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Someone Has To Die Tonight
The Lords of Chaos, a group of teenage boys on Ft. Myers, FL, went on a crime spree that ended with the murder of a high school band director. Their crimes included theft, vandalism and blowing up a Coca-Cola building. They even planned, but never had a chance to commit, a racially-motivated mass murder at Walt Disney World. As author Jim Greenhill conducted interviews and got to know the group's ringleader on Death Row, the ringleader and his mother asked the author to arrange the murders of three witnesses. Greenhill delves into how these young boys went so horribly bad.
Tags: Murder; Lords of Chaos; crime spree; teenage crime; Death Row; Kevin Foster
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Egregious
The Rio Grande Sun investigated New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson's use of state-owned airplanes. They found he used them for 25-mile trips, transporting major fund raisers to horse races and was in the habit of having his official SUV driven ahead of him to his destination so it would be waiting when his plane landed.
Tags: state government; misuse of public funds; campaign donors
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The Governor and His Judges
The Rio Grande Sun investigated the puzzling appointment of their new county judge: Arizona Gov. Bill Richardson appointed Thomas Rodella to the bench despite reports that Rodella had fixed tickets for people during his time as a state police officer in order to get votes and backing for his wife's bid for state office. After the Sun published their expose, the judge was forced to resign.
Tags: politics; state government; Arizona State Police; election campaigns; judicial appointments