Epstein Secrets

ate, "and were headed to Gov. Ralph Northam (D), who is expected to sign them." According to the Post, Virginia "would then become the first in the South to abandon the ultimate punishment." The AP (2/22, Lavoie, Rankin) calls the vote "a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people i

the NBC Nightly NewsVi (2/22, story 8, 2:20, Holt, 6.17M) "State Of The Struggle" series, Blayne Alexander interviewed Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery, about how the country "is grappling with racial injustice." Alexander also reported that after Arbery's death, Georgia "passed a hate crime law, p

of their residents in the hospital. Some are going virtual while others are canceling the events altogether. It is an especially urgent move in the South and the Southwest, as cases have surged in recent days after efforts to reopen state economies have given the virus new life." The Post adds that w

oman seeking justice." Correspondent Blaine Alexander reported, "It's a case that has stoked nationwide protests and calls for justice, the death of Ahmaud Arbery. Joyette Holmes is leading the prosecution." Holmes, the Cobb County District Attorney, told NBC News: "I certainly have a sense of community and k

t, when you're talking about. When people proudly had the Confederate flag they're not talking about racism. They love their flag, it represents the South. They like the South, people right now like the South. I say it's freedom of many things but its freedom of speech." Reuters (7/19, Chiacu, Lynch)

Slaying Plead Not Guilty. The Wall Street Journal (7/17, Siddiqui, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was jogging in Georgia when he was fatally shot, entered into not guilty pleas on Friday. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis, and W