14 is old enough to know right from wrong. “Horrible” is an understatement for what he did to that poor girl.
He was 14 when he beat his 8-year-old neighbor with a baseball bat, cut her throat and pushed her body inside the frame of his waterbed. Then he slept on that bed for a week while the whole street searched for her.
Jacksonville, Florida. November 3, 1998. Maddie Clifton went outside to play and never came home.
Volunteers searched the woods and ponds for days.
Joshua Phillips lived across the street.
Police came to the house. A sergeant later recalled that Phillips sat on that bed petting his dog, "cool as a cucumber." Maddie was right underneath him.
Seven days after she vanished, her body was found inside his bed.
In the video below, Phillips stands in court in an orange jumpsuit and reads a letter to Maddie’s family. "I did something horrible. I’m so sorry." He was sentenced to life without parole in 1999.
After the Supreme Court ruled out automatic life without parole for juvenile offenders, a judge resentenced him in 2017. He received life, with a sentence review possible after 25 years.
This May, Phillips withdrew his request for that review. He said he still believed he could live a productive and meaningful life if released, but wanted to address concerns about his rehabilitation before returning to court.
Maddie would have been 36 this year.
Did the boy who slept on that bed grow into a different man, or should some things close the door for good?
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Cassandra retweeted
Men trying to get their freedom back after they murder and rape a girl child will never not be insane to me. Eye for an eye is the only thing that works for Men.
He was 14 when he beat his 8-year-old neighbor with a baseball bat, cut her throat and pushed her body inside the frame of his waterbed. Then he slept on that bed for a week while the whole street searched for her.
Jacksonville, Florida. November 3, 1998. Maddie Clifton went outside to play and never came home.
Volunteers searched the woods and ponds for days.
Joshua Phillips lived across the street.
Police came to the house. A sergeant later recalled that Phillips sat on that bed petting his dog, "cool as a cucumber." Maddie was right underneath him.
Seven days after she vanished, her body was found inside his bed.
In the video below, Phillips stands in court in an orange jumpsuit and reads a letter to Maddie’s family. "I did something horrible. I’m so sorry." He was sentenced to life without parole in 1999.
After the Supreme Court ruled out automatic life without parole for juvenile offenders, a judge resentenced him in 2017. He received life, with a sentence review possible after 25 years.
This May, Phillips withdrew his request for that review. He said he still believed he could live a productive and meaningful life if released, but wanted to address concerns about his rehabilitation before returning to court.
Maddie would have been 36 this year.
Did the boy who slept on that bed grow into a different man, or should some things close the door for good?
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Cassandra retweeted
Women and girls who've been raped commit suicide every day. No one notices. Men who are caught threaten suicide (Huw Edwards for example) and don't do it but get lots of help
How sensitive do you have to be to claim that Christmas lights makes you feel unsafe?
اعتراض فعالان ترنس به چراغ‌های کریسمس هری پاتر در خیابان آکسفورد
فعالان حقوق ترنس‌ها کارزاری برای لغو چراغانی‌های کریسمس با تم هری پاتر در خیابان آکسفورد لندن به راه انداخته‌اند. این تزئینات با هدف تبلیغ سریال جدید هری پاتر از شبکه اچ‌بی‌او که در ۲۵ دسامبر منتشر می‌شود، برپا شده‌اند.
تاکنون بیش از ۱۰ هزار نفر با ارسال ایمیل به شهردار لندن، خواستار توقف این برنامه شده‌اند. صفحه این کارزار که در واکنش به دیدگاه‌های جی.کی. رولینگ ایجاد شده، اعلام کرده: چراغ‌های هری پاتر در یکی از شلوغ‌ترین خیابان‌های لندن باعث نمی‌شود افراد ترنس احساس امنیت و آرامش کنند.
دفتر شهردار لندن با رد مسئولیت در این باره، از طریق سخنگوی خود اعلام کرد: چراغانی‌های کریسمس خیابان آکسفورد به شرکت نیو وست اند و کسب‌وکارهای محلی مربوط است، هرچند شهردار همیشه حامی تمام جوامع متنوع لندن باقی می‌ماند.
شرکت نیو وست اند نیز که برنامه‌ای برای جمع‌آوری تزئینات ندارد، در بیانیه‌ای گفت: این همکاری با اچ‌بی‌او مکس، با هدف ایجاد تجربه‌ای جادویی برای بازدیدکنندگان شکل گرفته است؛ مکانی که همه در آن مورد استقبال قرار می‌گیرند.
Cassandra retweeted
morality aside, the sort of 18 yo that would date a man old enough to be her father instead of one of her peers isnt likely to be very well adjusted, so i can’t sympathize with these guys having to deal with anything crazy because that seems like it shouldve been obvious
Cassandra retweeted
Do you guys remember when troons attacked and vandalized a women’s rape shelter? cause I do.
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🚨 Breaking: After a three year battle, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has finally changed its policy on single-sex spaces for staff to bring it in line with the law.
It is amazing how simple it is! Now all NHS Trusts must urgently follow suit.
Bethany Hutchison, President of the Darlington Nursing Union and lead claimant in the case, said:
“This short sentence in a policy has taken women three years of fear, humiliation and extraordinary personal sacrifice to secure.
“We were nurses asking for the most basic protection: somewhere private and safe to undress at work, away from members of the opposite sex. Instead of listening, the Trust told us to compromise, broaden our mindset and be more inclusive. We were forced out of our own changing room, placed in inadequate facilities, threatened with disciplinary action and made to fear for our jobs and professional careers.
“Vulnerable colleagues were put under intolerable pressure. International nurses feared losing their visas. Women who had experienced domestic abuse were left distressed and afraid. Four of us were reported to our professional regulator simply for speaking publicly about what was happening.
“Throughout it all, the Trust defended a policy it had been warned was unlawful. Even after the Supreme Court clarified the law, it refused to change course. It took a full tribunal judgment, an apology, damages and an enormous bill before the Trust finally wrote biological reality into its policy.
“We welcome this change because it will protect women across the Trust, but it should never have required a three-year legal battle. No nurse should ever again be treated as we were for asking for dignity, privacy and safety.”
See more breaking in the Daily Express and with @CConcern and the Christian Legal Centre who have supported the nurses from the beginning.
express.co.uk/news/uk/226004…
christianconcern.com/ccpress…
Cassandra retweeted
ppl *hate* when you’re not male centered, especially if you’re a woman of color.
Cassandra retweeted
I'm fed up with idiots claiming that men can breastfeed.
Men cannot produce enough liquid to sustain a baby, even after taking a cocktail of drugs, so why even try? We know it's purely a sexual fetish with them. They are prepared to exploit an innocent baby for a sexual thrill, while women who breastfeed are very careful about what medications they take.
