She made it her mission to force me to go to prom in a tuxedo and then later to wear a black graduation gown “like the rest of the boys” at graduation. After taunting me like a child from any of my elementary schools, she claimed that I was going to embarrass myself and lose if...
Then: When two burglars broke into Walter Rice's home in the early '90s, the last thing they expected to find was Rice's decaying body. Eventually, a friend of one of the robbers placed a call to the police informing them of Rice's death. By the time he was discovered, Rice had ...
On Sept. 21, FDR came before Congress to request amendments to a series of neutrality acts so that the United States could send aid to allies in Europe on the verge of a second World War and in opposition of the Nazi regime. FDR likened not amending these acts to passively aiding an ag...
The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 mandated that all states report certain required information on the death of any person who is detained, arrested, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in state or local facilities or a boot camp prison. The law further created penalties for not...
myself and frankly, it’s a nice distraction when I stay focused and busy, but when I get home I fall into my chair and scream. My ‘free’ time is rarely used these days to follow up on motivations of continuing my vision. But I do promise this, I WILL find a way, I always ...
Knowing Knoth’s attacker would likely try to sell the Waltham watch, they were keen to find where it would show up. Their strategy worked, and six days later, they found a man who purchased the watch in good faith for three dollars. From him, they traced the purchase back to the ...
Myself, I always think of the scene where Carl attempts to find a place to hide a briefcase full of money. It’s night. Carl’s been shot in the face but he has the money that he’s gone through so much trouble to collect. He runs into a field, looking for a place to hide it...
If this condition is left untreated longer than6 hours, incarcerated hernia can cut off blood flow to part of the intestine, resulting in strangulated hernia. Why does my hernia hurt so bad? Pain, localized to the area of the hernia defect itself is usually the result ofstretching and tearin...
it’s not an everyday reality. It’s not what they listen to. They could probably talk to you about other forms of music, like, say, hip hop. But gospel is a through line for most of them – some of them have found faith through the process of being incarcerated, but for many of...
“The Last Sound You Hear” – Connor, the grandson, visits his grandfather. They listen to their hearts using a stethoscope. This one had a “Sixth Sense” ending. Read it for yourself to find out what is meant by that. “Into the White”– I grew up in northeast Iowa. I still li...