BREAKING: Judge Rejects New Trial for Casper Man Who Shot Mother
A Natrona County District Court Judge on Monday ruled against a new trial for a Casper man convicted of murder in the shooting death of his mother.
Judge Daniel Forgey rejected defense attorneys argument that Andrew Steplock did not receive adequate representation during his November 2019 jury trial.
Andrew Steplock has exhausted virtually all of his legal options for a new trial. He does have the option of appealing Forgey s ruling to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Prior to the trial, a psychologist for the Wyoming State Hospital determined that Steplock did not lack substantial capacity as a result of mental illness or deficiency, to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.
Edler-Davis leads CS Bakersfield past Long Beach St. 89-76
January 3, 2021 GMT
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) Justin Edler-Davis had 15 points to lead six Cal State Bakersfield players in double figures as the Roadrunners beat Long Beach State 89-76 on Saturday. Justin McCall added 13 points for the Roadrunners. Czar Perry chipped in 11, Taze Moore scored 11 and Shawn Stith had 10. McCall also had eight rebounds.
Isaiah Washington had 18 points for the Beach (2-3, 1-1 Big West Conference). Joe Hampton added 14 points. Trever Irish had 14 points.
Michael Carter III, whose 18 points per game heading into the contest led the Beach, had seven points (3 of 10).
Will Ralph Northam Give Posthumous Pardons to Seven Black Rapists?
Chris Roberts, American Renaissance, December 15, 2020
On January 8, 1949, a white woman named Ruby Stroud Floyd was raped in a black part of Martinsville, Virginia. At a hospital where she was examined for internal injuries, she told police that a group of black men raped her. Police soon arrested, Frank Hairston, Jr. and Booker Millner. Their confessions led to the arrest of five more blacks: Howard Hairston, James Hairston, John Taylor, Francis Grayson, and Joe Hampton. All seven were charged with rape and aiding and abetting rape, and all confessed at least to being present at the crime. At the time, rape and accessory to rape were punishable by death in Virginia, which is what prosecutors proposed for the “Martinsville Seven.” The six trials (two of the seven men were tried together) all returned guilty verdicts with death sentences. Four of the men were executed on February 2, 1951, and three on Februar