Sperry Steele News Today

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho has agreed to review the case of Doshman Johnson, who is in prison for a murder he may not have committed, after the family and lone witness in the case asked him to do so.

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - In 2009, Franki Jones’ Testimony As The Sole Witness Against Doshmen Johnson Put Him Behind Bars For Life When Both Were Teens. Now, She Wants To Help Free Him, Saying She Was Coerced Into Helping To Convict The Wrong Man Of Homicide

Perry Steele faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and trafficking related to the 2022 death of Scioto County jail inmate Cory Cantrell.

Ivan Doig was an author and Dolly Smith Cusker Akers was Montana’s first Native American legislator.