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  • the lynching and injustice against Nicholas Minucci (NYPD Defends Criminals from victims)

    04/15/2017 10:34:01 AM PDT · by mainestategop · 4 replies
    Mainestategop ^ | Brian Ball
    I want you all to imagine the following scenario: A group of white hoodlums decide to start trouble in the predominantly black middle class neighborhood of Uniondale and decide to go there to beat up black people and steal cars. While there they come across three black teenagers, attack them and try to rob them. One of the teens fights back and uses the word cracker. The hoodlums are beaten back and scatter like quail away from Uniondale.One of them is seriously injured. Shortly afterwards, they are picked up by police who take them in and interrogate them. They admit...
  • Killer Mom Walks Free after Murdered Son Comes Looking for Her

    04/19/2005 1:22:26 PM PDT · by stradivarius · 5 replies · 795+ views
    Kamala Khatun, a village woman of Sherpur district, was sentenced to life imprisonment along with her second husband eight years ago on charges of "killing and hiding the corpse" of her eight-year-old son with her first husband. She protested her innocence in the court but lost the case thanks to the circumstantial evidence produced by her first husband Julhas Miah. The Court of Sherpur District and Sessions Judge found Kamala and Mizanur equally guilty of the crime on May 28, 1997 and threw them behind bars. Later, she appealed to the High Court against the verdict. Kamala had a troubled...
  • Man Gets Millions After DNA Clears Him Of Rape

    03/22/2004 10:28:09 AM PST · by Therapist · 15 replies · 154+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 03/22/2004 | AP Staff
    KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- A man who served 15 years in prison for rape -- before DNA testing cleared him -- is getting more than $2 million. Bruce Godschalk, who is now 44 years old, previously agreed to accept $740,000 from Montgomery County, Pa. Now, Upper Merion Township will to give him an additional $1.6 million. Township officials said they still don't think they did anything wrong -- but one official said they asked themselves what 15 years of a man's life was worth. Godschalk filed his lawsuit in September 2002, seven months after he left prison. He said...