THE brother-in-law of midwife Samantha Eastwood, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave eight days after she went missing, has pleaded guilty to her murder. Michael Stirling wept in the dock after admitting he killed Samantha. Who is Michael Stirling and how did he know the midwife? Michael Stirling is a fencing worker from Stoke-on-Trent. The 32-year-old is the brother-in-law of Samantha Eastwood's ex-fiance, John Peake. Stirling is married to Katie Stirling, John Peake's sister, who is also 32. The couple lived in Northwood less than a mile away from Michael's parents, Stephen and Carol. A source described Stirling as a "real outdoorsy type of man" who would "often go camping with his family". When was he charged with Samantha Eastwood's murder? Stirling was charged with the murder of Samantha Eastwood on Sunday, August 5. He was arrested along with his innocent father Stephen, 60, and an unnamed 28-year-old who were quizzed for possibly assisting an offender. In August, … [Read more...] about Who is Michael Stirling? Brother-in-law of Samantha Eastwood’s ex-fiance who pleaded guilty to her murder
Laws of chance
Court rejects appeal from Texas inmate sentenced to die in high-profile ‘law of parties’ case
By Keri Blakinger Published 4:14 pm CST, Thursday, November 22, 2018 This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Jeffrey Wood. A Republican lawmaker in Texas says a bipartisan group of legislators will take the highly unusual step of urging the state to halt the execution of Wood, who didn't pull the trigger during a fatal 1996 robbery. Wood is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday. He was convicted under a Texas law that makes a participant in a capital murder crime equally culpable, even though it was Wood's friend who shot a store clerk. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) less This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Jeffrey Wood. A Republican lawmaker in Texas says a bipartisan group of legislators will take the highly unusual ... more Photo: HOGP … [Read more...] about Court rejects appeal from Texas inmate sentenced to die in high-profile ‘law of parties’ case
An Apocryphally Articulated Interpretation of the Law of Terrorism
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Abdul Khader Kunju S July 24, 2018 1:17 pm Change Font Size Misuse of criminal laws by the investigating agencies is an anathema in the criminal justice system in India. And the sorrowing fact is that, sometimes, such misuse gets judicially authorized at some level. Correction takes time. In one of such affairs [Abdul Salam vs. National Investigating Agency (2018 (3) KHC 1 (FB) = MANU/KE/1003/2018)], the Full Bench of the High Court of Kerala, per majority (2:1), rightly held that the offence of circulation of counterfeit Indian currency notes (fake Indian currency notes or the FICN), committed before the amendment of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) in 2013, does not constitute ‘terrorist act’. The dissenting view is that it does. A dissent in the court of last resort, as the eminent Justice H R Khanna, quoting the famous American Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes, said, is an appeal … [Read more...] about An Apocryphally Articulated Interpretation of the Law of Terrorism
Chance the Rapper: ‘Black People Don’t Have to be Democrats’
Chicago-based crooner Chance the Rapper seemed to show his support for fellow Chi-Town artist Kanye West’s beliefs about free thinking by pointing out that black people should not feel obliged to support the Democratic Party. “Black people don’t have to be democrats,” Chance the Rapper wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, amid liberal uproar over Kanye West’s vocal admiration for President Donald Trump.Hillary Clinton won some 88 percent of the black vote, compared to trump’s eight percent. The failed presidential candidate also won the support of Chance the Rapper, who endorsed Clinton in the 2016 presidential and has also questioned whether to unarm law enforcement to prevent allegedly racist police brutality. The Grammy-winner’s comment about black people not needing to support Democrats immediately angered many of the rapper’s fans, several of whom took to social media and suggested Republicans are racist.Meanwhile, … [Read more...] about Chance the Rapper: ‘Black People Don’t Have to be Democrats’
Life and death became a matter of chance in Parkland school massacre
As gunman Nikolas Cruz skulked through Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, a person’s chances of surviving depended largely on where they encountered him.One student who came across him on the first floor got away as Cruz loaded his weapon, according to a chilling animation released Tuesday. And all students on the second floor survived. But students and staff on the first and third floors were at Cruz’s mercy, the animation shows.The rudimentary video, made by investigators from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, provides the first official account of Cruz’s movements during approximately six minutes and 45 seconds he spent inside the school building. It was played at Tuesday’s first meeting of the state-appointed commission investigating “system failures” related to the Parkland school mass shooting.The animation shows Cruz — as a black dot with a line representing the AR-15 rifle he carried — methodically stalking through the … [Read more...] about Life and death became a matter of chance in Parkland school massacre