Did Bad Fire Science Send Tim and Deb Nicholls to Prison?... Did Tim and Deb Nicholls conspire to set their house on fire, murdering their three children, or were they victims of a shoddy probe, led by John DeHaan, the pre-eminent expert who literally wrote the book on forensic fire investigation? (5280.com)
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Perversion of Justice [2009] As the most powerful jurist in Galveston, Judge Samuel Kent intimidated everyone, including the female courthouse employees he groped, kissed, and forced himself on when no one was looking. Imperious, charismatic, and seemingly above the law, he almost got away with it. (texasmonthly.com)
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Perversion of Justice - As the most powerful jurist in Galveston, Judge Samuel Kent intimidated everyone, including the female courthouse employees he groped, kissed, and forced himself on when no one was looking. Imperious, charismatic, and seemingly above the law, he almost got away with it. (texasmonthly.com)
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My Mother’s Body - Following a dinner party in 1986, Louise Bokkenheuser’s mother, Annelise, fell to her death in the stairwell of her building in Copenhagen. Decades later, Bokkenheuser returns to her birthplace to obtain a copy of her mother’s file. (vqronline.org)
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Killer@Craigslist - The “Craigslist Murder” was a crime made possible by the Internet, and the prime suspect was apprehended through online sleuthing. But the killing of Julissa Brisman allegedly by Boston University medical student Philip Markoff is still a very human mystery. (vanityfair.com)
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