Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Sonia Warshawski 48689




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As a Polish girl of Jewish faith, Sonia Warshawski 48689 lived in a death camp, and watched as her mother was marched to the gas chamber. 


When Sonia was 15 years old, the camp was being liberated by British soldiers and Sonia was shot. The bullet travelled close to her heart, through her, and she survived. 

"Big Sonia" is an inspiring documentary about Sonia's life. 

48689 is the number tattooed on her arm.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Savannah Liles - Actress





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Savannah Liles (Savannah Halliday) starred in the movie "Prodigy" (2017), as Ellie, a young genius working with a psychologist.

At eleven years old, Savannah has 11 movie and television credits, and a 12th project in post-production. 

In 2016, she appeared on The 37th Annual Young Artist Awards television special where she won Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress.

Savannah resides in Los Angeles.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Mrs. Missouri USA 2017

Lori Brown is Mrs. Missouri USA Universal 2017.

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Milton J. Shelley, Sr. - Vietnam Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient




Milton J. Shelley, Sr., served with the 9th Infantry U.S. Army, and was wounded in combat. 

He waited 48 years to receive his Purple Heart.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Tricia J. Bushnell - Attorney

Tricia J. Bushnell, a former law professor, is Executive Director of Midwest Innocence Project.

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Alvin Brooks




Alvin Brooks
: Police officer, Chief of Police, Police Commissioner, community activist, founder of Ad Hoc Group Against Crime, civil rights advocate. 


In meetings with Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, he communicated from first-hand experience the correlation of poverty to crime and violence. 

President George H.W. Bush appointed Alvin advisor to the National Drug Advisory Council in 1989, and named him one of America's 1000 Points of Light.

As a police officer in the 1950's, Alvin was asked to participate in a line-up, in plain clothes. He was picked out of the line-up as the perpetrator of a mugging. Had he not been having lunch with a Detective at the time the crime was committed, he firmly believes he would have been charged.

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Ryan W. Ferguson - Wrongfully Convicted



Ryan W. Ferguson was a 17-year-old high school student when he was charged with murder.


He spent nearly 10 years in prison, before being found innocent.

You may have seen Ryan hosting MTV's Unlocking the Truth.

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Nancy Pickard: Novelist





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Nancy Pickard, author of a multitude of novels and short stories, has been honored with more than two-dozen awards for her writing.

"If you read for pleasure, there's probably more pleasure per inch in Pickard's work than almost any other current crime novelist." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Pickard has evolved into a novelist of substantial literary power." - The Denver Post

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Patrick Lewallen

Patrick Lewallen

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Matt Baldwin



Matt Baldwin.


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Friday, May 5, 2017

Anthony Ray Hinton - Wrongfully Convicted

In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of murdering two restaurant managers, a crime he did not commit.

He spent the next 30 years in prison, most of it on Alabama's death row, before the United States Supreme Court overturned his conviction.

In January, 2016, Scott Pelley conducted an interview with Anthony for CBS's "60 Minutes", and you may follow this link for a written synopsis.

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