Man out on Bond for Beating Wife has Kidnapped her: A Pennsylvania man out on bond for beating his wife has reportedly abducted her at gunpoint and abandoned the car they were believed to be traveling in near a wooded area, prompting a massive search. Lisa Washington of CBS reports that Kevin Ewing, 47, took Tierne Ewing, 48, from a home at gunpoint on Tuesday, which comes nearly two months after he was arrested for holding her hostage, abusing her and threatening her. Following Kevin's arrest in July, Tierne told police that Kevin had pistol-whipped her, spit on her, tied her hands, branded her with a metal hot dog stick, locked her in a closet and threatened her with a gun to her head while they were camping in the woods. Soon after, he was released on bond and fitted with an electronic ankle monitor and ordered to remain in his home. The ankle monitor was not programmed with GPS.
CA Lawmakers Pass Rape Bill Inspired by Stanford Case: California lawmakers passed legislation Monday that would close a loophole that allowed the lenient sentence given to a Standford University swimmer two months ago following his conviction for sexual assault of an unconscious woman. Dan Whitcomb of Reuters reports that public outrage ensued in June after Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced to six months in jail by a judge after being convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person for attacking a woman at a party in January 2015. Prosecutors had asked that Turner be sentenced to six years in state prison. Under current state law, the charges against Turner are not considered rape because they did not involve penile penetration and, furthermore, only in cases of rape or sexual assault where force is used, but not when the victim is unconscious or intoxicated and unable to resist, results in a mandatory prison term. The new law, AB 2888, would change the definition and also eliminate the discretion of judges to sentence defendants convicted of crimes like those committed by Turner to probation. The bill is now headed to Gov. Brown desk.
Chicago on Track to Break Shooting & Homicide Records: As August comes to a close, Chicago is on pace to surpass the number of shootings and homicides for the entirety of 2015. Madison Park and Thom Patterson of CNN report that over the past weekend, from Friday through Sunday, eight people died and another 64 were wounded in shootings across the city, with a total of 459 people killed and 2,818 injured in shooting incidents by Sunday's end. By this time last year, 331 people had been killed and by the end of the year, 2,988 had been injured in shootings. The city currently averages about 82 shootings per week. Some blame the violence on illegal guns from out of state while others attribute the increased bloodshed on more impudent gang violence.
CA Lawmakers Pass Rape Bill Inspired by Stanford Case: California lawmakers passed legislation Monday that would close a loophole that allowed the lenient sentence given to a Standford University swimmer two months ago following his conviction for sexual assault of an unconscious woman. Dan Whitcomb of Reuters reports that public outrage ensued in June after Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced to six months in jail by a judge after being convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person for attacking a woman at a party in January 2015. Prosecutors had asked that Turner be sentenced to six years in state prison. Under current state law, the charges against Turner are not considered rape because they did not involve penile penetration and, furthermore, only in cases of rape or sexual assault where force is used, but not when the victim is unconscious or intoxicated and unable to resist, results in a mandatory prison term. The new law, AB 2888, would change the definition and also eliminate the discretion of judges to sentence defendants convicted of crimes like those committed by Turner to probation. The bill is now headed to Gov. Brown desk.
Chicago on Track to Break Shooting & Homicide Records: As August comes to a close, Chicago is on pace to surpass the number of shootings and homicides for the entirety of 2015. Madison Park and Thom Patterson of CNN report that over the past weekend, from Friday through Sunday, eight people died and another 64 were wounded in shootings across the city, with a total of 459 people killed and 2,818 injured in shooting incidents by Sunday's end. By this time last year, 331 people had been killed and by the end of the year, 2,988 had been injured in shootings. The city currently averages about 82 shootings per week. Some blame the violence on illegal guns from out of state while others attribute the increased bloodshed on more impudent gang violence.
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