by Josh Milton A death row prisoner in Texas told his family ‘don’t worry about me, I’m ready to fly’ in his final words before being executed. Wesley Ruiz, 43, fatally shot a Dallas Police Senior Corporal Mark Nix nearly 16 years ago on March 2007 after a high-speed chase. Ruiz, who was Hispanic, receivedContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Death row inmate’s last words were ‘I’m ready to fly’ before lethal injection.”
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Opioid Crisis Friday: Cusick man to spend 14 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking.
by Vincent Saglimbeni SPOKANE, Wash. — A 23-year-old Cusick man was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking. James Holmes pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. His 14-year sentence will run concurrently with a 151-month sentence for related conduct in Idaho. After his release, he will serve five yearsContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: Cusick man to spend 14 years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking.”
South Dakota Passes First Law That Will Force Trans Kids to Detransition
by Emily Leibert South Dakota is now the first state to pass legislation that would effectively force trans kids to detransition. The legislation, which marks the second state this year to attack healthcare for trans people, bans all gender-affirming care for patients under 18 years of age. On Monday, notoriously pro-NRA and anti-trans rights Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signedContinue reading “South Dakota Passes First Law That Will Force Trans Kids to Detransition”
True Crime Sundays: Bryan Kohberger Visited Idaho Student Union Before Murders — and Was ‘the Type to Stare’: Witnesses.
by Steve Hilling As police have investigated the November stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, they have attempted to recreate the daily whereabouts of the man suspected of killing them. In December, authorities arrested Bryan Kohberger and charged him with four counts of murder. But Kohberger didn’t attend the University of Idaho; he was a graduateContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Bryan Kohberger Visited Idaho Student Union Before Murders — and Was ‘the Type to Stare’: Witnesses.”
Opioid Crisis Friday: Teen sentenced for selling fentanyl to Post Falls HS student who later overdosed.
by Erin Robinson KOOTENAI CO., Idaho. — A local teenager could spend up to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl to a Post Falls student who then overdosed. Randy Ter Maaten, 17, was convicted of delivering a controlled substance on school grounds. The student he sold the drugs to then overdosed at Post FallsContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: Teen sentenced for selling fentanyl to Post Falls HS student who later overdosed.”
True Crime Sundays: Green Bay Man Wanted in Double Homicide Captured in Arkansas.
by Associated Press Authorities have captured a Green Bay man wanted in a double homicide in Arkansas. GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have captured a Green Bay man wanted in a double homicide in Arkansas. WLUK-TV reported Wednesday that 48-year-old Richard Sotka was arrested Sunday and charged in Brown County, Wisconsin, with two counts of first-degree intentionalContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Green Bay Man Wanted in Double Homicide Captured in Arkansas.”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: 35 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in King County in less than a month
by Natalie Swaby King County Prosecutors say they are working to hold drug dealers accountable. In the last five months of 2022, 67 fentanyl dealing charges were filed. SEATTLE — Since the start of 2023, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says 35 people have died from fentanyl-related overdoses. Prosecutors say they are working to hold drugContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: 35 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in King County in less than a month”
True Crime Sundays: Judges Hear Appeal From Victim’s Family in Adnan Syed Case.
by Associated Press Adnan Syed, whose murder case rose to prominence through the hit podcast “Serial,” appeared in court Thursday in Maryland, where a three-judge panel considered whether the victim’s family experienced improper treatment when a Baltimore court overturned Syed’s conviction last year, allowing his release after more than two decades behind bars ANNAPOLIS, Md.Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: Judges Hear Appeal From Victim’s Family in Adnan Syed Case.”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1.27.2023 Auschwitz is Liberated
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there. Auschwitz was really a group of camps, designated I, II, and III. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps. It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established inContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1.27.2023 Auschwitz is Liberated”
True Crime Sundays: ‘Devil You Know’: Woman’s Mother Forced Her To Help Kill Stepdad, Hide Body.
‘Devil You Know’: Woman’s Mother Forced Her To Help Kill Stepdad On “The Devil You Know,” viewers were introduced to Kim Wohlert, whose mother Judy Gough forced to help her in the murder of Kim’s stepfather, Lloyd Ford. In 1980, Judy made Kim’s brothers dig a large hole their yard, saying it was to plantContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: ‘Devil You Know’: Woman’s Mother Forced Her To Help Kill Stepdad, Hide Body.”
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