By: Abagail A. Chambers Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver, Henry Ruggs III, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, Nov. 2 after killing a 23-year-old woman and her dog in a car crash. The fatal crash happened around 3:40 a.m. that morning. Ruggs was driving at a speed of approximately 156 mph when […]
Drug dealers: It’s for life
By AARON BETANCOURT An estimated 2.4 million Americans are addicted to opioid drugs. Opioids are a class of highly addictive drugs including prescription painkillers like oxycontin, hydrocodone and morphine, as well as heroin. Health officials stated that these drugs claimed 63,600 lives in 2016. At a New Hampshire rally on March 19, President Trump proposed […]
No Life, No Pizza: Texas Mulls End to Last Meals
You’re chained up to a pickup truck and being dragged along a bumpy road. You’re thinking about how your life is going to end after just a few more minutes of torture. After you’re dead and your attacker has gone to jail and been given the death penalty, he or she has until the day […]
Give Them Church or Give Them Death: Serve Your Time in Mass
When I think of the punishments that exist for committing a crime, I don’t count attending church as a possible consequence. Death? Sure. A fine? If it’s a misdemeanor, then probably. Years of prison rape? Well that’s a given. But a new proposal in Bay Minette, Ala., could offer an even harsher penalty than prison […]