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“Polar bear skin is black,” said 12-year-old Elaina Smith’s father, Dwayne, as he stood in a standing room-only church full of people who loved his daughter, remembering the little things
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I was surprised to hear Gov. Josh Shapiro announce that he will not sign any capital punishment warrants and that he is pushing for the Legislature to abolish the death
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Columbia police and the Lancaster County District Attorney's office filed child rape, rape and related charges against Jason Shackelford, the Columbia man already charged with killing his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter