and meet with them in person. only, she would not. she would say, he s not missing. we said that we want to find him and even asked to come in to help us find him. she would not come in. so, ellen, and detective wilson never met face to face. she claims she was giving him all the information she had. you weren t giving him what he needed he want to meet with you? he never said that. he says he did. he never ever asked me to come down, ever. instead ellen mailed the detective some paperwork that she had founded his desk. a western union money transfer from mike snider to dave symonds and the amount of $200. a u-haul receipt with dave symonds name and number. and a copy of mike s cell phone bill from december 2001, right before he disappeared. which showed a number of phone calls to that same telephone number.
issues speaking out about the controversial decision. christina coleman is following the product for us. brian several weeks left in office kate brown used for executive clemency powers to commute the sentence of 17 inmates on death row to life in prison without parole. convicted murderer christian was sentenced to death for the brutal december 2001 killings of his wife and three children. under the governor s new order he will no longer be on death row. the father of the woman killed call the governor s decision wrong the party also noted the governor s order went into effect close to the anniversary of the murders of his daughter and his grandchildren in a statement he said quote every single year we cannot find in every time christmas rolls around but we think about this. we have our scrapbooks in our pictures we go through them around this time we realize these people are gone they re gone forever for organs house or
business of executing people even if a terrible crime placed them in prison. oregon has not had a death row execution since 1997. it s one of 15 statements that has not executed anyone in the last 5 years. other states include california, louisiana and. and and as of and utah. as of now at least 23 states do not authorize the death penalty. gradually, there has been this chipping away at the death penalty the as more people have come to recognize it many flaws, the risk of executing innocent people, the incredible amounts of money that are spent on death sentences that don t need to be spent because life in prison is a sentencing option. reporter: but the governor s move is getting swift backlash. christian longo, who was sentenced to death for the brutal december 2001 killings of his wife and three children will no longer be on death row under governor s new order, and now bruce and joshua turnage will no
celebration was added to the white house holiday schedule. the first menorah lighting in the executive residence was in december 2001 with george and laura bush. in 2007, the parents of slain reporter daniel pearl, a victim of terrorism, lit the menorah at the white house. the menorah had been in the pearl family for generations. the menorah we light tonight has special meaning. it once belonged to pearl, the great-grandfather of daniel pearl. daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. his only crime was being a jewish american. by honoring daniel, we are given the opportunity to bring forth hope from the darkness of tragedy, and that is a miracle worth celebrating during the festival of lights. and it was also the last time
in december 2001, ten months after the valentine s day killing of his wife susan, dr. john hamilton was being tried for her murder. a crowd lined up to attend the proceedings. loyal patients, former employees and fellow physicians, all standing behind the doctor. i have never, ever one second, not one moment in time, thought he was guilty, ever. wes lane, the prosecutor, was surprised to find he had an unpopular case on his hands. there were people that thought this guy was being sandbagged, railroaded, a very nice, innocent guy was facing a nightmare. i talked to everybody from the restaurant waitress that would wait on them on saturday mornings, and she was aghast that we could have charged john hamilton because she would see them at breakfast together all lovey-dovey. there was a vast amount of