Ferguson Makes DNA Plea

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Ryan Ferguson, who was convicted of killing a local Sports Editor Kent Heitholt in 2004, is requesting that he be allowed to pay for Touch DNA on the clothing of Heitholt. Here is an article about it. It’s quite interesting because the Ferguson family feels there is resistance from the prosecutor to allow this to happen. They felt they had no choice but to run a full page add in the local paper to get their request noticed.

Last year, the other man convicted in this killing, Charles Erickson, changed his story and gave a deposition saying now that he lied in court and that Ryan Ferguson is actually innocent.

I have always believed Ryan Ferguson was innocent. To read all of my thoughts on this case, click on the labels below, or use the search bar below my eye icon on the right.

Pregnant women: Emotion-reading superpowers

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Man Listening to Pregnant Woman's Stomach

Here is an interesting article:

Pregnant women develop emotion-reading superpowers

(I think I saw this on Dr. David Matsumoto’s twitter page or blog a while back. He links to some great articles. Thanks, Dr. Matsumoto.)

Somer Thompson’s Aunt

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A reader, L, linked to this. I had not seen this video until this morning. Have you? I found it interesting that CNN felt it was worth covering and playing it twice in the same clip. I am obviously not the only one disturbed by Diena’s behavior. I am curious, is this Diena’s sister?

Jarred Harrell Arrested for Murder

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Jarred Harrell was arrested for the murder of Somer Thompson today. I just want to acknowledge that I see this as I have stated in the past that I did not trust Diena Thompson. I will be curious to see this case unfold, though, I am open to considering that I may be wrong. I never stated that I thought Diena killed her daughter. I’ve just always suspected she knew more than she was telling us.

Please know that I will wait for evidence to be revealed in this case that is sufficient, or for this case to go to court before I categorize this. I do this for all cases, and this one is no exception.

Botox Stops Sadness?

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Laid-Off Workers Get Employment Tips And Free Botox Treatments

NEWSWEEK: Hello Botox, Bye-Bye Sadness—But Not for the Reasons You Think: Paralyzing the “frown” muscles also inhibits the ability to understand anger and sadness. Read more here.