Denise Richards, 40, who recently adopted her daughter domestically, named her after her late mother. “Eloise Joni Richards is named after Denise#39;s mom (Joni), and Denise and her daughters Sami and Lola chose the name Eloise,” her rep said at the time. Denise Richards#39;s youngest daughter, Eloise Joni, may not be making her public debut quite yet – but she is bonding with her mom and sisters. On Thursday, the actress stepped out in Calabasas, Calif., with her littlest one to pick up her
An undated picture released in March 2007 through Jiji Press shows 22-year-old British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker in Chiba, Japan. A Japanese man accused of raping and murdering Hawker, whose battered body was found in a sand-filled bathtub, on Monday admitted the killing but said it was accidental. Lindsay Ann Hawker (30 December 1984 – 24 March 2007) was a 22-year-old British citizen who was killed in Japan in early 2007. The man seen fleeing the apartment where she was killed, Tatsuya Ichiha
The logo of Nestle, the Swiss food giant, is seen at the company#39;s headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. Swiss food giant Nestle is in talks to acquire Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi in what could be one of the biggest takeovers of a Chinese company by a foreign competitor, according to media reports. Swiss food giant Nestle is in talks to acquire Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi in what could be one of the biggest takeovers of a Chinese company by a foreign competitor, economic media said on Mond
Serbian player Novak Djokovic reacts after beating Spanish player Rafael Nadal in the men#39;s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club in London. Djokovic won 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Before he conquered Rafael Nadal on the Wimbledon Championships grass courts Sunday, Novak Djokovic beat out another worthy opponent: pizza. The Serbian pro tennis player, 24, who secured his champion title with a 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 win over Nadal, has cut out food containing
Thailand#39;s Yellow Shirt demonstrators, also know as the People#39;s Alliance for Democracy, take to the streets in Bangkok Friday, July 1, 2011, on the final day of campaigning for Sunday#39;s election. The group, formerly aligned with current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, is behind the “Vote No” movement and is responsible organizing massive rallies against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The first election in Thailand after political crisis started Sunday when 47.3 million e
Prince Albert was wearing the cream-colored summer uniform of the palace guards, as well as three medals, including the French Legion of Honor and the Order of the Grimaldi. Charlene Wittstock put fears that she was going to be a runaway bride to rest for good as she wed Prince Albert of Monaco in a religious ceremony on Saturday. A day after their civil ceremony, the Rhodesian-born Olympian walked down the aisle on the arm of her father in a dazzling off-white silk Duchesse Giorgio Armani Pri
Commemorative stamps were issued by the Monaco Stamp Office to mark the wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee Charlene Wittstock in Monaco July 1, 2011. Prince Albert II and Wittstock, a former South African Olympic swimming champion, are set to marry this weekend in a long-awaited union many see as crucial to upholding the fairy tale image — and financial clout — of the tiny city-state on the French Riviera. An official stamps a sheet of a commemorative stamps issued by the
Kim Kardashian is color coordinating the cars to match the rest of the wedding … and has specified that she only wants white vehicles. We#39;re told Platinum Motorsports has told her it#39;s not a problem. Celebrity website TMZ.com reported that Kim Kardashian will have an entire FLEET of ultra-expensive cars shuttling VIP guests to her upcoming wedding … and the entire armada will be made up of Rolls Royce Phantoms and Maybachs. Sources close to Kim tell us … Kardashian worked out a dea
This is a very interesting case of mistaken identity and a concerned father, Cory Maye, protecting his daughter. This case further solidifies that a fair trial for a black man in the deep South is fantasy. After 10 years of incarceration, and seven years after a jury sentenced him to die, 30-year-old Cory Maye will soon be going home. Mississippi Circuit Court Judge Prentiss Harrell signed a plea agreement Friday morning in which Maye pled guilty to manslaughter for the 2001 death of Prentiss, Mississippi, police officer Ron Jones, Jr. Per the agreement, Harrell then sentenced Maye to 10 years in prison, time he has now already served. Maye will be taken to Rankin County, Mississippi, for processing and some procedural work. He is expected to be released within days. Maye’s story, a haunting tale about race, the rural south, the excesses of the drug war, the inequities of the criminal justice system and a father’s instincts to protect his daughter, caught fire across the Internet and the then-emerging blogging world when I first posted the details on my own blog in late 2005. Shortly after midnight on December 26, 2001, Maye, then 21, was drifting off to sleep in his Prentiss duplex as the television blared in the background. Hours earlier, he had put his 18-month-old-daughter to sleep. He was soon awoken by the sounds of armed men attempting to break into his home. In the confusion, he fired three bullets from the handgun he kept in his nightstand. As he’d later testify in court, Maye realized within seconds that he’d just shot a cop. A team of police officers from the area had received a tip from an informant — later revealed to be a racist drug addict — that there was a drug dealer living in the small yellow duplex on Mary Street. It now seems clear that the police were after Jamie Smith, who lived on the other side of the duplex, not Maye or his live-in girlfriend Chenteal Longino. Neither Maye nor Longino had a criminal record. Their names weren’t on the search warrants. Maye would later testify that as soon as he realized the armed men in his home were police, he surrendered and put up his hands. There were three bullets still left in his gun. But Maye had just shot a cop. And not just any cop. He shot Officer Ron Jones, Jr., the son of Prentiss Police Chief Ron Jones, Sr. Maye is black; Jones was white. And this was Jefferson Davis County, a part of Mississippi still divided by tense relations between races. Maye was arrested and charged with capital murder, the intentional killing of a police officer. In early 2006, after reading about Hayne’s case on a number of blogs, attorneys from the D.C. law firm Covington & Burling agreed to represent Maye pro bono. Maye’s family also went back to public defender and defense attorney Bob Evans. (Evans would later be fired as Prentiss public defender for his decision to represent Maye.) In the fall of 2006, at a hearing in Poplarville, Mississippi, Judge Michael Eubanks threw out Maye’s death sentence, finding that he had received inadequate defense counsel during the sentencing portion of his trial. Maye was to be taken off Parchman Penitentiary’s Death Row. Eubanks resentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In November 2009, the Mississippi State Court of Appeals granted Maye a new trial, finding that he should have been permitted to move his trial back to Jefferson Davis County after his attorney mistakenly asked for a change of venue. In 2010, the Mississippi State Supreme Court upheld the order for the new trial, but on the grounds that Maye should have been permitted to offer the defense that he was defending his daughter on the night of the raid. It is clear Mr. Maye was defending his daughter from what he believed were intruders. On both parties behalves, this was a clear cut case of mistaken identity. What father wouldn’t take action to protect his family from anyone? Especially since he had no reason or rap sheet to be fearful of a police invasion or the authorities. Thank goodness this man was not put to death nor will he spend the rest of his life in prison. Source
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