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Judge Finds Oscar Pistorius NOT GUILTY Killing Of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius was found not GUILTY of premeditated murder, and murder, in the Feb. 14, 2024 shooting death of his Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa in South Africa’s Pretoria Court Thursday.
Masipa said that prosecutors failed to provide “enough facts” to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the paralympian, 27, had intentionally shot the model/reality star.
She said that culpable homicide — indicating the slaying was one of negligence — “is a competent verdict,” though did not formally declare her decision. (A culpable homicide conviction could still lead to years of incarceration.)

The double-amputee, Masipa said, likely thought Steenkamp was in his bedroom when he shot at the bathroom door, believing an intruder was on the other end.
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The “court is satisfied that at the relevant time, the accused could distinguish between right and wrong,” she said.
Prosecutors didn’t prove Pistorius acted with an intent to kill in the deadly incident, the Judge said, also cutting down much of the testimony delivered in the case, saying that the media frenzy hovering over the proceedings contaminated recollections from the 37 witnesses who took the stand.

“Technology is more reliable than human perception and human memory,” she said.
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In one highly-scrutinized detail in the case, Masipa said she believed that high-pitched screams witnesses heard did indeed come from Pistorius, not Steenkamp.
“None of the witnesses had ever heard the accused cry or scream, let alone when he was anxious,” the Judge said. “I continue to explain why most witnesses got their facts wrong.”

Masipa brushed off **** messages the prosecution presented as evidence of the couple’s volatile interactions, saying that “normal relationships are dynamic and unpredictable most of the time, while human beings are fickle.”
The 29-year-old model’s parents Barry and June Steenkamp were in the court Thursday, as were many of Pistorius’ relatives. As he did many times during the actual trial, Pistorius wept during the judge’s speech.
Story developing.

‘Intolerant Jackass Act’ proposed to counter initiative to legalize killing gays

‘Intolerant Jackass Act’ proposed as response to anti-gay initiative

A Woodland Hills activist has filed a measure to the office of state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, pictured, in response to an anti-gay initiative proposed last month. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

By Hailey Branson-Potts

Woodland Hills activist files ‘Intolerant Jackass Act’ in response to proposal calling for killing of gays
proposed ballot measure would require anti-gay initiative’s author to attend sensitivity training #lgbt

A proposed state ballot measure that would authorize the killing of gays and lesbians infuriated one woman so much that she filed her own measure with the state attorney general’s office: the “Intolerant Jackass Act.”

The proposed ballot measure — yes, that is its actual name — by Woodland Hills author and activist Charlotte Laws would require anyone who proposes measures calling for the death of gay people to attend monthly sensitivity training and to donate $5,000 to “a pro-gay or pro-lesbian organization.”

I wanted the world to see that California is a very open-minded state and that he is a lone voice, a minority voice… – Charlotte Laws, Woodland Hills author and activist

Laws’ proposal is directly aimed at the so-called Sodomite Suppression Act, a proposed initiative by Huntington Beach attorney Matthew McLaughlin that authorizes the killing of gay people by “bullets to the head” or “any other convenient method.”

“It was done as a statement to make fun of Mr. McLaughlin,” Laws said of her proposal. “I wanted the world to see that California is a very open-minded state and that he is a lone voice, a minority voice, and that my ‘Intolerant Jackass Act’ actually reflects the sentiments of Californians.”

McLaughlin has avoided the media since his initiative was made public. Calls to a phone number listed for him with the State Bar of California went straight to voicemail on Monday.

McLaughlin’s proposal has tested the limits of California’s normally liberal attitude of putting even the most extreme ideas on the ballot if enough signatures are collected.

For a fee of $200, McLaughlin submitted his proposal to Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris’ office, which is required by state law to give all proposed ballot measures a formal name and summary before the signature-gathering process begins.

To get on the November 2024 ballot, McLaughlin and any supporters he has would have to collect more than 365,000 signatures in 180 days — a high bar even for well-financed efforts.

Last month, Harris asked for a court order allowing her to halt the measure, saying it was both “reprehensible” and unconstitutional. Harris filed an action for declaratory relief with the Sacramento County Superior Court, her office said.

The action is pending before the court and a hearing date has not been set yet, Kristin Ford, a spokeswoman for Harris, said Monday. The attorney general’s office will not be advancing McLaughlin’s proposal to the signature-gathering process while the matter is pending before the court, Ford said.

Laws said she was shocked by McLaughlin’s proposal, even though it is considered to be an incredible long shot. When she learned any California citizen could submit a ballot proposal for the $200 fee, she decided to take a stand and file her own, she said.

Laws’ submitted initiative says the “abominable crime known as prejudice against sexual orientation … is a destructive view that society commands us to suppress,” and refers to people who bring forth ballot proposals like McLaughlin’s as “Intolerant Jackasses.”

It would require anyone who brings forth such a proposed measure to attend three hours of sensitivity training per month for a year.

Unlike some lawmakers who have proposed increasing the fee for filing ballot measures in response to McLaughlin’s proposal, Laws said she was happy it was relatively inexpensive for citizens to file measures – and responses like hers.

“I’m not saying the initiative process is perfect … but the people of California are intelligent; they aren’t going to pass something like this absurd proposal,” Laws said of McLaughlin’s submission.

Laws said her proposal is just a statement and that she does not intend for it to move forward – though several people have called her saying they would be willing to gather signatures.

“Obviously, mine isn’t constitutional either,” she said of her proposal.

Laws said she might circulate the measure for signatures if a “huge contingent of Californians agreed with Matt McLaughlin,” but that she thinks “he might be the only guy in the entire state who thinks that way.”

Not much is known about McLaughlin, whose listed address with the state bar is a postal box at a Beach Boulevard strip mall in Huntington Beach.

An online petition at change.org calling for McLaughlin to be disbarred had collected more than 132,000 signatures as of Monday.

source: 'Intolerant Jackass Act' proposed as response to anti-gay initiative – LA Times

Police: Girl, charged with killing brother, abused for years

Oh, Florida…

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Police: Girl, charged with killing brother, abused for years

Andrew Capasso, WTLV- and WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.7:31 a.m. EST January 8,2020

15 and 11-year-old sisters in Florida are accused of killing their 16-year-old brother. The older sister told investigators her brother beat her and locked her in her room, and the history of abuse goes back farther than that. VPC

(Photo: Columbia High School yearbook)

WHITE SPRINGS, Fla. — One teenage girl accused of plotting to kill her older brother suffered years of physical abuse and was sexually abused by her uncle, authorities said Wednesday.
The 15-year-old Girl, whom USA TODAY is not identifying because the 3rd Circuit state attorney has not decided yet whether to charge her as an adult, allegedly shot her 16-year-old brother, Damien Kornegay, sometime Monday evening with a handgun retrieved from a locked room, according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. She told investigators that she was angry her brother beat her up earlier that day and faces a charge of premeditated murder.
The siblings’ 11-year-old sister also is being held because she is accused of keeping watch while her older sister broke into the bedroom through a window to get the 9mm handgun, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter said Wednesday. She, too, is not being identified because of her age and faces a charge of premeditated murder.
"We don’t have this in our community," Hunter said. "This is the stuff nightmares are made of."

USA TODAY
Sisters, 11, 15, held in death of 16-year-old brother

The gun was unloaded but the teen loaded the weapon before shooting her brother, the sheriff said.
Police ********s released Wednesday said the 15-year-old’s uncle was convicted of molesting her in 2024. They also say the children’s mother at one point discovered the siblings having sex.
Keith Kornegay, 37, of White Springs, Fla.(Photo: Columbia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office)

The children’s parents — Keith Kornegay, 37, and Misty Kornegay, 33 — had been away since Sunday, authorities said. They were arrested Tuesday, charged with child neglect causing great bodily harm and are accused of failing to properly supervise their children.
A judge set the parents’ bond at $20,000 Wednesday and ordered that they cannot have unsupervised contact with their children. The Florida Department of Children and Families has taken a 3-year-old boy also in their home into custody.
Police in White Springs, a town of about 800 people 70 miles west of Jacksonville, Fla., learned of the crime a little before 10 p.m. ET Monday after receiving a phone call from the mother of a friend of the 11-year-old. The girl told her friend that she had run away and needed someone to pick her up at a Dollar General store, according to a police report.
When the woman arrived she found the older sister there, too, who mentioned that something might be wrong with another sibling at home, the report said. Officers who responded talked to the teen.
As she spoke, she applied makeup and "would not maintain eye contact and appeared emotionless," according to their report.
Misty Kornegay, 33, of White Springs, Fla.(Photo: Columbia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office)

But soon she started crying and told the officers that her brother had beaten her, thrown her into her bedroom, and locked the door. She told officers that when he went to sleep her younger sister unlocked the door.
The teen said she then shot her brother, according to the report.
Columbia County deputies, who were contacted to check the house, found Damien dead in the living room. The weapon was on a blanket in the hallway.
"For our community to have this, there’s going to be 100,000 whys," Hunter said. The older sister told investigators that at times for years she had been locked in a room with just a bucket and a blanket, and at one point one of the sisters had been removed from school.
The teen had told police that her parents were due to return around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
The children’s father is a trucker, Hunter said. And the children’s mother occasionally would accompany her husband on his hauls, leaving the youngsters under Damien’s supervision.
The home in White Springs, Fla., where two sisters are accused of killing their older brother.(Photo: WTLV- and WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.)

That was a contributing factor to charges being filed, the sheriff said.
"These kids are hurting," said Veronica Thomas, pastor of White Springs Congregational Holiness Church. She spoke to them soon after the shooting.
Columbia County is home to about 70,000 residents and hasn’t had a homicide in more than a year, officials said.
Because the children’s parents also are under arrest — all had their first appearances in court scheduled Wednesday — any of the siblings who might be released from state custody can’t return home now.
Children arrested for crimes and treated as juveniles can be held in detention for a maximum of 21 days under Florida law but the judge has granted an extra nine days in this case.
"I may be forced to actually charge them as adults to hold them in juvenile detention until I can work something out," said Jeff Siegmeister, 3rd Circuit state attorney. "I don’t know all of the facts yet."
Contributing: Lisa Robbins and Laura Caso, WTLV- and WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.; The Associated Press

Floyd Mayweather Posts Ex’s Sonogram, Accuses Her of ‘Killing Babies’

Earlier this year, boxer Floyd Mayweather got dumped by his fiancee Shantel Jackson after he allegedly cheated on her. But Mayweather has since apparently gone batshit insane, insisting that it was he who dumped her, and that he did it because she had "a abortion." To support this accusation, he posted what he claims are images from a sonogram Jackson had in December.

Holy shit.

Mayweather posted the images to Facebook this morning, writing as an explanation,

The real reason me and Shantel Christine Jackson @missjackson broke up was because she got a abortion, and I’m totally against killing babies. She killed our twin babies.#ShantelJackson #FloydMayweather #TheMoneyTeam #TMT

A few problems with this, besides the fact that oh my fucking god what is wrong with you Floyd?: First, not to be Captain Abortion here, but as someone who has supported women in my life through abortions at various junctures throughout my young adulthood, this doesn’t prove shit. They don’t hand you, like, a souvenir The Child You Decided Not To Have packet when you go to the doctor for a pre-abortion sonogram. They don’t even do that in Texas (although I’m sure they would if it weren’t for the damn judicial system fucking Perry’s creepy megachurch agenda up). A sonogram just proves the subject of the sonogram was pregnant; it doesn’t prove how the pregnancy ended, or that the children were even his. It does prove that if she did have an abortion, she likely dodged a bullet. Floyd Mayweather is a terrible person, and terrible people make terrible fathers.

His Facebook followers agreed, and after thousands of them expressed their distaste for his classless move, he took the post down.

For such a smarmy Defender of the Helpless, Floyd Mayweather’s got an awfully violent rap sheet. Here’s ABC News on the 2024 domestic violence incident that landed Mayweather in jail for 90 days in early 2024:

Mayweather pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery charges stemming from an incident two years ago, when he pulled the hair and twisted the arm of Josie Harris, the mother of three of his children. The younger two children watched the abuse while the older child ran out of a back door to fetch a security guard.
Prosecutors dropped felony and misdemeanor charges that could have gotten Mayweather 34 years in prison if he had been convicted on all counts.

During that incident, Mayweather allegedly threatened to kill Harris.

Mayweather also pled guilty to domestic violence and battery charges in 2024. In 2024, he ran into legal trouble again, when he allegedly punched two women in a Vegas nightclub, completely unprovoked.

Mayweather is scheduled to fight Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand on Saturday. He will be paid $32 million.

Floyd Mayweather Posts Ex’s Sonogram, Accuses Her of ‘Killing Babies’

man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19old daughter

man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter

Newhall man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter

Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, is shown in this file photo. Warner was charged Tuesday, Jan. 27,2020 with sexually abusing and killing his 19-day-old daughter. (KABC)

Updated 27 mins ago
LOS ANGELES (KABC) —
A Newhall man has been charged with sexually abusing and killing his 19-day-old daughter, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday.

Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, faces one count each of murder, assault on a child causing death, torture, oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 years old or younger and aggravated sexual assault of a child, Deputy District Attorney Julie Kramer said in a news release.

Arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday but was continued to Feb. 18. Bail was set at $2.25 million. If convicted of all charges, Warner faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

According to the criminal complaint, the murder and sexual assault happened on Friday.

Newhall man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter | abc7.com

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Station said Warner and his wife came to the station Friday night and reported their baby girl missing from their home.

The child’s **** was discovered the next morning in the front cab of a Nissan pickup truck in a parking lot in the 23630 block of Newhall Avenue, about a half-mile from where the child lived. Warner was arrested on suspicion of murder.

The baby’s grandmother said neighbors saw Warner leave their apartment complex with a bundle. She says he later told his wife that their baby was missing.

The baby girl’s mother has not been arrested and will likely not face any charges. Detectives say she is distraught, but cooperating in the investigation. Her name has not been released.

man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19old daughter

man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter

Newhall man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter

Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, is shown in this file photo. Warner was charged Tuesday, Jan. 27,2020 with sexually abusing and killing his 19-day-old daughter. (KABC)

Arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday but was continued to Feb. 18. Bail was set at $2.25 million. If convicted of all charges, Warner faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

According to the criminal complaint, the murder and sexual assault happened on Friday.

Newhall man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter | abc7.com

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Station said Warner and his wife came to the station Friday night and reported their baby girl missing from their home.

The baby’s grandmother said neighbors saw Warner leave their apartment complex with a bundle. She says he later told his wife that their baby was missing.

The baby girl’s mother has not been arrested and will likely not face any charges. Detectives say she is distraught, but cooperating in the investigation. Her name has not been released.

Five Foods That Are Killing the Planet

Five Foods That Are Killing the Planet

Bluefin Tuna

We’ll let Pulitzer Prize–winning food critic Jonathan Gold get on his soapbox for this one: "People need to stop eating BLUEFIN TUNA. Period. It’ll be difficult because bluefin is uncommonly delicious and tends to be served at high-end sushi bars, where the fashion is to say ‘omakase’ and submit to the chef’s will. But the numbers of these magnificent fish are dropping fast. If we don’t stop eating them now, we’ll stop in a few years anyway because there won’t be any more." Carl Safina, who founded the Blue Ocean Institute, adds, "Because they’re long-lived, bluefin populations don’t stand up well to heavy fishing pressure—that’s why they’re so depleted. It’s just too sad to eat them. Plus, big fish are high in mercury." To rein in your share of the overfishing disaster currently unfolding—bluefin stock is down by more than 96 percent from unfished levels—order a vegetarian roll instead.

(Conventional) Coffee

The problem with CONVENTIONAL COFFEE, according to Stephen Madigosky, an environmental science professor at Widener University, "stems from manipulating this shade-loving plant into one that’s grown in full sunlight and requires substantial use of herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and fertilizers." He adds That biologically rich forests are cleared in favor of coffee crops, which devastates tropical species, especially migratory birds. Order organic **** to cut out the pesticides, and choose shade-grown to protect rainforest biodiversity. Marc Lash, sustainability ambassador for FrontStreet Facility Solutions, points out That how you take your coffee makes a difference: "At Starbucks, a black cup of coffee has a carbon footprint of about 30 grams, whereas a venti caramel latte has one of about 420 grams."

Beef

"Cheap burgers are environmental assassins," says Logan Strenchock, Central European University’s sustainability officer. Feeding cows to turn them into FACTORY-FARMED BEEF often requires replacing tropical forests with fields of genetically modified corn and soy, which are laced with pesticides That pollute local waters. "It takes 10 to 14 pounds of grain-****d feed for a cow to gain 1 pound of flesh," Strenchock says. "Once harvested, That flesh needs to be kept cold, consuming massive amounts of energy." If you must eat a dead cow, eat a grass-fed one, but even then, consider these words from Mary O’Brien, who directs the Utah Forests Program for the Grand Canyon Trust: "In the western U.S., cattle have the single most pervasive impact on public lands, depleting native biodiversity, increasing invasive exotics, diverting water, fouling streams, and baring the soil."

Corn

"GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN violates so many sustainability boundaries—destroying habitats, depleting soils, breaking nutrient cycles, polluting air and water, contaminating native maize varieties, and on and on," says Douglas Fox, a professor of sustainable agriculture at Unity College. Terry Walters, author of Clean Food (Sterling Epicure, 2024), says That such monocrops "put our bee population at risk and are creating superpests." She adds That corn’s unhealthy offspring, high-fructose corn syrup, "takes a huge toll on the land, requires more pesticides and fertilizers over time as soil is depleted, and requires extensive processing." Lee Greene, who runs heirloom-food company Scrumptious Pantry, adds That relying on genetically modified crops "will continue to dramatically reduce biodiversity and drive historic fruits and vegetables to extinction."

Palm Oil

"PALM OIL is one of the largest causes of rainforest destruction," says Laurel Sutherlin, a Rainforest Action Network spokesperson. According to RAN, U.S. palm oil use has ballooned by 500 percent over the past 10 years—it’s now in about half of all packaged foods. Christy Wilhelmi, author of Gardening for Geeks (Adams Media, 2024), points out That this oil can be produced only in tropical areas—so huge swaths of ancient rainforest in Indonesia and Malaysia have been bulldozed to plant new palms. "Eight million acres have been cleared and burned already," Wilhelmi says, "and as a result, the orangutan is on its way to extinction." In Indonesia, deforestation-related carbon emissions—most of which are from expanding palm plantations—surpass the amount of pollution caused by all U.S. cars, trucks, planes, and ships. To avoid palm oil, read the ingredients on packaged goods, especially ******s, crackers, and instant-noodle soups.

Enjoy: Five Foods That Are Killing the Planet – January/February 2024 – Sierra Magazine – Sierra Club

man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19old daughter

man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter

Newhall man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter

Matthew Brendan Warner, 30, is shown in this file photo. Warner was charged Tuesday, Jan. 27,2020 with sexually abusing and killing his 19-day-old daughter. (KABC)

Arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday but was continued to Feb. 18. Bail was set at $2.25 million. If convicted of all charges, Warner faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

According to the criminal complaint, the murder and sexual assault happened on Friday.

Newhall man charged w/ sexually abusing, killing 19-day-old daughter | abc7.com

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Station said Warner and his wife came to the station Friday night and reported their baby girl missing from their home.

The baby’s grandmother said neighbors saw Warner leave their apartment complex with a bundle. She says he later told his wife that their baby was missing.

The baby girl’s mother has not been arrested and will likely not face any charges. Detectives say she is distraught, but cooperating in the investigation. Her name has not been released.