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Friday, December 20, 2019

Former Kentucky Governor Ignores Science; Pardons Child Rapist Because Victim's Hymen Was Intact.

Matt Bevin, former governor of Kentucky and sentient piece of garbage has come under fire for pardoning 41-year old Micah Schoettle. Schoettle was sentenced to 23 years on charges of rape, incest and sodomy. His reasoning? The 9-year-old victim’s hymen was intact.

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Your Baby Can Survive the Cold Weather With This Winter Gear

I can’t stand the cold but I quickly found that I couldn’t stay cooped up inside with my baby all winter. If you’re going stir crazy and you’ve exhausted every episode of The Crown, The Good Place, or what have you, brace yourself, older siblings and your baby for the cold with some warm winter gear.

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Investigation Finds Hand Signals Flashed at Army-Navy Game Weren't Racist Because Of Course.

An Army investigation into the hand gestures flashed during a broadcast of last week’s Army/Navy football game found they were not racist. Disappointing but not surprising.

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Hypebeasts Rejoice: The Air Force 1 Colin Kapernicks Promise to Be Your Latest Obsession

With his NFL career on an involuntary extended hiatus, quarterback turned activist Colin Kaepernick has turned his attention towards outside pursuits. He’s helped Nike’s market value skyrocket in addition to taking home an Emmy for their polarizing “Just Do It” campaign, and now Sneaker News reports that the two are…

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Wisconsin teen facing life behind bars for killing alleged pedophile abuser

A Wisconsin teen is facing life in prison after admitting to killing an accused pedophile who she charged not only abused her but also sold her out to other men.

Chrystul Kizer, 19, has admitted to killing Randall Volar, 34, at his home in 2018 after he raped her, ABC News reports. Kizer’s lawyers have said. She said she was tired of his assaults on her.

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The incident unfolded in June 2018 in Kenosha, Wisc., south of Milwaukee. Volar set out to attack Kizer, then 17, yet again and she shot him twice in the head, according to authorities. She then set his house on fire and made off with his luxury car, authorities said.

When police caught up with the teen, she confessed and also revealed Volar had been selling her to other men so they could have sex with her. This last allegation has prompted her lawyers to say that she should be protected from prosecution because of sex trafficking victim laws, ABC reports.

Kizer’s case shares similarities with that of Cyntoia Brown, who was convicted as a teen in Tennessee for killing a man who solicited her for sex. Brown alleged she’d been forced into prostitution by an abusive boyfriend. Former Gov. Bill Haslam granted her clemency earlier this year. She’d served 15 years of her life sentence by then.

In Kizer’s case, prosecutors have argued that sex trafficking victim laws do not apply to her because she was not engaging in prostitution at the time of the alleged assault and that they do not believe her life was threatened, according to ABC.

Prosecutors have also said they have evidence that Kizer planned out the killing ahead of time.

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When he died, authorities were investigating Volar for child sex trafficking. He’d been arrested and released four months before his death, ABC reported.

Kizer’s case is scheduled to go to trial in February. She is being held on $1 million bail and faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, arson, and possession of a firearm.

Change.org has started a petition to ask that her charges be dropped.

 

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