Without having reached a verdict, jurors in the State of New Mexico’s criminal case against the leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church have been sent home for the weekend. Closing arguments in the Wayne Bent trial began shortly after 9am (MST) on Friday. Jurors began deliberating shortly before 11am. About five-and-a-half hours later, they […]
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NM vs. Wayne Bent / December 12, 2008 Investigative Reporter Jeremy Jojola continues to make contributions here as a special correspondent to Beyond90Seconds.com. Since Monday, Jojola has been in Taos, New Mexico covering the Wayne Bent trial for KOB-TV. During each day of the trial, Jojola has been reporting for this blog, too, via e-mails,
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Closing arguments in the State of New Mexico’s criminal case against embattled church leader Wayne Bent are scheduled to begin at 9am (MST) today in Taos. The jury is expected to begin deliberations today, as well. On May 20, a grand jury indicted Bent on two counts of second degree criminal sexual contact with a
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It’s a murder case that broke many hearts, strained race relations and fueled intense debate over illegal immigration. Some had hoped that “something good” could emerge from the March 2, 2008 shooting death of a 17-year-old boy named Jamiel Shaw II. Shaw (archives) was a high school football star (Rise Magazine named Shaw’s murder one
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