By Doug Wyllie On Christmas Eve 1987, a 10-year-old girl was savagely sexually assaulted and then stabbed to death—left lying naked in a second-floor bedroom of her family’s home the South Jamaica section of Queens, New York. The brutal rape and murder of little Vanessa Broughton shocked a population ostensibly desensitized to incidences of violence Read more »
By Doug Wyllie The names Kevin Walls and David Kohls can now be added to an inauspicious list of individuals walking free due—in part, at least—to so-called “progressive reforms” of the American criminal justice system. In the span of just a few days in April, the Ohio Parole Board granted freedom to those two violent Read more »
By Steve Pomper Disgraced former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Racheal Rollins Woo Hoo! I enjoy it any time I get to use the German word Schadenfreude because that’s what I am feeling. It means taking pleasure in someone else’s misfortune. I know that sounds despicable and perhaps would be if it didn’t involve someone, well…, so despicable. Read more »
By Doug Wyllie Late last month, a career criminal with a history of violence—including incidents resulting in charges of assault, assault with a deadly weapon, and attempted murder—was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a 40-year-old father of two named Dennis Banner. Banner’s family contends that the accused killer should have never been Read more »
By Doug Wyllie When the average American thinks of Utah, things that may come to mind typically include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Great Salt Lake. The sports fan will recall Merlin Olsen, Stockton-to-Malone, and the Winter Olympics. The “foodie” will dream of Pastrami Burgers, Funeral Potatoes, and Fry Sauce. Read more »
By Doug Wyllie In August 2021, the New York State Board of Parole terminated at six years the 10-year prison term of a man convicted of attempted robbery. The Board had apparently determined that Benjamin Abrams—known also by aliases Marty Freeman and/or Conrad Hilton—had served enough time behind bars, and should instead be placed on Read more »
By Doug Wyllie In early April, a Houston (TX) jury delivered a guilty verdict in the trial of a man charged with mercilessly murdering an elderly woman during an attempted robbery on a September morning in 2021. According to KHOU-TV News, 40-year-old Andrew Williams had followed 71-year-old Martha Medina from a local bank—where one might Read more »
By Doug Wyllie Screen grab of YouTube video showing Judge Naita Semaj-Williams holding her infant daughter during her Induction to Bronx Civil Court in January 2019. Semaj-Williams subsequently won a 14-year term on the Criminal Court bench in November 2021. For more than a year, justice-minded citizens across the country have been—for good reason—directing much Read more »
By Doug Wyllie Raise your hand if you recognize the name David Feiss. Not ringing a bell? Okay, let’s try this: Darrell Brooks? Still nothing? Okay, you surely recall the vehicle attack on the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha (WI) that left six people dead and 62 others wounded. Well, Feiss and Brooks are the Read more »
By Doug Wyllie Barely three months into her new role as Alameda County (CA) District Attorney, newly elected “progressive prosecutor” Pamela Price is facing a substantial wave of backlash and criticism. The groundswell of disapproval comes not only from more conservative community members—who didn’t vote for her—but also from many similarly minded liberals who put Read more »