By Douglas Johnson Tuesday, March 30, 2004 According to a Gallup poll released early in February, 57 percent of Americans are paying attention to the Laci Peterson case, significantly more than many other judicial proceedings. Scott Peterson is charged with two...
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Conner, Ashley & Landon: Calling a murder a murder.
By Douglas Johnson In a memorable exchange on July 16, 2000, NBC Meet the Press host Tim Russert asked Al Gore whether he agreed that federal law should prohibit a death sentence from being carried out on a pregnant woman. Gore replied, "I'd want to think about it."...
Justice for Unborn Victims
The Daily Oklahoman Published March 24, 2004 By Douglas Johnson When Robbin Huff went to work at the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City on the morning of April 19, 1995, she had a companion -- her unborn daughter, Amber Denise Huff. They died together when Timothy...
Will Senators Graham and Nelson see the second victim?
Point-of-View Published March 18, 2004 by Douglas Johnson Special to Florida Baptist Witness Like so many victims of violent crimes, Lisa Dyke and her son, Julius, were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. On January 26, 1993, Lisa, age 18, was with Julius,...
A chance to punish two-victim crimes
Minneapolis Star-Tribune February 29, 2004 By Douglas Johnson Douglas Johnson is legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee (http://nrlc.org//). When a criminal attacks a pregnant woman, injuring or killing both her and her unborn child, has he...
One victim of two in Bangor homicide?
Portland (ME) Press-Herald February 24, 2004 By Douglas Johnson Just over a year ago, 20-year-old Heather Fliegelman Sargent was found dead of multiple stab wounds in her home in Bangor. She was eight months pregnant, and her unborn baby boy died with her. Heather's...