My son Wally was around the age of twelve when, while having a conversation, he said to me "If I had to go to prison to make the world a better place, I would go to prison." It is something that I will never forget. I was so proud of him, he had so much compassion and love for his...
I'm not old enough to remember Dr. King Jr. or the revolutions he gave his life for, but I was smack dab in the middle of the Watts riots when I was 4-years-old. The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the "Watts Rebellion," took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965*. Our...
Facts of the Case: On June 15th, 1998, a divorced father, Barton (Bart) McNeil, had custody of his daughter Christina for the night, per child care arrangements with this ex-wife, Tita McNeil. Around 10:30 pm, Bart put Christina to bed. Inexplicably, a few hours later, Bart found Christina awake in the bedroom smiling and talking. Bart told...
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On September 5, 2011, Misook Nowlin murdered her mother-in-law Linda Tyda. A macabre murder involving her 6-year old son, Donovan Wang for which she is now serving a 55-year sentence. Listen to episode 7 of Suspect Convictions, hosted by Willis Kern and Scott Reeder as they ponder the similarities between the two crimes, committed 13 years apart;...
In response to a comment made by Timothy Capps to a Facebook post on 9-26-19: "Illinois State's attorneys are answerable to only one power: the ballot box. The Attorney General has no statutory oversight. Few things are as repugnant to agents of the state as investigating and prosecuting their own. DuPage County saw some prosecutions and civil...
You would think that losing a child to a violent murder would have to be the most horrific thing that you could go through as a parent, right? Guess again. Try losing a child to a horrific murder and being arrested, tried, and convicted of that horrific crime. Can you even imagine? And, before you go thinking, "that can't happen," just ask ...
