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Slavery as a child and sentenced to life in prison after been convicted of firstdegree murder for shooting her rapist as a teenager. Shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. The after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. She was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia my search for redemption in the american prison system. To any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. There are p...

It says a female student passed out after drinking at a party on the row and may have been drugged. The next morning the woman took a drug test which came back positive for ghb, often considered a date rape drug. I think it was just very concerning because i live on the row and i know it happens more commonly here because more parties occur he. Reporter Riley Simpson appreciates the university alerting students but says more should be done. The schools response to these kinds of things isnt dramatic enough. Reporter the Public Safety Department Says there are no indications the woman was sexua...

Locater. Its on lawrence expressway near 280 just near the transition. Were checking on the transition itself. Folks returning to work after maybe having as much as half a week off last week because of the power disruption. Well see how it does affect traffic flow. San francisco gets off for today. There may be less traffic across town. There is just that crash coming in westbound 80 right around davis where we are seeing slowing with one lane blocked. 5 01 right now. Governor newsome signed a bill that will let middle school and High School Students get more zs. How do we change our start tim...

Supervisor mar . How important is it that diversity be on this committee . Absolutely. The majority of the veterans i serve are veterans of color, low income, disabled, housing and food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Viol...

Income, disabled, food insecure, many with Substance Abuse, with former incarceration and were experiencing transformative results. Were shifting bitter crow money johns to warm members of our community and these are the most vulnerable citizens we have here in San Francisco. Ive been working with the senator for the past two years to get this bill passed at the state level. Its currently on the governors desk and its received unanimous approval from the legislature. I also advocated for multiple cities and at the National Level. I have been involved with the decriminal nature movement. Im her...