunch of old steel beer cans, but they dug further and found the peanut butter jar wrapped in electrical tape. When they broke it open, they found the jar full of stuff, including Roy Orbison-style glasses, a magnifying glass, a partial deck of playing cards, and a lanyard with a horn or tooth hanging from it. There also was a picture of a man standing in front of a swing set wearing a waist-length black jacket and jeans. The Iversens are trying to identify him, thinking it might reveal how the jar made its journey. "We were trying to speculate, maybe someone was jealous of Bonnie because you know how girls are in school," Iversen said. "We just don't know. I asked her if a guy could have come in and picked up the ring, but it was an all-girls gym class and if a guy would have walked in, they would have noticed."
Iversen traveled out to Savanna to pick up the ring. The man who found it had it appraised, and it was worth $75. It's too small for Iversen to wear now, but that doesn't bother him. "I'm thinking about putting it in a glass-covered shadow box or something," he said. "The story, at this point, is more interesting than the ring."
This is like how and when and what shaking my head??? This story absolutely shook me to the core and made me wonder how and wow God works in mysterious ways and sometimes kind of corney! To fidn a lost treasure is a wonder after 44 years to me. I sit and ponder what I want to make for dinner as an important decision and we forget about something for so long and then it pops up, completely amazing!
I would love to hear and see what it looked like and how he reacted when he heard they found the ring!
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — In 1965, Clarence "Corky" Iversen Jr. gave his girlfriend his class ring. About 44 years later, it was found buried in a cave in a Skippy peanut butter jar about 115 miles away. He's still trying to figure out how it got there. "Bonnie was in gym class one day and she said the ring was becoming a problem. I think they were playing volleyball," said Iversen, 65. "She set it behind a pole in the gym so she wouldn't lose it, ruin it, or cut her finger." When she went back, the ring was gone. Iversen said he was upset at the time — the ring cost about $27 back then. Bonnie had had the ring for about a week. Today, Iversen figures the ring must have been buried for at least a year by the time he and Bonnie were married in the late 1960s. A note in pig Latin found with the ring says it was buried in 1965, but the rest is unintelligible aside from the initials "T.M.B." Iversen was reunited with his ring with the help of the social-networking site Facebook, which he said a friend badgered him to join.
A man in Savanna, Ill., had bought a metal detector to help find metal stakes marking property lines, but began exploring nearby caves with his brother. Their first find during that dig was a bunch of old steel beer cans, but they dug further and found the peanut butter jar wrapped in electrical tape. When they broke it open, they found the jar full of stuff, including Roy Orbison-style glasses, a magnifying glass, a partial deck of playing cards, and a lanyard with a horn or tooth hanging from it. There also was a picture of a man standing in front of a swing set wearing a waist-length black jacket and jeans. The Iversens are trying to identify him, thinking it might reveal how the jar made its journey. "We were trying to speculate, maybe someone was jealous of Bonnie because you know how girls are in school," Iversen said. "We just don't know. I asked her if a guy could have come in and picked up the ring, but it was an all-girls gym class and if a guy would have walked in, they would have noticed."
Iversen traveled out to Savanna to pick up the ring. The man who found it had it appraised, and it was worth $75. It's too small for Iversen to wear now, but that doesn't bother him. "I'm thinking about putting it in a glass-covered shadow box or something," he said. "The story, at this point, is more interesting than the ring."
This is like how and when and what shaking my head??? This story absolutely shook me to the core and made me wonder how and wow God works in mysterious ways and sometimes kind of corney! To fidn a lost treasure is a wonder after 44 years to me. I sit and ponder what I want to make for dinner as an important decision and we forget about something for so long and then it pops up, completely amazing!
I would love to hear and see what it looked like and how he reacted when he heard they found the ring!
Police Search Home Near Sowell's as Victims' Families Hold Funerals - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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CLEVELAND — Cleveland police focused their search for evidence on a house just four doors down from suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's home on Saturday, after a 9-year-old girl told authorities she found something in the backyard, Fox8.com reported. Cleveland Police and FBI agents removed possible evidence from the abandoned house and the vacant field next to the home, Fox8.com reported. The area was taped off as investigators conducted their search on Imperial Avenue. Cleveland police did not confirm if anything significant was found, but they did remove items to be analyzed, Fox8.com reported.
As the search for remaining victims continues, families of those women already identified as victims are mourning. Families and friends of Michelle Mason and Nancy Cobbs both held funeral services on Saturday.
Meanwhile FBI and police agents have been using thermal imaging cameras — which work by identifying heat — to search for additional evidence on convicted sex offender and accused serial killer Anthony Sowell. Sowell, 50, was arraigned in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Friday.
Detectives have examined blueprints of Sowell's home, identifying some areas of the home where bodies could potentially have been hidden. Authorities hope to use the thermal imaging to look at those areas, Fox8.com reported. "Anything that's decomposing whether it's tree trunks would give off some heat so certainly a body would give off heat if it's decomposing, and it would show different colors and if they find something they should dig up they'll mark it and do further searches," FBI Spokesman Scott Wilson told Fox8.com. Sowell is charged with attempted murder, and two counts each of Rape, Kidnapping and Felonious Assault. Sowell allegedly attacked a woman, referred to as Jane Doe, at his Imperial Avenue home on September 22, 2009. When police responded to Sowell's home on October 29, 2009, they found the decaying bodies of 11 women.
All I can say to this story is wow! How can someone get away with 11 dead women and they not think he is at it again? I don't really think there is such a thing as rehabilitation for sex offenders its a violent crime and there are to many hormones involved, but that's just my opinion. I know that he should have been at the top of the list way before now I know they are all on a list or suppose to be and if not they all need to castrated. So be it they asked for it the first time they harmed the very first woman.
Hearing of violent crimes to women, them killing them, torturing them and harming them in every imagineable way is so inhumane that they should not have the right to walk this beautiful green earth we live in no matter how war-torn and twisted it may be. Life is to short and it seems that almost every woman I have ever encountered in my 38 years of existence has been raped in one way or another and its common-place and its so depressing how do we protect our kids if we can't protect ourselves?
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CLEVELAND — Cleveland police focused their search for evidence on a house just four doors down from suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's home on Saturday, after a 9-year-old girl told authorities she found something in the backyard, Fox8.com reported. Cleveland Police and FBI agents removed possible evidence from the abandoned house and the vacant field next to the home, Fox8.com reported. The area was taped off as investigators conducted their search on Imperial Avenue. Cleveland police did not confirm if anything significant was found, but they did remove items to be analyzed, Fox8.com reported.
As the search for remaining victims continues, families of those women already identified as victims are mourning. Families and friends of Michelle Mason and Nancy Cobbs both held funeral services on Saturday.
Meanwhile FBI and police agents have been using thermal imaging cameras — which work by identifying heat — to search for additional evidence on convicted sex offender and accused serial killer Anthony Sowell. Sowell, 50, was arraigned in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Friday.
Detectives have examined blueprints of Sowell's home, identifying some areas of the home where bodies could potentially have been hidden. Authorities hope to use the thermal imaging to look at those areas, Fox8.com reported. "Anything that's decomposing whether it's tree trunks would give off some heat so certainly a body would give off heat if it's decomposing, and it would show different colors and if they find something they should dig up they'll mark it and do further searches," FBI Spokesman Scott Wilson told Fox8.com. Sowell is charged with attempted murder, and two counts each of Rape, Kidnapping and Felonious Assault. Sowell allegedly attacked a woman, referred to as Jane Doe, at his Imperial Avenue home on September 22, 2009. When police responded to Sowell's home on October 29, 2009, they found the decaying bodies of 11 women.
All I can say to this story is wow! How can someone get away with 11 dead women and they not think he is at it again? I don't really think there is such a thing as rehabilitation for sex offenders its a violent crime and there are to many hormones involved, but that's just my opinion. I know that he should have been at the top of the list way before now I know they are all on a list or suppose to be and if not they all need to castrated. So be it they asked for it the first time they harmed the very first woman.
Hearing of violent crimes to women, them killing them, torturing them and harming them in every imagineable way is so inhumane that they should not have the right to walk this beautiful green earth we live in no matter how war-torn and twisted it may be. Life is to short and it seems that almost every woman I have ever encountered in my 38 years of existence has been raped in one way or another and its common-place and its so depressing how do we protect our kids if we can't protect ourselves?
Friday, November 13, 2009
Female Police Officer Credited With Stopping Fort Hood Massacre, Hailed a Hero - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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A female civilian police officer is being hailed as a hero in the aftermath of a gunman's rampage at Fort Hood — an outbreak of violence that the officer is credited with ending by shooting the alleged gunman four times despite being shot herself. The attack killed 13 people and wounded 38 others at the Texas military post, but the carnage ended there, thanks to the quick response of Fort Hood Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley.
Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reports of gunfire on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday. Authorities say Munley, 34, exchanged fire with the gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who remains comatose in a Texas hospital. Munley is in stable condition, officials said. "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer," Cone said.
Munley's Twitter page has been deluged by well-wishers since the tragic shooting. "You are a true heroine and we are deeply grateful for your courage," one posting read. "Best Wishes for a full and quick recovery."
Another posting read, "Stand tall girl! I'm here to tell you your sisters in policing are very proud of the courage you displayed yesterday. You ARE what being 'on the job' is all about. Your bravery in the line of fire will be long remembered." Attempts to reach Munley's relatives were unsuccessful Friday. According to her Twitter account, Munley lives a "good life."".... a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life," her page reads.
This is just a part of the honest and selfless world I love reading and hearing about not of the tragedy, put people that aren't afraid to put themselves out there and take care when they work or even if they are needed for other reasons. This story warmed my heart as I knew some of the people that were caught on the base itself and couldn't get off the base because it was locked down from the public eye and not knowing if they were gonna make it off the base to go home was to much to hear about. The uncertainty of it in your own country and not overseas is just to much to bear as well.
I was in one conflict but someone taking things into his own hands because of foreign religious fanatics that are suicidal just was to much to see go down. The warning signs there and still know one did nothing! This lady puts her life on the line everyday dealing with an immense amount of stress from society and then still has a cool calm demeanor to deal with idiots in religious wars with themsemves like the crazy guy in the coma is trmendously brave and honorable. My question is how many others in the United States Military are not being paid attention to just like this so it doesnt happen again?
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A female civilian police officer is being hailed as a hero in the aftermath of a gunman's rampage at Fort Hood — an outbreak of violence that the officer is credited with ending by shooting the alleged gunman four times despite being shot herself. The attack killed 13 people and wounded 38 others at the Texas military post, but the carnage ended there, thanks to the quick response of Fort Hood Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley.
Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reports of gunfire on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday. Authorities say Munley, 34, exchanged fire with the gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who remains comatose in a Texas hospital. Munley is in stable condition, officials said. "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer," Cone said.
Munley's Twitter page has been deluged by well-wishers since the tragic shooting. "You are a true heroine and we are deeply grateful for your courage," one posting read. "Best Wishes for a full and quick recovery."
Another posting read, "Stand tall girl! I'm here to tell you your sisters in policing are very proud of the courage you displayed yesterday. You ARE what being 'on the job' is all about. Your bravery in the line of fire will be long remembered." Attempts to reach Munley's relatives were unsuccessful Friday. According to her Twitter account, Munley lives a "good life."".... a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life," her page reads.
This is just a part of the honest and selfless world I love reading and hearing about not of the tragedy, put people that aren't afraid to put themselves out there and take care when they work or even if they are needed for other reasons. This story warmed my heart as I knew some of the people that were caught on the base itself and couldn't get off the base because it was locked down from the public eye and not knowing if they were gonna make it off the base to go home was to much to hear about. The uncertainty of it in your own country and not overseas is just to much to bear as well.
I was in one conflict but someone taking things into his own hands because of foreign religious fanatics that are suicidal just was to much to see go down. The warning signs there and still know one did nothing! This lady puts her life on the line everyday dealing with an immense amount of stress from society and then still has a cool calm demeanor to deal with idiots in religious wars with themsemves like the crazy guy in the coma is trmendously brave and honorable. My question is how many others in the United States Military are not being paid attention to just like this so it doesnt happen again?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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This October 2002 photo shows Terrance Graham, 15. Graham was given a life sentence without parole for armed robberies when he was 16 and 17. When a judge sentences a 13-year-old boy to spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance of parole for a crime in which nobody has died, is he meting out justice? Or is he acting as society's cop? That question was looming in the background Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to hear two cases in which two Florida boys — a 13-year-old rapist and a 17-year-old repeat offender with a predilection for armed robbery — got the same punishment: life without parole.
The court will decide whether sentencing the teens to life for less than murder constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. But the cases will also fuel questions about the role and power of American judges. In both cases the judges ruled in large part to protect citizens from future crimes, prompting critics to say that they used their gavels to police society, and not just to administer law.
Florida, like most states, allows judges to impose life sentences without parole for juveniles even when the crime does not result in a victim's death. "I think the judge in a case like this is acting within the authority delegated to him within the [state] legislature," former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork told FoxNews.com. On the issue of ruling with the intent to protect society from future crimes, Bork said, "Apparently the legislature authorized them to rule with things like that in mind, so I assume that's a core function of criminal law and what the legislature must have intended — that a judge should consider that function of a criminal law in imposing that sentence." In one of the cases, Graham v. Florida, Terrance Graham was 17-years-old and on parole when he broke into a man's home and robbed him at gunpoint. Graham pleaded guilty to armed burglary and was sent to prison for the rest of his life. The judge who imposed the sentence concluded that Graham had wasted his second chance at freedom and was a significant threat to society.
In the other case, Sullivan v. Florida, Joe Sullivan was sentenced to life without parole for raping an elderly woman in 1989, when he was 13-year-old. Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are being held in Florida prisons, which house more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants serving life sentences without chance of parole for crimes other than homicide. Lawyers for the defendants in both cases cite the Supreme Court's 2005 ruling in Roper v. Simmons, in which the high court ruled 5-4 that a death sentence for someone younger than 18 constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and therefore violates the Eighth Amendment.
Graham's attorneys say the court's reasoning in Roper v. Simmons should extend to their client. The defense claims that like the mentally disabled, juveniles are "categorically less culpable than the average criminal," and that when compared to adults, juveniles "cannot with reliability be classified among the worst offenders." But the state has said that the severity of Graham's sentence was "not grossly disproportionate to [the] violent crimes against [his] vulnerable victims." The state also claims Graham's crime was so severe that even he did not challenge his treatment as an adult offender. Lawyers for Sullivan have also cited the Roper case, saying the high court should declare that a life sentence for a 13-year-old constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. The defense has argued that such a sentence imposed on teenagers is unjust because they are "unfinished products, human works-in-progress."
I think that some shoudl be used as martors as part of teaching others a lesson in life that this isn't the way normal society acts but why are they even taking this back to court? They are more than likely worse since being in prison all these years anyway. That fact is that prison doesn't soften you to teach you about what you do is wrong or right. I think they should serve out there sentences if they havent changed. I am strict as I don't want to see anybody in this world get hurt again by these two criminals as they are all like that anywhere you go!
If you do the tiem you SHOULD do the time is what I think no matter what age as they are given a false sense of hope right now given the publicity they are getting right now as we speak or read or have not on any other thing we see or hear. They knew the difference between right and wrong at 13 and 17 years old yet they still did it anyway. To me as the bible states...there is not a chile under the age of 5 yeras that knows the difference between right and wrong so why should we forgive these two and set them free? I believe as a parent as well if either of my kids were to illegally mess up in society, hoping and praying it doesn't happen, that they should follow in suit and do there time as well. Yes I was a Military Police Officer and I believed in the things then as I do now that justice is made for justice should be served.
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This October 2002 photo shows Terrance Graham, 15. Graham was given a life sentence without parole for armed robberies when he was 16 and 17. When a judge sentences a 13-year-old boy to spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance of parole for a crime in which nobody has died, is he meting out justice? Or is he acting as society's cop? That question was looming in the background Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to hear two cases in which two Florida boys — a 13-year-old rapist and a 17-year-old repeat offender with a predilection for armed robbery — got the same punishment: life without parole.
The court will decide whether sentencing the teens to life for less than murder constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. But the cases will also fuel questions about the role and power of American judges. In both cases the judges ruled in large part to protect citizens from future crimes, prompting critics to say that they used their gavels to police society, and not just to administer law.
Florida, like most states, allows judges to impose life sentences without parole for juveniles even when the crime does not result in a victim's death. "I think the judge in a case like this is acting within the authority delegated to him within the [state] legislature," former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork told FoxNews.com. On the issue of ruling with the intent to protect society from future crimes, Bork said, "Apparently the legislature authorized them to rule with things like that in mind, so I assume that's a core function of criminal law and what the legislature must have intended — that a judge should consider that function of a criminal law in imposing that sentence." In one of the cases, Graham v. Florida, Terrance Graham was 17-years-old and on parole when he broke into a man's home and robbed him at gunpoint. Graham pleaded guilty to armed burglary and was sent to prison for the rest of his life. The judge who imposed the sentence concluded that Graham had wasted his second chance at freedom and was a significant threat to society.
In the other case, Sullivan v. Florida, Joe Sullivan was sentenced to life without parole for raping an elderly woman in 1989, when he was 13-year-old. Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are being held in Florida prisons, which house more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants serving life sentences without chance of parole for crimes other than homicide. Lawyers for the defendants in both cases cite the Supreme Court's 2005 ruling in Roper v. Simmons, in which the high court ruled 5-4 that a death sentence for someone younger than 18 constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and therefore violates the Eighth Amendment.
Graham's attorneys say the court's reasoning in Roper v. Simmons should extend to their client. The defense claims that like the mentally disabled, juveniles are "categorically less culpable than the average criminal," and that when compared to adults, juveniles "cannot with reliability be classified among the worst offenders." But the state has said that the severity of Graham's sentence was "not grossly disproportionate to [the] violent crimes against [his] vulnerable victims." The state also claims Graham's crime was so severe that even he did not challenge his treatment as an adult offender. Lawyers for Sullivan have also cited the Roper case, saying the high court should declare that a life sentence for a 13-year-old constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. The defense has argued that such a sentence imposed on teenagers is unjust because they are "unfinished products, human works-in-progress."
I think that some shoudl be used as martors as part of teaching others a lesson in life that this isn't the way normal society acts but why are they even taking this back to court? They are more than likely worse since being in prison all these years anyway. That fact is that prison doesn't soften you to teach you about what you do is wrong or right. I think they should serve out there sentences if they havent changed. I am strict as I don't want to see anybody in this world get hurt again by these two criminals as they are all like that anywhere you go!
If you do the tiem you SHOULD do the time is what I think no matter what age as they are given a false sense of hope right now given the publicity they are getting right now as we speak or read or have not on any other thing we see or hear. They knew the difference between right and wrong at 13 and 17 years old yet they still did it anyway. To me as the bible states...there is not a chile under the age of 5 yeras that knows the difference between right and wrong so why should we forgive these two and set them free? I believe as a parent as well if either of my kids were to illegally mess up in society, hoping and praying it doesn't happen, that they should follow in suit and do there time as well. Yes I was a Military Police Officer and I believed in the things then as I do now that justice is made for justice should be served.
Fort Hood Suspect Warned of Muslim Threat Within Military - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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Arrmy psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 people at Fort Hood reportedly warned senior Army physicians in 2007 that the military should allow Muslim soldiers to be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in wars to avoid "adverse events." According to The Washington Post, Major Nidal Malik Hasan was supposed to make a presentation on a medical topic during his senior year as a psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Medical Center. Instead, Hasan lectured his supervisors and two dozen mental health staff members on Islam, homicide bombings and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting against other Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. A source who attended the presentation told the paper, "It was really strange. The senior doctors looked really upset." The Powerpoint, entitled, "The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military," consisted of 50 slides, according to a copy obtained by the Post. "It's getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims," Hasan said in the presentation.
Under a slide titled "Comments," he wrote: "If Muslim groups can convince Muslims that they are fighting for God against injustices of the 'infidels'; ie: enemies of Islam, then Muslims can become a potent adversary ie: suicide bombing, etc." [sic] The last bullet point on that page reads simply: "We love death more then [sic] you love life!" On the final slide, labeled "Recommendation," Hasan wrote: "Department of Defense should allow Muslims [sic] Soldiers the option of being released as 'Conscientious objectors' to increase troop morale and decrease adverse events." An Army spokesman told the Post Monday night he was unaware of the presentation, and a Walter Reed spokesman declined comment. A classmate of Hasan, meanwhile, told FoxNews.com that the warning signs were all there — the justification of homicide bombings; spewing anti-American hatred; efforts to reach out to Al Qaeda — but that the military treated Hasan with kid gloves, even after giving him a poor performance review.
And though he was on the radar screen of at least one U.S. intelligence agency, no action was taken that might have prevented the Army psychiatrist from allegedly gunning down 13 people and wounding 29 others in the Fort Hood massacre last week. "There were definitely clear indications that Hasan's loyalties were not with America," Lt. Col. Val Finnell, Hasan's classmate at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He and Hasan were students in the school's public health master's degree program from 2007-2008. "The issue here is that there's a political correctness climate in the military. They don't want to say anything because it would be considered questioning somebody's religious belief, or they're afraid of an equal opportunity lawsuit.
"I want to be clear that this wasn't about anyone questioning his religious views. It is different when you are a civilian than when you are a military officer," said Finnell, who is a physician at the Los Angeles Air Force Base. "When you are in the military and you start making comments that are seditious, when you say you believe something other than your oath of office — someone needed to say why is this guy saying this stuff.
"He was a lightning rod. He made his views known and he was very vocal, he had extremely radical jihadist views," Finnell said. "When you're a military officer you take an oath to defend against all enemies foreign and domestic. "They should've confronted him — our professors, officers — but they were too concerned about being politically correct."
What is up with this whole lets lay it off all on religion mode here? The warning signs were there months from what the government says. How could this all have happened without a watchful eye on this man? When I was in the first Persian Gulf conflict it led to the second starting in Sept, 2001 and the muslim hatred to this world and nation and it is wrong but to one that is passionate on their religion this is bound to happen, but this time he had no disregard to his fellow comrad in arms on the base nor their families and this country in which he had decided to join an protect.
I think he should have been taken down when he started showing signs of treason in religion and the enemy in Afganistan. This shows up that when we know someone over in another country fighting for this benefit they are truly not safe even if they are american muslims or not ??
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Arrmy psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 people at Fort Hood reportedly warned senior Army physicians in 2007 that the military should allow Muslim soldiers to be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in wars to avoid "adverse events." According to The Washington Post, Major Nidal Malik Hasan was supposed to make a presentation on a medical topic during his senior year as a psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Medical Center. Instead, Hasan lectured his supervisors and two dozen mental health staff members on Islam, homicide bombings and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting against other Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. A source who attended the presentation told the paper, "It was really strange. The senior doctors looked really upset." The Powerpoint, entitled, "The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military," consisted of 50 slides, according to a copy obtained by the Post. "It's getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims," Hasan said in the presentation.
Under a slide titled "Comments," he wrote: "If Muslim groups can convince Muslims that they are fighting for God against injustices of the 'infidels'; ie: enemies of Islam, then Muslims can become a potent adversary ie: suicide bombing, etc." [sic] The last bullet point on that page reads simply: "We love death more then [sic] you love life!" On the final slide, labeled "Recommendation," Hasan wrote: "Department of Defense should allow Muslims [sic] Soldiers the option of being released as 'Conscientious objectors' to increase troop morale and decrease adverse events." An Army spokesman told the Post Monday night he was unaware of the presentation, and a Walter Reed spokesman declined comment. A classmate of Hasan, meanwhile, told FoxNews.com that the warning signs were all there — the justification of homicide bombings; spewing anti-American hatred; efforts to reach out to Al Qaeda — but that the military treated Hasan with kid gloves, even after giving him a poor performance review.
And though he was on the radar screen of at least one U.S. intelligence agency, no action was taken that might have prevented the Army psychiatrist from allegedly gunning down 13 people and wounding 29 others in the Fort Hood massacre last week. "There were definitely clear indications that Hasan's loyalties were not with America," Lt. Col. Val Finnell, Hasan's classmate at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He and Hasan were students in the school's public health master's degree program from 2007-2008. "The issue here is that there's a political correctness climate in the military. They don't want to say anything because it would be considered questioning somebody's religious belief, or they're afraid of an equal opportunity lawsuit.
"I want to be clear that this wasn't about anyone questioning his religious views. It is different when you are a civilian than when you are a military officer," said Finnell, who is a physician at the Los Angeles Air Force Base. "When you are in the military and you start making comments that are seditious, when you say you believe something other than your oath of office — someone needed to say why is this guy saying this stuff.
"He was a lightning rod. He made his views known and he was very vocal, he had extremely radical jihadist views," Finnell said. "When you're a military officer you take an oath to defend against all enemies foreign and domestic. "They should've confronted him — our professors, officers — but they were too concerned about being politically correct."
What is up with this whole lets lay it off all on religion mode here? The warning signs were there months from what the government says. How could this all have happened without a watchful eye on this man? When I was in the first Persian Gulf conflict it led to the second starting in Sept, 2001 and the muslim hatred to this world and nation and it is wrong but to one that is passionate on their religion this is bound to happen, but this time he had no disregard to his fellow comrad in arms on the base nor their families and this country in which he had decided to join an protect.
I think he should have been taken down when he started showing signs of treason in religion and the enemy in Afganistan. This shows up that when we know someone over in another country fighting for this benefit they are truly not safe even if they are american muslims or not ??
Friday, November 6, 2009
Study: H1N1 Poses 'Special Threat' to Obese People - H1N1 - FOXNews.com
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Swine flu can cause severe disease in people of all ages and appears to pose a special threat to those who are obese, according to an analysis of H1N1 cases in California. Public health researchers analyzed the state's first 1,088 hospitalized and fatal cases of H1N1 infection between April 23 and August 1. Like other studies, they found the average patient who was hospitalized with H1N1 flu was younger than what is commonly seen with seasonal flu, but they also found severe disease at both ends of the age spectrum. "What our study shows was that once you were hospitalized, if you were elderly you have a higher risk of dying," Dr. Janice Louie of the California Department of Public Health in Richmond, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the study matches the CDC's own observations — that H1N1 affects all age groups, including people over 65. "If they get it, it can be every bit as severe as seasonal flu, consistent with other data," Frieden told a news briefing.
"It does emphasize that providers should think of H1N1 influenza in all age groups," he said. Frieden said the new findings do not change the CDC's recommendations for vaccination, which focus on younger people, those with underlying conditions such as asthma and pregnant women. What it does suggest is that doctors need to be aware of the risks to their older patients if they do become infected, Louie said. "One of the perceptions we've been trying to dispel is that this is a mild disease," she said in a telephone interview. "This can be very severe. In this paper, 30 percent of patients required intensive care. "Overall, 11 percent of people who were hospitalized died, but among people 50 and older, 18 to 20 percent died. The most common causes of death were viral pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. As with other studies, obesity appeared to play a significant role in the severity of disease.
In the 268 cases of adults over 20 whose weight was known, 58 percent were obese, with a body mass index of over 30, and of these, 67 percent were morbidly obese, with a BMI of over 40. BMI is equal to weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. A person 5 feet 5 inches tall becomes obese at 180 pounds (82 kg). "There definitely is something that is standing out as far as the obesity issue," Louie said.
"We certainly don't see the same thing with seasonal flu." Louie said in California, the flu has caused shortages of antiviral drugs and of N95 respirator masks, but so far, based on her contact with doctors in the state, swine flu has not overwhelmed hospitals. A report by Trust for America's Health suggested a mild pandemic could send as many as 168,025 people in California to the hospital.
This is becoming an outrage. They are coming up with other ways that people are coming in like droves for the h1n1 shot, just to scare people. I had opted out in getting it as they were only giving it to certain people in our area anyway. I am to healthy to get it I guess. This is just another story saying no matter how old you are, if you are obese you will get it more often than not in your area. I have to say this I can see pregnancy, older and younger people and kids and ones with breathing problems, but if you are obese? How can they put this out there to get more people scared. I could also see why the health profession gets it as they work around people with it but I don't know I really have reserved feeling on the stories they are putting out there now.
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Swine flu can cause severe disease in people of all ages and appears to pose a special threat to those who are obese, according to an analysis of H1N1 cases in California. Public health researchers analyzed the state's first 1,088 hospitalized and fatal cases of H1N1 infection between April 23 and August 1. Like other studies, they found the average patient who was hospitalized with H1N1 flu was younger than what is commonly seen with seasonal flu, but they also found severe disease at both ends of the age spectrum. "What our study shows was that once you were hospitalized, if you were elderly you have a higher risk of dying," Dr. Janice Louie of the California Department of Public Health in Richmond, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the study matches the CDC's own observations — that H1N1 affects all age groups, including people over 65. "If they get it, it can be every bit as severe as seasonal flu, consistent with other data," Frieden told a news briefing.
"It does emphasize that providers should think of H1N1 influenza in all age groups," he said. Frieden said the new findings do not change the CDC's recommendations for vaccination, which focus on younger people, those with underlying conditions such as asthma and pregnant women. What it does suggest is that doctors need to be aware of the risks to their older patients if they do become infected, Louie said. "One of the perceptions we've been trying to dispel is that this is a mild disease," she said in a telephone interview. "This can be very severe. In this paper, 30 percent of patients required intensive care. "Overall, 11 percent of people who were hospitalized died, but among people 50 and older, 18 to 20 percent died. The most common causes of death were viral pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. As with other studies, obesity appeared to play a significant role in the severity of disease.
In the 268 cases of adults over 20 whose weight was known, 58 percent were obese, with a body mass index of over 30, and of these, 67 percent were morbidly obese, with a BMI of over 40. BMI is equal to weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. A person 5 feet 5 inches tall becomes obese at 180 pounds (82 kg). "There definitely is something that is standing out as far as the obesity issue," Louie said.
"We certainly don't see the same thing with seasonal flu." Louie said in California, the flu has caused shortages of antiviral drugs and of N95 respirator masks, but so far, based on her contact with doctors in the state, swine flu has not overwhelmed hospitals. A report by Trust for America's Health suggested a mild pandemic could send as many as 168,025 people in California to the hospital.
This is becoming an outrage. They are coming up with other ways that people are coming in like droves for the h1n1 shot, just to scare people. I had opted out in getting it as they were only giving it to certain people in our area anyway. I am to healthy to get it I guess. This is just another story saying no matter how old you are, if you are obese you will get it more often than not in your area. I have to say this I can see pregnancy, older and younger people and kids and ones with breathing problems, but if you are obese? How can they put this out there to get more people scared. I could also see why the health profession gets it as they work around people with it but I don't know I really have reserved feeling on the stories they are putting out there now.
3 College Softball Players Found Dead in Submerged Jeep Likely Didn't See Pond - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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Three college softball players found dead in their Jeep after it dove into a pond on a North Dakota farm during a stargazing expedition probably drove straight into the water because they couldn't see it in the dark, authorities said Wednesday. Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said the women's SUV was found resting on its wheels Tuesday in about 10 feet of water hidden by tall grass, with the doors and windows closed.
"When you're not familiar with an area like that it would have been very easy to drive into," Tuhy said.
The sheriff said the Dickinson State University students were on private property. He stopped short of saying they were trespassing. No foul play is suspected in the deaths of Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of San Diego; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba. The bodies of the women and Neufeld's dog were found inside the SUV after signals from their last desperate phone calls late Sunday helped lead authorities to the farm. Police Lt. Rod Banyai said authorities do not expect autopsy results for a week or two. The autopsies will help determine the exact cause of death and whether the women were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Authorities have said there is no indication they were.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol also will examine the 1997 Jeep Cherokee to determine if the vehicle malfunctioned, Banyai said. The students were believed to be in the Jeep when two of their friends received telephone calls late Sunday night before the lines quickly went dead. Police described the first as a "very scratchy" call for help in which one of the students said they were near water. Tuhy said the calls, which authorities were able to track to cell phone towers, were critical in leading searchers to the vehicle. He said it wasn't clear if emergency crews might have been able to reach the women had they called 911 instead of their friends."There could have probably been some location found (Sunday night) ... but iit would have been timely, I don't know," he said. University President Richard McCallum said classes were canceled Wednesday and a memorial service was being planned on campus Thursday. "It is times like this that we realize our sense of humanity and our sense of connection," he said. Family members of the women planned to visit the site on Wednesday northwest of Dickinson, a city of 16,000 people that is about 100 miles west of Bismarck. Gemar's father, Lenny, said Tuesday night after a prayer service on campus that "it's the worst day of my life. "Neufeld's mother, Bev Neufeld, said her family was trying to be strong. "That's what she would want, and we have so much support here (on campus)," she said. "We know how much Ashley loved this school. I would just like everybody to remember Ashley's smile and personality." The 2,700-student university listed Gemar as a senior business major who played third base on the softball team. Neufeld was a senior outfielder working on a psychology degree, and Williamson, a junior, was a pitcher majoring in psychology with a minor in coaching.
"I'm sure it will be difficult for quite a while. But we know that they'll be there with us. They would want us to play," softball teammate Jessica Huseby of Hamilton, Mont., said after the prayer service. "We just know they're going to be the 10th, 11th and 12th players on the field with us."
This was so sad to read, I have no idea how anybody would drive around at night even in grass with no lights on.Accidentally going into a pond that only had ten feet of water. My goodness! My heart goes out to their parents and families as this must be an ache that can't be shaken. We think we teach them all when they are kids about using their judgement but they may faulter and this proves such a faulter in a moments time. Even if they could have been under the influence I'm sure their parents taught them the whole concept of desginated driver. Then somtimes some don't as they just don't care. I'm sure if they are good parents they did teach them right from wrong.
I know there was once a time that I had a younger friend I was old enough to be her mother that had no family here in Missouri. She and I worked together and I noticed she was having side pain. I ended up all night with her at the hospital as she needed the attention. I took care of being with her as I would want a stranger to take care of my daughter if she needed the medical attention at least til I could have been notified. She and her mother were both greatful but I didn't just decide to do it for that only reason. I did it as a reasoning to pay it foward, one act of kindness will always bring more acts.
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Three college softball players found dead in their Jeep after it dove into a pond on a North Dakota farm during a stargazing expedition probably drove straight into the water because they couldn't see it in the dark, authorities said Wednesday. Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said the women's SUV was found resting on its wheels Tuesday in about 10 feet of water hidden by tall grass, with the doors and windows closed.
"When you're not familiar with an area like that it would have been very easy to drive into," Tuhy said.
The sheriff said the Dickinson State University students were on private property. He stopped short of saying they were trespassing. No foul play is suspected in the deaths of Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of San Diego; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba. The bodies of the women and Neufeld's dog were found inside the SUV after signals from their last desperate phone calls late Sunday helped lead authorities to the farm. Police Lt. Rod Banyai said authorities do not expect autopsy results for a week or two. The autopsies will help determine the exact cause of death and whether the women were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Authorities have said there is no indication they were.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol also will examine the 1997 Jeep Cherokee to determine if the vehicle malfunctioned, Banyai said. The students were believed to be in the Jeep when two of their friends received telephone calls late Sunday night before the lines quickly went dead. Police described the first as a "very scratchy" call for help in which one of the students said they were near water. Tuhy said the calls, which authorities were able to track to cell phone towers, were critical in leading searchers to the vehicle. He said it wasn't clear if emergency crews might have been able to reach the women had they called 911 instead of their friends."There could have probably been some location found (Sunday night) ... but iit would have been timely, I don't know," he said. University President Richard McCallum said classes were canceled Wednesday and a memorial service was being planned on campus Thursday. "It is times like this that we realize our sense of humanity and our sense of connection," he said. Family members of the women planned to visit the site on Wednesday northwest of Dickinson, a city of 16,000 people that is about 100 miles west of Bismarck. Gemar's father, Lenny, said Tuesday night after a prayer service on campus that "it's the worst day of my life. "Neufeld's mother, Bev Neufeld, said her family was trying to be strong. "That's what she would want, and we have so much support here (on campus)," she said. "We know how much Ashley loved this school. I would just like everybody to remember Ashley's smile and personality." The 2,700-student university listed Gemar as a senior business major who played third base on the softball team. Neufeld was a senior outfielder working on a psychology degree, and Williamson, a junior, was a pitcher majoring in psychology with a minor in coaching.
"I'm sure it will be difficult for quite a while. But we know that they'll be there with us. They would want us to play," softball teammate Jessica Huseby of Hamilton, Mont., said after the prayer service. "We just know they're going to be the 10th, 11th and 12th players on the field with us."
This was so sad to read, I have no idea how anybody would drive around at night even in grass with no lights on.Accidentally going into a pond that only had ten feet of water. My goodness! My heart goes out to their parents and families as this must be an ache that can't be shaken. We think we teach them all when they are kids about using their judgement but they may faulter and this proves such a faulter in a moments time. Even if they could have been under the influence I'm sure their parents taught them the whole concept of desginated driver. Then somtimes some don't as they just don't care. I'm sure if they are good parents they did teach them right from wrong.
I know there was once a time that I had a younger friend I was old enough to be her mother that had no family here in Missouri. She and I worked together and I noticed she was having side pain. I ended up all night with her at the hospital as she needed the attention. I took care of being with her as I would want a stranger to take care of my daughter if she needed the medical attention at least til I could have been notified. She and her mother were both greatful but I didn't just decide to do it for that only reason. I did it as a reasoning to pay it foward, one act of kindness will always bring more acts.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
'Baby Grace' Stepdad Dumped Girl's Body but Didn't Kill Her, Lawyer Says at Start of Trial - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
'Baby Grace' Stepdad Dumped Girl's Body but Didn't Kill Her, Lawyer Says at Start of Trial - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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GALVESTON, Texas — A man accused of murdering his 2-year-old stepdaughter put her body in the trash and dumped in it the Galveston Bay — but he didn't kill her, his lawyer told jurors on Wednesday.
Royce Clyde Zeigler II, 26, is charged with capital murder in the death 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers, whose body was discovered in a plastic box on an island in the bay in 2007. Before her remains were identified, Riley was called "Baby Grace" until news accounts helped relatives in Ohio recognize and identify her. Zeigler's wife and Riley's mother, 21-year-old Kimberly Dawn Trenor, in February was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors allege that the couple beat the child and threw her to a tile floor, which fractured her skull.
During Wednesday's opening statements, defense attorney Neal Davis III said his client walked into the family's home in Spring, a Houston suburb, to find his wife with her unconscious child in July 2007.
"He put her in a trash bag and in another container and put it in the bay," Davis told jurors. "There is not one iota of evidence that Royce Zeigler knowingly, intentionally or in any way caused the death of Riley Sawyers," Davis said. "He is not only not guilty, he is innocent."
But Galveston County prosecutor Kayla Allen told jurors that Zeigler lied repeatedly to investigators, giving them conflicting statements on the girl's death. "Royce Clyde Zeigler and Kimberly lied to everyone they could lie to," Allen said. "They lied to their family, co-workers and police over and over." Prosecutors showed the Galveston County jury, made up of nine men and three women, video of Zeigler admitting to dumping the child's body in Galveston Bay, the Galveston County Daily News reported. After their arrests, Trenor and Zeigler offered contradictory statements. Trenor said in a videotaped statement that Zeigler stayed home from work July 25, 2007, to make sure Riley was properly disciplined. She said she and Zeigler beat Riley with a belt, held her head under bath water and smothered her with a pillow. Ziegler said in hiis first interview, said Riley disappeared after an Ohio welfare worker snatched her from his home. He abandoned the story in his second interview. Asked repeatedly during the first interview if Riley was Baby Grace, Zeigler said, "I swear to God I do not know that." In his second interview, he acknowledged that Riley was Baby Grace. An autopsy determined that the child died of two skull fractures. Prosecutors have said Trenor and Zeigler beat Riley with belts, dunked her head in cold bath water and threw her onto a tile floor, fracturing her skull and causing her death.
"You'll see at the end of the trial Royce Zeigler is full of nothing but lies, and that he and his wife murdered Riley Ann Sawyers," Allen said. As with Trenor, Galveston County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for Zeigler.
This is just perposterous! a baby beat with a belt what could a child have doen so bad at that age to deserve such torure? That mother needs to taken out and be shot or other resolve she doesn't deserve to live after this whole ordeal and then get away with the lies for two years! Yes kids are gonna upset you on a bad day but my god be the adult and walk away and know when to say when She was such a beautiful little girl and taken away so early in life; if her mother didn't want her give her up for adoption don't turn her into a punching bag or beat her to death. There are so many kids in this world without parents and then there are parents like these that have kids that shouldn't and then there are parents who can't have kids that should have the chance to take care of kids before the road leads to this demise.
The reason why I feel this way is because I know what a temper can do and lead to as I had a rough parent but I also know the remorse he had after the aftermath. Yes I turned out fine, but I also know I have a temper but as a mother I had a really good reasoning in learning patience and if it bothered me just to walk away, there is nothing wrong with that at all. Where people just don't get it is that this is not their world, it's our world and their kids aren't just their kids they are our kids......
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GALVESTON, Texas — A man accused of murdering his 2-year-old stepdaughter put her body in the trash and dumped in it the Galveston Bay — but he didn't kill her, his lawyer told jurors on Wednesday.
Royce Clyde Zeigler II, 26, is charged with capital murder in the death 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers, whose body was discovered in a plastic box on an island in the bay in 2007. Before her remains were identified, Riley was called "Baby Grace" until news accounts helped relatives in Ohio recognize and identify her. Zeigler's wife and Riley's mother, 21-year-old Kimberly Dawn Trenor, in February was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors allege that the couple beat the child and threw her to a tile floor, which fractured her skull.
During Wednesday's opening statements, defense attorney Neal Davis III said his client walked into the family's home in Spring, a Houston suburb, to find his wife with her unconscious child in July 2007.
"He put her in a trash bag and in another container and put it in the bay," Davis told jurors. "There is not one iota of evidence that Royce Zeigler knowingly, intentionally or in any way caused the death of Riley Sawyers," Davis said. "He is not only not guilty, he is innocent."
But Galveston County prosecutor Kayla Allen told jurors that Zeigler lied repeatedly to investigators, giving them conflicting statements on the girl's death. "Royce Clyde Zeigler and Kimberly lied to everyone they could lie to," Allen said. "They lied to their family, co-workers and police over and over." Prosecutors showed the Galveston County jury, made up of nine men and three women, video of Zeigler admitting to dumping the child's body in Galveston Bay, the Galveston County Daily News reported. After their arrests, Trenor and Zeigler offered contradictory statements. Trenor said in a videotaped statement that Zeigler stayed home from work July 25, 2007, to make sure Riley was properly disciplined. She said she and Zeigler beat Riley with a belt, held her head under bath water and smothered her with a pillow. Ziegler said in hiis first interview, said Riley disappeared after an Ohio welfare worker snatched her from his home. He abandoned the story in his second interview. Asked repeatedly during the first interview if Riley was Baby Grace, Zeigler said, "I swear to God I do not know that." In his second interview, he acknowledged that Riley was Baby Grace. An autopsy determined that the child died of two skull fractures. Prosecutors have said Trenor and Zeigler beat Riley with belts, dunked her head in cold bath water and threw her onto a tile floor, fracturing her skull and causing her death.
"You'll see at the end of the trial Royce Zeigler is full of nothing but lies, and that he and his wife murdered Riley Ann Sawyers," Allen said. As with Trenor, Galveston County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for Zeigler.
This is just perposterous! a baby beat with a belt what could a child have doen so bad at that age to deserve such torure? That mother needs to taken out and be shot or other resolve she doesn't deserve to live after this whole ordeal and then get away with the lies for two years! Yes kids are gonna upset you on a bad day but my god be the adult and walk away and know when to say when She was such a beautiful little girl and taken away so early in life; if her mother didn't want her give her up for adoption don't turn her into a punching bag or beat her to death. There are so many kids in this world without parents and then there are parents like these that have kids that shouldn't and then there are parents who can't have kids that should have the chance to take care of kids before the road leads to this demise.
The reason why I feel this way is because I know what a temper can do and lead to as I had a rough parent but I also know the remorse he had after the aftermath. Yes I turned out fine, but I also know I have a temper but as a mother I had a really good reasoning in learning patience and if it bothered me just to walk away, there is nothing wrong with that at all. Where people just don't get it is that this is not their world, it's our world and their kids aren't just their kids they are our kids......
Sunday, November 1, 2009
4 Charged in Gang Rape, Beating of Girl After Homecoming Dance - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
4 Charged in Gang Rape, Beating of Girl After Homecoming Dance - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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Four teens arrested in the alleged vicious gang rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl outside her high school homecoming dance could spend the rest of their lives in prison — and police expect to catch more suspects.
The four — ages 15, 16, 17 and 19 — were charged Wednesday with rape and enhancements that they acted in concert, which could make them eligible for life in prison. Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Dara Cashman said the three juveniles, whose names she hasn't released, have been charged as adults. "These are people who played a significant role in the incident," Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan said. "I'm confident that more arrests will be made. "Besides rape, the 19-year-old, Manuel Ortega of Richmond, was charged with robbery and assault causing great bodily injury. It was unknown if he had an attorney. The other three face one count each of felony rape with a foreign object. They were charged as adults because of the severity of the crime, Gagan said. The 16-year-old also faces robbery charges. A fifth suspect arrested Tuesday, 21-year-old Salvador Rodriguez of Richmond, was jailed along with the other four Wednesday but has not been charged. "We believe there are three or four more we can arrest," Gagan told Fox News on Thursday. The alleged gang rape and beating Saturday night at Richmond High School have rattled the city of about 120,000 in the San Francisco Bay area. Police believe as many as 10 people ranging in age from 15 to mid-20s attacked the girl for more than two hours in a dimly lit area. As many as two dozen people witnessed the rape without notifying police.
Cashman, head of the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office sex crimes unit, told the Contra Costa Times, a Bay area newspaper, that those who witnessed the alleged rape and did not report it could face aiding and abetting charges — if it can be proven that their actions facilitated or goaded the perpetrators. But under California law, witnesses to the gang rape cannot be charged with a crime if they idly watched it take place.
Police hope a $20,000 reward will bring more people forward with information. Police received a tip about a possible assault on campus from a former student, who heard two males bragging about it. Officers found the girl semiconscious and naked from the waist down near a picnic table. Margarita Vargas, who was watching television Saturday night with others at her home two blocks from the school campus, told the newspaper she reported the assault as soon as she heard about it. The newspaper did not say whether Vargas was a student at the school.
How in the world can anybody stand by and just watch this happen? Oh my god there was a movie I remember that Jodie Foster played a victim of gang rape and it ripped me to the core. People simply amaze and baffle me on how stupid they can be, to not assist the innocent, and not help. I guess they figure if they don't think about it, it didn't or doesn't happen. I have no idea what this world is coming to. Life is short as it is and I would treat another child as if they were my own as I would want someone to actually help and treat mine as their own if at all possible. I know this world doesn't exist like that and it's so sad. The evils will comsume the majority of the innocent leaving what kind of world?
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Four teens arrested in the alleged vicious gang rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl outside her high school homecoming dance could spend the rest of their lives in prison — and police expect to catch more suspects.
The four — ages 15, 16, 17 and 19 — were charged Wednesday with rape and enhancements that they acted in concert, which could make them eligible for life in prison. Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Dara Cashman said the three juveniles, whose names she hasn't released, have been charged as adults. "These are people who played a significant role in the incident," Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan said. "I'm confident that more arrests will be made. "Besides rape, the 19-year-old, Manuel Ortega of Richmond, was charged with robbery and assault causing great bodily injury. It was unknown if he had an attorney. The other three face one count each of felony rape with a foreign object. They were charged as adults because of the severity of the crime, Gagan said. The 16-year-old also faces robbery charges. A fifth suspect arrested Tuesday, 21-year-old Salvador Rodriguez of Richmond, was jailed along with the other four Wednesday but has not been charged. "We believe there are three or four more we can arrest," Gagan told Fox News on Thursday. The alleged gang rape and beating Saturday night at Richmond High School have rattled the city of about 120,000 in the San Francisco Bay area. Police believe as many as 10 people ranging in age from 15 to mid-20s attacked the girl for more than two hours in a dimly lit area. As many as two dozen people witnessed the rape without notifying police.
Cashman, head of the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office sex crimes unit, told the Contra Costa Times, a Bay area newspaper, that those who witnessed the alleged rape and did not report it could face aiding and abetting charges — if it can be proven that their actions facilitated or goaded the perpetrators. But under California law, witnesses to the gang rape cannot be charged with a crime if they idly watched it take place.
Police hope a $20,000 reward will bring more people forward with information. Police received a tip about a possible assault on campus from a former student, who heard two males bragging about it. Officers found the girl semiconscious and naked from the waist down near a picnic table. Margarita Vargas, who was watching television Saturday night with others at her home two blocks from the school campus, told the newspaper she reported the assault as soon as she heard about it. The newspaper did not say whether Vargas was a student at the school.
How in the world can anybody stand by and just watch this happen? Oh my god there was a movie I remember that Jodie Foster played a victim of gang rape and it ripped me to the core. People simply amaze and baffle me on how stupid they can be, to not assist the innocent, and not help. I guess they figure if they don't think about it, it didn't or doesn't happen. I have no idea what this world is coming to. Life is short as it is and I would treat another child as if they were my own as I would want someone to actually help and treat mine as their own if at all possible. I know this world doesn't exist like that and it's so sad. The evils will comsume the majority of the innocent leaving what kind of world?
'Jane Doe's' Nude, Battered Body Identified 55 Years Later - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
'Jane Doe's' Nude, Battered Body Identified 55 Years Later - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
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DENVER — Police on a cold case hunt have finally identified a woman whose nude and battered body was found along a creek 55 years ago but it's not closed — they want to name the killer. She was buried under a headstone that read "Jane Doe" and remained anonymous until a DNA test revealed that she was Dorothy Gay Howard of Phoenix, officials announced Wednesday. She had been reported missing in March 1954.
The ID was resolved by the Boulder County Sheriff's Department, Internet research and the persistence of local historian Silvia Pettem. Sheriff Joe Pelle, whose department renewed efforts five years ago to find out who she was, said a relatives provided the genetic sample. Sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough said it was gratifying to finally know who the woman was. But he added "it's not closed yet;" the department still wants to find Howard's killer. "With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added," said detective Steve Ainsworth, the lead investigator. Officials say serial killer Harvey Glatman, executed in 1959 in California, might have murdered Howard. Glatman, who confessed to killing three women, had served time in a Colorado state prison for violent assaults on woman.
This story so sad to hear, dead for 55 years and no name, no identity, no well nothing but a Jane Doe. Apart that this has been a half a decade later and the testing in genetics is so fantastic and close. We have come along way against the CSI's and NCIS on local television they are only a part of the big picture. I can't imagine loosing a loved one and not knowing anything before I was to die especially if it were my child. Hopefully she did't suffer or anthing such a pain that would put her in agony. I wouldn't want anybody to die under these circumstances and to think that they have an idea who may have killed her, some closure bu tto me it wouldn't be enough.
The reason why I feel this way is because as I was younger wanted so to be an under cover cop in homicide because of these types of cases and help solve them and help the family be at piece. Being a cop in the US Army was enough I just couldn't imagine trying it now, life is to short I mean I couldn't fathom life without closure. I sit here and wonder this poor women can be at peace with identification after this many years but not for her killer.
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DENVER — Police on a cold case hunt have finally identified a woman whose nude and battered body was found along a creek 55 years ago but it's not closed — they want to name the killer. She was buried under a headstone that read "Jane Doe" and remained anonymous until a DNA test revealed that she was Dorothy Gay Howard of Phoenix, officials announced Wednesday. She had been reported missing in March 1954.
The ID was resolved by the Boulder County Sheriff's Department, Internet research and the persistence of local historian Silvia Pettem. Sheriff Joe Pelle, whose department renewed efforts five years ago to find out who she was, said a relatives provided the genetic sample. Sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough said it was gratifying to finally know who the woman was. But he added "it's not closed yet;" the department still wants to find Howard's killer. "With her identification, a major piece of the puzzle has been added," said detective Steve Ainsworth, the lead investigator. Officials say serial killer Harvey Glatman, executed in 1959 in California, might have murdered Howard. Glatman, who confessed to killing three women, had served time in a Colorado state prison for violent assaults on woman.
This story so sad to hear, dead for 55 years and no name, no identity, no well nothing but a Jane Doe. Apart that this has been a half a decade later and the testing in genetics is so fantastic and close. We have come along way against the CSI's and NCIS on local television they are only a part of the big picture. I can't imagine loosing a loved one and not knowing anything before I was to die especially if it were my child. Hopefully she did't suffer or anthing such a pain that would put her in agony. I wouldn't want anybody to die under these circumstances and to think that they have an idea who may have killed her, some closure bu tto me it wouldn't be enough.
The reason why I feel this way is because as I was younger wanted so to be an under cover cop in homicide because of these types of cases and help solve them and help the family be at piece. Being a cop in the US Army was enough I just couldn't imagine trying it now, life is to short I mean I couldn't fathom life without closure. I sit here and wonder this poor women can be at peace with identification after this many years but not for her killer.
Cleavage Creek Wines Fighting Breast Cancer One Bottle at a Time - Food
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Cleavage Creek
Budge Brown’s Nevada ranch provided the inspiration for his newest wine. “I got a creek running through the middle of two rounded hillsides. So, Cleavage Creek Wine. You know, it just really fit my ranch,” Brown says. Wine is a serous business for 77-year-old Brown who owns several vineyards and a winery in the Napa Valley. His Cleavage Creek 2006 Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 Reserve Petite Sirah and 2006 Tracy Hills Reserve Cabernet-Syrah are all award-winners, but special for more than that. Each label features a gorgeous, smiling woman. And every one of them is a breast-cancer survivor.
October marks the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and “Cleavage Creek” is a tribute to the women who battle the disease every day, awing those around them with their courage and optimism. Brown put survivors on the label because he wanted them to know “that they are beautiful and loved.” Each woman’s story is told on the Cleavage Creek website, and Brown gives ten percent of gross sales to funding breast cancer research. “Not profits, because they can be off some years,” he says, “but 10 percent right off the top.” Brown lost his beloved wife of forty-eight years, Arlene, in 2005 after a seven-year fight with breast cancer. He channeled his overwhelming grief and anger into something positive. “Wasn’t any grand plan,” he recalls. “It all just came together. A lot of wines have forgettable names, but people remember ‘Cleavage.’”
What a way to honor breast cancer survivors! I think that this is absolutely amazing that someone would make the women on these bottles a symbol of defiance and retribution and survival to a disastrous, life altering and life threatening illness. What a way to honor an illness that has been killing women in many colors and ages and ethnicities for ages. This is the most wonderful thing I think I have heard in a while. Life is so precious and these women fought the inevitable and survived to live and tell the story. I have had women and men in my life die of cancer around me in the last 20 years and to see one or even hear of one survive this disgusting threat is absolutely wonderful. To honor ones that have survived are also celebrating life and also in another way remembering the ones that passed from the fight and succumbed to the other side.
I feel this way at this point in time as I have an aunt the 5th in My dad's side of the family as she was a previous cancer survivor 20 years ago, and now has stage four liver cancer that has spread so quick that they don't expect her to make it much longer. I have watched that side of my family either die from depression and cancer and it is either physical pain and suffering or the most unbearable pain of mental illness. I have off and on gotten off track on this path since school has started this semester thinking and second guessing myself with my grades wondering if this is truly what I need to be doing or if I am doing the right thing at my age of 38, I wonder if the depression for not doing so hot with my grades will take me as I have suffered from it before or the cancer that may take me in years to come as I have the history. This time of year is rough.
I think the celebration of life is the most amazing thing! I know that when I know one of which I love is hurting from the disease it rips this tiny part of my heart and how I think, life is to short what of tomm? I smoked for 17 years and quit last January and now the aftermath and healing and watching others wither away. So he my hat is off to you cleavage creek!
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Cleavage Creek
Budge Brown’s Nevada ranch provided the inspiration for his newest wine. “I got a creek running through the middle of two rounded hillsides. So, Cleavage Creek Wine. You know, it just really fit my ranch,” Brown says. Wine is a serous business for 77-year-old Brown who owns several vineyards and a winery in the Napa Valley. His Cleavage Creek 2006 Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006 Reserve Petite Sirah and 2006 Tracy Hills Reserve Cabernet-Syrah are all award-winners, but special for more than that. Each label features a gorgeous, smiling woman. And every one of them is a breast-cancer survivor.
October marks the 25th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and “Cleavage Creek” is a tribute to the women who battle the disease every day, awing those around them with their courage and optimism. Brown put survivors on the label because he wanted them to know “that they are beautiful and loved.” Each woman’s story is told on the Cleavage Creek website, and Brown gives ten percent of gross sales to funding breast cancer research. “Not profits, because they can be off some years,” he says, “but 10 percent right off the top.” Brown lost his beloved wife of forty-eight years, Arlene, in 2005 after a seven-year fight with breast cancer. He channeled his overwhelming grief and anger into something positive. “Wasn’t any grand plan,” he recalls. “It all just came together. A lot of wines have forgettable names, but people remember ‘Cleavage.’”
What a way to honor breast cancer survivors! I think that this is absolutely amazing that someone would make the women on these bottles a symbol of defiance and retribution and survival to a disastrous, life altering and life threatening illness. What a way to honor an illness that has been killing women in many colors and ages and ethnicities for ages. This is the most wonderful thing I think I have heard in a while. Life is so precious and these women fought the inevitable and survived to live and tell the story. I have had women and men in my life die of cancer around me in the last 20 years and to see one or even hear of one survive this disgusting threat is absolutely wonderful. To honor ones that have survived are also celebrating life and also in another way remembering the ones that passed from the fight and succumbed to the other side.
I feel this way at this point in time as I have an aunt the 5th in My dad's side of the family as she was a previous cancer survivor 20 years ago, and now has stage four liver cancer that has spread so quick that they don't expect her to make it much longer. I have watched that side of my family either die from depression and cancer and it is either physical pain and suffering or the most unbearable pain of mental illness. I have off and on gotten off track on this path since school has started this semester thinking and second guessing myself with my grades wondering if this is truly what I need to be doing or if I am doing the right thing at my age of 38, I wonder if the depression for not doing so hot with my grades will take me as I have suffered from it before or the cancer that may take me in years to come as I have the history. This time of year is rough.
I think the celebration of life is the most amazing thing! I know that when I know one of which I love is hurting from the disease it rips this tiny part of my heart and how I think, life is to short what of tomm? I smoked for 17 years and quit last January and now the aftermath and healing and watching others wither away. So he my hat is off to you cleavage creek!
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