Killer Juul: An article by CNBC reports that the Federal Prosecutors in California are issuing a criminal investigation against Juul, a high selling vaping company. Juul is a company that heavily advertises to teenagers and it is now coming into light as the death toll for Juul related illness rises. Statistics in this article indicate that "in 2016, more than 2 million U.S. middle school and high school students used e-cigarettes over a 30 day period", this is incredibly harmful to young children because it may stunt their brain development. This issue requires immediate attention because there is no way of knowing exactly what is in these Juul products that are causing lung illness and resulting in death. In a supporting article by CNBC, Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA center for tobacco products states, "there's no one compound, ingredient, constituent, including vitamin E acetate that is showing up in all of the samples" with this statement it is safe to say that all Juul products should be avoided until further information is released on what these products contain.

Oklahoma Court Upholds Death Sentence:  The Associated Press reports that Oklahoma's highest criminal court upheld the death sentence of Donnie Harris, who murdered his estranged girlfriend in 2012.  The Court's unanimous decision indicated that Harris and 25-year-old Kristi Ferguson had been in a tumultuous relationship when, late on February 18, 2012, the residents of a neighbor's home heard screaming on their front porch.  They found Ferguson nearly naked with severe burns over her body screaming in pain and Harris telling her to shut up.  First responders testified that Harris tried to keep Ferguson from telling them what happened, but she managed to say, "He did this to me. ... He threw kerosene on me and set me on fire."  Ferguson died 19 days later from second and third degree burns over 50% of her body.  Doctors testified that the pain associated with Ferguson's injuries would have been unimaginable.  Overwhelming evidence convinced the jury to find Harris guilty of pouring gasoline over the girl's body and setting her on fire, and unanimously recommend a death sentence.  Harris argued that he had not received a fair trial.