The excuses are drugs, and, get this, "self defense," i.e., it was all his slain wife's fault he killed her:
Defense attorneys painted Charla as a physically and verbally abusive wife. Her own step-grandmother, whom Mack believed to be clairvoyant, predicted Charla would one day stab her husband and that prediction prompted him to start carrying around a knife, his lawyers said.
Freeman said Mack had loved his wife so unconditionally that he allowed her to have sex with other men and women so that she could satisfy her sexual appetite.
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A miniature horse was killed by two pit bulls on the loose.
This just makes me sick:
A miniature horse given to a boy with brain cancer by the Make-A-Wish Foundation was killed by a pair of pit bulls who were found roaming in his yard, authorities said.
The 31-inch tall horse, Anniversary, was donated by the foundation to 3-year-old Christian Vasquez in late August.
Christian, who was diagnosed in January with a malignant form of brain cancer, received a pull cart, a blanket, a halter and a bridle set from the foundation on Saturday, said Jelaine Workman, executive director for the foundation's Amarillo chapter.
This is what happens when a guilty-as-sin defendant has no case at all but thinks he can beat the system. The victim is the one who is on trial.
We saw this in the O.J. Simpson trial, and we saw this in the Robert Blake trial, and this tactic is used all the time in lesser known cases.
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A few pictures of the recent John Henry memorial service can be found here on this fan site.
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I am about to hit the sack, but I have been listening to some of my vintage favorite recordings of the 50s and 60s, when I came across this old Ebony article from 1998 of an interview with the "real" widow of famed doo wop singer Frankie Lymon (1942-1968). As you may recall, there was a big court battle over the rights to his biggest hit, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," and three women claimed they all had been married to Lymon.
The dispute was made into a movie.
Lymon was one of my all-time favorites. I love doo wop.
I thought the article was worth posting a link from this blog.
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