Death Clerk at Supreme Court Oversees Death Row Appeals
Cynthia Rapp, a 40 year old former Army attorney, serves as death clerk for the Supreme Court, coordinating late night appeals and deadlines as executions proceed nationwide. The weekly death list, sent to all nine justices, has grown, with 33 executions so far this year across 38 death penalty states.
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Washington
Cynthia Rapp
Supreme Court
Rapp
Amy Donnella
Georgia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Vermont Law School
Michael A. Mello
Ave Maria School of Law
Ann Arbor
Mich
Texas
Virginia
Buddhist funeral rites for Thailand's celebrity ape Mike
Thai fans gathered at Lopburi's Sa Kaew Zoo for Buddhist burial rites of Mike the orangutan who died at 17 from lung complications. He will be buried under his statue beside wife Susu and offspring Samyai. Mike's fame boosted Lopburi's economy, drawing tourists and jobs.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Mike
Sa Kaew Zoo
Lopburi
Yongyuth Kitwatananuson
Susu
Samyai
Zoo
Taiwan
Yongyuth
Monsu
Mali
Five Die in Apparent Murder Suicide in Grimsby Ontario
Niagara Regional Police say an American man and four members of a Canadian family were killed Friday night in Grimsby in what officials describe as an apparent murder suicide. Victims are Donald Cruse 57 his wife Mary 53 daughter Shannon 23 and granddaughter Shannya 6, and Peter Kiss 30 of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Kiss shot Shannon Cruse her former girlfriend then killed the Cruse family before taking his own life. The Cruses had been living with Shannon and had known Kiss from a trucking convention and Milwaukee residence.
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Grimsby
Ontario
Toronto
Niagara
Donald Cruse
Mary
Shannon
Shannya
Peter Kiss
Milwaukee
Wis
Kiss
Shannon Cruse
Gotti Mourned At Private New York Funeral Ceremony
Private service in Queens followed a two day wake for John Gotti the Gambino boss known as the Dapper Don. He died June 10 of cancer at a federal prison hospital and was buried at St Johns Cemetery beside his son Frank. Mourners included his wife Victoria and daughter. A vigil procession of cars passed his family home and Bergin Hunt and Fish Club.
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John Gotti
Goodfellas
Don
Queens
Gambino
Gotti
Federal
Bergin Hunt and Fish Club
Victoria
David Fitzgerald
Bruce Cutler
Peter
Gene
John
Thomas Daily
Brooklyn
Carlo Gambino
Joseph Profaci
Carmine Galante
Joe Colombo
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
St. John's
Frank
Ex-employee kills, injures at Maxdem Inc in California
A 30 year old former Maxdem Inc worker stabbed two coworkers and set three others on fire with chemicals before being shot and killed by deputies in San Dimas California. Five workers were hospitalized and six deputies were treated for chemical exposure. No motive has been established.
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San Dimas
Calif
Maxdem Inc
Curt Morris
Los Angeles Times
Richard Nassar
Nassar
Raymond
Raymond Nassar
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Time Magazine
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Papavera
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Bill Spear
Robert K. Gray Jr. Funeral Home
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Farrell Funeral Home
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