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Georgia Plans to Execute a Mentally Retarded Man Tomorrow [Updated]

Hamilton Nolan · 07/17/12 01:07PM

Warren Hill (pictured) was convicted of a 1985 murder, and was sentenced to death after being convicted of beating a fellow inmate to death in 1990. He is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia tomorrow evening. Warren Hill's IQ is 70. He has been found by a court to be mentally retarded. Georgia plans to kill him anyhow.

West Texas Plastic Surgeon Allegedly Paid Hitman In Silver Bars to Kill Another Doctor, Who Was Dating his Ex-Girlfriend

Taylor Berman · 07/16/12 10:33PM

Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon, an Amarillo plastic surgeon with not terrible online ratings ("Very Good" at scheduling appointments, says healthgrades.com), allegedly hired a hitman to murder another doctor, who had been dating Dixon's ex-girlfriend. According to reports, Dixon paid David Shepard three silver bars, worth roughly $3000 each, to murder Dr. Joseph Sonnier III, the chief pathologist at Convenant Health in Lubbock.

Every NYC Tourist's Worst Nightmare Comes True for One Woman

Hamilton Nolan · 07/13/12 08:44AM

Years ago, when an acquaintance of mine in Florida heard I was going to visit New York City, he replied, with complete seriousness, "New York City, huh? You wanna take my pistol?" This is because all those local yokel out-of-towners down south still imagine New York to be a dark, dangerous land prowled by muggers and rapists. The fools! NYC is safer than ever. Unless you're that one terribly unlucky person.

Ray Kelly Does Not Care About Black People

Hamilton Nolan · 07/11/12 12:40PM

Ray Kelly, the head of the NYPD, is just so full of shit. His police department has a massive "stop and frisk" program which, by the NYPD's own statistics, is existentially programmed to stop and frisk hundreds and hundreds of thousands of completely innocent young black and Latino men with no real cause. It is a minority dragnet, so blatantly racist that not even the police chief can quibble on that point. He can merely say: it's for the black people's own good.

Psychotic Necrophiliac Killer Has Fans on Facebook

Louis Peitzman · 07/09/12 07:57PM

Our fascination with gritty true crime is nothing new, but thanks to 21st century innovations, we can now "like" psychopaths on Facebook. At least, until Facebook wises up and takes the fan page down.

'BBQ Chip Bandits' Terrorize Sleepy Canadian City

Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/09/12 05:00PM

After a woman called police in Saanich, British Columbia, to report a possible break-in, multiple units were sent to set up a containment around the scene.

Video: Taliban Members Shoot Cowering Woman 9 Times

Leah Beckmann · 07/09/12 10:38AM

A woman was shot nine times in front of a cheering crowd in Afghanistan in what was called "an honor killing." The Taliban soldiers present in the video had allegedly had some kind of "dispute" with the woman, and, according to the governor of the province, Abdul Basir Salangi, accused her of adultery "in order to save face."

Everything That Happens at Williamsburg Pool Freighted With Heavy Sociocultural Significance

Hamilton Nolan · 07/05/12 08:47AM

Generally speaking, no mischief perpetrated by teenagers is "news." Teenagers not perpetrating mischief is news. This is because—no matter what race, creed, nationality, or socioeconomic stratum they come from—teenagers are punks. Do not, however, tell this to the New York Times. They have a very incisive sociological story to write.

Being Poor in America Is Increasingly Illegal

Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/12 10:27AM

In the United States of America, we do not have debtors' prison. Right? Oh, so wrong. The financial and legal penalties for being poor in America are only getting worse.