L. A. Times festival of books on everything connects the Building Blocks of daily life. Im john wiener, i write for the nation magazine, and i also host the weekly podcast called start making sense. You guys have been here before, you know the rules; silence cell phones, no personal recordings. You can watch us on cspan when this is over if you want to relive those unforgettable moments. [laughter] we will have time for questions at the end. We will have a book signing afterwards. The signing area for this session is signing area one. Two of our authors appearing today are are prolific, old pros. Ed humes has written 14 books, brian fagin has written more than 40. So lets start with jonathan waldman. This is his first book. Jonathan waldman [applause] [laughter] jonathan studied writing at dartmouth and at boston universitys Knight Center for science journalism. Hes written for outside, the washington post, the New York Times, mcsweenys, the utney reader. He has worked as a forklift dr
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There are just so many books that are about to come out. Its a little hard to excuse me. Its a little bit hard to keep track frankly. Host which ones do you have your eye on . Guest first and foremost there is a new one coming up with james swanson. He had written a very popular bestselling book called manhunt which was about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and now he returns with and of days, the assassination of john f. Kennedy and it will be out around the 12th of november. There is also from a different Vantage Point this is sort of a counterfactual. You have Jeff Greenfield who will be publishing its kennedy lived the first and second terms of jfk and alternate history. He is done alternate histories before with much success and it will be interesting to see what he posits whether jfk had lived. Host Sarah Weinman putting jfk on the cover of the book is that a good Marketing Tool . Guest i think it remains to be seen. It certainly cant hurt. Its certainly a very recognizable
The death sentence has been vacated for an Ocala man who has been on death row for decades.
Circuit Judge Steven Rogers issued an order setting aside the death sentence of Sonny Boy Oats, pursuant to a joint stipulation by the State Attorney s Office and the defense. The stipulation cited Oats intellectual disability.
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The 63-year-old has been on death row since his February 1981 sentencing, according to state records.
Oats was sentenced a day shy of a year apart February 1981 and 1982 in both Marion and Lake counties for first-degree murder, attempted-second degree murder and two counts of robbery with a gun or deadly weapon, state records show.