From today's Rochester Post-Bulletin (you need a username and password) we get this amazingly horrifying lead paragraph. Keep in mind, Winona is the town where I graduated from college:
WINONA -- Bail has been set at $20 million for a 22-year-old man accused of strangling his pregnant girlfriend to keep her from going to authorities about his alleged drug-dealing, then raping and strangling her 10-year-old daughter before setting their apartment on fire in mid-December....
The full story, free of charge, can be read here. Gawd.
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Posted by Ryan at March 1, 2005 01:05 PMOf course you know, this is all George W. Bush's falut.
Posted by: Joshua at March 1, 2005 03:37 PMOf course. It was so obvious, I didn't think it needed to be mentioned.
Posted by: Ryan at March 1, 2005 03:44 PMWow! I guess he didn't the memo about Minnesota "Nice", huh?
Um yeah, to the people who say there is no need for a death penalty? I would submit this case as an very loud call for capital punishment. This excuse for a man doesn't deserve to keep breathing. Sorry but he's scum and he deserves to die for his crimes.
Posted by: Johnny Huh? at March 2, 2005 01:52 PMNo argument from me, Johnny. He should be fried in the chair, brought back to life, and fried again. The fact this happened in Winona, which isn't exactly a bustling metropolis, really gets me.
Posted by: Ryan at March 2, 2005 01:56 PM