Inmate Pleads Necessity in Stabbing of Cellmate
Ed Howard of AP reports Mark Schroeder, 19, argues in Nebraska Supreme Court that his stabbing of cellmate Gary Riggs was a matter of necessity to avoid sexual assault. Schroeder cites testimony from himself and two inmates about Riggs’s threats and an inferred “auction” of Schroeder to other inmates for homosexual abuse over gambling debts, seeking to justify his act as self defense against a greater harm.
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Mark Schroeder
Schroeder
Lancaster County District
Nebraska
Riggs
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Former professor and officer sentenced on drug conspiracy
Elroy Richard Giddens, 37, Decatur Texas, a former Western State University College of Law professor, received a two year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana and amphetamines in Nebraska and South Dakota. He previously served as an Anaheim police officer. Fellow student John Hana Brownfield, 33, also received a one year term for involvement.
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UPI
California
Nebraska
South Dakota
Elroy Richard Giddens
Decatur
Tex
U.S
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Giddens
Western State University College of Law
Orange County
Calif
Anaheim
John Hana Brownfied
Western State
Gierhan Appointed Assistant to Illinois Vice Chancellor
Ronald D. Gierhan, assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Illinois, takes a key post reported by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Ronald D. Gierhan
University
Nebraska-Lincoln
Western Illinois University
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