Council rejects pardon hearing for 1988 murderer
CONCORD — Without debate, the state Executive Council rejected a bid by Robert McLaughlin, 83, for a hearing on his request for a pardon of his first-degree murder conviction for
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CONCORD — Without debate, the state Executive Council rejected a bid by Robert McLaughlin, 83, for a hearing on his request for a pardon of his first-degree murder conviction for
Renny Cushing doesn’t have a lot of time.Last year, he got the diagnosis no one wants to hear: stage four prostate cancer. Cushing found out after he had been hospitalized for acute kidney failure. By then, the cancer had already metastasized in his...
Renny Cushing doesn’t have a lot of time. Last year, he got the diagnosis no one wants to hear: stage four prostate cancer. Cushing found out after he had been hospitalized for acute kidney failure. By then, the cancer had already metastasized in his bones and lungs. There are many ways someone might choose to spend the last months of their life: reading, traveling, resting. But in the hospital, Cushing was thinking about the upcoming election. Did he still have time to get his name off the ballot? Who was he going to get to run in his place? He didn’t know.