Michael Griffith is about to pay with his life for violating the law he once swore to enforce.
The former Harris County sheriff's deputy was set for execution Wednesday evening for the rape, robbery and stabbing death of a Houston woman more than 12 years ago.
Griffith, one of the few former lawmen ever on death row, is the first of five convicted killers scheduled for lethal injection this month in Texas.
The slaying of Deborah McCormick, 44, came nearly two years after Griffith, who rose to the rank of sergeant over his 10-year career, was fired for violating the sheriff's department policy on domestic abuse.
So the "kid" of "my kid's mom" appears to have grown up into a sociopath. Yes, Derek Schlessinger, beloved soldier-boy scion of talk radio's Queen of Moralizing Mean, has shown the world just what it means to be Dr. Laura's kid.
Archaeologists last week announced the discovery of a new section of the Great Wall of China near the Mongolian border - the northernmost segment ever found.
But what's most noticeable about the wall today is not what's reappearing but what's vanishing.
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| The Great Wall of China may be imperiled by an explosion in tourists, such as the Chinese and foreign visitors above, who frequent souvenir stalls and parking lots only a stone's throw from the wall. Poor reconstruction projects have in places given the ancient landmark the look of a Hollywood set.
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SEATTLE - A man who tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq is facing federal charges of falsifying his record.
Jesse Adam Macbeth, 23, formerly of Phoenix, garnered attention on blogs and in some alternative media after he began claiming in 2005 to have been awarded a Purple Heart for his service, which he said included slaughtering innocents in a Fallujah mosque. His story was contradicted by his discharge form, showing that he was kicked out of the Army after six weeks at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2003 because of his "entry level performance and conduct."
THE US wishes to be part of any fresh effort, under UN leadership, to renew the stalled talks on Cyprus with a view to finding a negotiated settlement, US Undersecretary at the State Department Nicholas Burns has said.
In his remarks to participants of the third annual meeting of the International Coordinating Committee- Justice For Cyprus, Burns dismissed any suggestions of bringing back a the Annan plan, which the overwhelming majority of Greek Cypriots rejected in the April 2004 referendum and which the Turkish Cypriots approved.
Raanan Ben-Zur
YnetThu, 17 May 2007 07:54 UTC
Over 500 cat carcasses and skins were found in the apartment of a murder suspect in central Israel. A gag order on the case was removed Thursday.
Rostislas Bugoslavsky, an 18-year-old from Petach Tikva, has been arrested for allegedly committing two murders, an attempted murder and killing approximately 500 stray cats.
The suspect initially denied the allegations; however, the police investigation team has gathered evidence linking him to the crimes.
The investigation began in March, when a 68-year-old man was stabbed in the neck and left to bleed to death. A prior, similar attack that wounded a 32-year-old, gave rise to the possibility that this was the doing of a serial killer and a gag order was put on the investigation.
'Reaper' droids prepare to harvest fleeing humans
The US Air Force has announced it has ordered a further quartet of MQ-9 'Reapers', worth $59m, to supplement its initial fleet of seven.
A decision on full-rate production is expected in 2009. Meanwhile, the head of the Royal Air Force said last week that the UK will also deploy its first fully-armed Reapers "later this year".
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The MQ-9 is the most formidable killer robot currently in operation. It's a big beast, 36 feet long with an 86-foot wingspan. It can fly for 14 hours without refuelling, going at a maximum speed of 300mph and as high as 50,000 feet - nine and a half miles up.
TWO teenagers who wanted to experience murder told police it "felt right" to strangle a friend and bury her body in a shallow grave beneath her West Australian home.
Comment: This is as chilling as it comes. Welcome to the world of the psychopath. Read 'Without Conscience' by Robert Hare to find descriptions of other psychopaths that match what is described above.
Veteran funnyman Chevy Chase admits in an upcoming biography that his mother and stepfather physically abused him when he was a kid growing up in New York.
A mother and her three daughters who forced two toddlers to take part in a "dog fight" and filmed it walked free from court yesterday.
The women, including the children's mother, goaded the tearful brother and sister to punch each other and even use a magazine and hairbrush as weapons. When the boy, who was in a nappy, stopped fighting they called him a "wimp" and "bloody faggot".
Comment: SICKENING!!!!
Psychopaths ARE in our midst. Understanding that and how to counteract the psychopathic influence could save your life or someone close to you.
SOTT has done a lot of research into psychopaths and has a range of articles and book references to enable you to grasp this disturbing phenomenon.
A good beginning would be to read
Psychopath
Comment: This is as chilling as it comes. Welcome to the world of the psychopath. Read 'Without Conscience' by Robert Hare to find descriptions of other psychopaths that match what is described above.