Author: Barbara Quarshie

Illinois is one of 21 states that have abolished the use of the death penalty. Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois abolished the death penalty. On March 9, 2011, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people would be executed by a justice system that had…

Since 2011, the death penalty has been abolished in the United States state of Illinois. Until 1928, Illinois used hanging as a method of execution.  The last person executed using this method was Charles Birger, who was publicly executed the same year. After being overturned in Furman v. Georgia in 1972, the death penalty was…

Linda Lovelace was an American pornographic actress best known for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat. Despite the film’s enormous success, Linda later claimed that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, threatened and coerced her into participating. In her divorce suit against Traynor, she claimed that he forced her into pornography at gunpoint…

Charles Allan Hill was a Native American stand-up comedian, actor, and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin member who died of lymphoma on December 30, 2013, in Oneida, Wisconsin. Hill made his first network appearance in 1977 on The Richard Pryor Show. He also appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay…

Krissy Taylor was a model from the United States. Taylor was born in Miami and raised with her parents and two older sisters in South Florida. Taylor’s foray into modelling was largely due to her older sister, supermodel Niki Taylor. Her first photo shoot with sister Niki was published in Seventeen. She quickly signed with…

Krissy Taylor was a model from the United States who passed away on July 2, 1995. Taylor was known to suffer from allergies that congested her upper respiratory system, and she relied on Primatene, an over-the-counter epinephrine inhaler, to alleviate shortness of breath. While epinephrine can cause cardiac arrhythmias, it was impossible to prove she…

The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. They are a member of the American League (AL) West division in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team did not field a winning team until 1991, and real success did not come until 1995 when they won their first division title and defeated…

Shondale Gregory, aka Tooka, was a well-known Gangster Disciples affiliate in Chicago. On January 12, 2012, Tooka, a 15-year-old Chicago resident, was shot and killed while waiting for a bus. Tooka was hit by a passing car. Following a brief conversation with the teen, a passenger exited the vehicle and opened fire, striking the teen…

Karli Payne, an incoming eighth-grade pitcher/third-baseman at St. Pius X High School in Crystal City, Missouri, and a member of Doug Clark’s Louisville Slugger 14U club team, was seriously injured Thursday, June 30 night when she was hit by a car after a fireworks display at her high school. Karli was walking home with her…

Laura Slattery, 63, of Pasadena, died after the boat she was on was hit in the Annapolis area. The other boat’s driver took off. The hit-and-run boater who caused the collision on the Magothy River around 10 p.m. on July 4 is still being sought by police. According to a spokesperson for the Department of…