Today we visit with Laura Nirider, a clinical assistant professor of law and co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth (CWCY) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago. Her clients have included Brendan Dassey, whose case was profiled in the Netflix Global series "Making a Murderer," and Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, whose case was profiled in the documentary "West of Memphis."
Wrongful
Conviction: False Confessions season two premiered on October
5
https://getpodcast.com/p/wrongfulconviction/wrongfulconviction_wrongful-conviction-false-confessions-season-2-trailer_3f52000072
TODAY
IS A SPECIAL DAY! (A special thanks to NationalDayCalendar.com)
October 14
National Dessert Day
Be Bald and Be Free Day
National Curves Day
National Emergency Nurse’s Day
National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work/School Day
National Stop Bullying Day
National Fossil Day
National
Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
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after having baby number two was knowing you don’t need the latest
gadget to have a happy baby.
A survey by UBS found that
billionaire wealth has reached an all-time high during the
Coronavirus pandemic. (https://tmsnrt.rs/36H63DK)
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A
Texas man accused of letting his 13-year-old stepdaughter drive them
to get ice cream is facing charges. 42-year-old Javier
Martinez-Aguilar of Lubbock was indicted on a felony charge of
endangering a child and criminal negligence Tuesday. On September
9th, a police officer pulled over a 13-year-old girl driving an SUV.
A police report said Martinez-Aguilar was in the passenger seat. “She
was driving her stepfather to get ice cream because he was drunk,”
the report said. Police stopped the girl because she failed to yield
the right of way to a police vehicle, which nearly crashed into
Martinez-Aguilar and the girl. Martinez-Aguilar was so drunk he had
trouble getting his license out of his wallet. He was charged with
criminal negligence and child endangerment and booked into a County
Detention Center. (https://bit.ly/3lgR1bS)
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Mel Gibson plays an angry, violent Santa Claus in a new movie called “FATMAN.” The film tells the story of a kid who hires a hitman to kill Santa after he gave him coal. (https://bit.ly/3lriKXd)
Country Singer Morgan Wallen was booted from performing on “Saturday Night Live” this week after a video surfaced on TikTok of him partying without a mask. (https://bit.ly/2SDpbtZ)
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Led Zeppelin won the plagiarism case that accused the band of stealing the intro to “Stairway To Heaven” from a band called Spirit they had opened for in 1968. (https://bit.ly/33BjnaD)
A video of a mystery object flying past the International Space Station and baffling astronauts inside has gone viral. The object was seen tumbling past the space station, leaving astronauts to believe it was space debris. (https://bit.ly/2SD2h61)
A calligraphy scroll written by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong worth $297 million dollars was torn in half by a buyer who thought it was counterfeit. The owner purchased the massive scroll for $500 only to rip it in half because he thought it was fake. (https://bit.ly/33BkrLQ)
Funk Legend Chaka Khan denied rumors that she once hooked up with Rick James. (https://pge.sx/3lnR5Xj)
The Nation’s Commercial Airlines are testing an app that will allow them to verify passengers Coronavirus test results. (https://bit.ly/3ls3R7b)
A T-Rex fossil sold for $31 million dollars at Christie’s Auction House in New York. The fossil is nicknamed “Stan” (https://bit.ly/36IQA6a)
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FACT FOR YOU:
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According
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eat 387 meals by themselves every year. That’s
about 7½ alone meals a week. But alone doesn’t always mean lonely.
The survey revealed that 68 percent of Americans look forward to
eating a meal alone. The top reason: It’s more relaxing.
A NEWS HEADLINE... FROM SOMEWHERE IN THIS WORLD!
Dateline....
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The
United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon
in 2024. (https://bit.ly/3ifJcBm)
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A
Kentucky woman is sending out what she calls an “urgent plea”
after a box containing her mother’s cremated remains went missing
when she mailed it to her sister in Florida. On September 9th, Amy
Redford of La Grange, Kentucky, sent the box via the U.S. Postal
Service to what she thought was her sister's address in Jacksonville.
The box, which bore a bright red label saying, “CREMATED REMAINS,”
was delivered the next day. But her sister had moved, and Redford
didn't know. Redford has talked to postal inspectors and the
apartment manager to piece together a timeline. She has emailed trash
companies in Jacksonville, who’ve pledged to keep an eye out for
the package. She has also talked to postal service employees in
Kentucky. (https://bit.ly/3cIEr23)
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fight over milk sent one Florida man to jail. The Lee County
Sheriff's Office arrested 30-year-old Justin Anthony Garcia on a
charge of aggravated battery. Deputies said he had an argument with
another man over which type of milk was better. Whole milk or almond
milk? The debate escalated into a fight. Deputies said Garcia punched
the other man in the face, chased him with a pocket knife and cut
him. (https://bit.ly/33fXP3e)
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NEWS.... OR FLORIDA?!
I
read a headline, you guess if the story is something that really
happened in the great state of FLORIDA or is it #FakeNews made up to
trick you and amuse me
A
Florida woman was arrested for repeatedly calling 911 to report that
her roommate was being irritating. FLORIDA
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