#commutation

[serketinewillfulness]

hellbent chapter 2 is up! go read about new characters ARSONN DELETE and KIARIG GONDII

[sadclowncentral]

while i was trying to wade through the large amounts of people trying to leave the central subway station, everyone abruptly came to a halt in front of the subway turnstiles. two french girls had misunderstood the tap-out process, and one of them was now stuck behind the gate. as i was wracking my brain on how to explain the tap-in tap-out process of the milan metro to both of them with my rudimentary french while they both got increasingly upset at the closed gate between them, a young teenager suddenly pushed me to the side.

i was just about to give him my most scathing disgruntled glare when he took out his ticket and, after realizing they had no common language, started gesticulating wildly in front of the french girl left behind. he pointed at the ticket, then at her, and very seriously said: “on three, we go.” she nodded, and after he counted to three, holding up his fingers so there could be no confusion, they sprinted through the gate together, giggling profusely afterwards as if they had just pulled off the heist of the century,

it was just a small moment during the morning commute. but i realized then and there that the time i had spent trying to intellectualize the problem and wondering if my lack of language skills would be awkward the situation could have already been resolved. and that while i had been mad about being pushed aside, the teenager got it exactly right: no questions, no fear or shyness, just direct action to help where you can and rushing there to do so. i think about him every time now when i run to lift someone’s pram or ask a lost looking person if they need my help despite the fear of being rude. on three, we go.

[alientitty]

i wanna ride the scary bus so bad

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.

For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.

I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Triple Execution Is Avoided," The Inland Sentinel (Kamloops). December 26, 1913. Page 1. --- A general feeling of thankfulness will doubtless be occasioned by the news that the triple execution which had been fixed to take place at Kamloops on the 29th inst. will not now he carried into effect, as the sentences imposed on two of the men have been commuted, while an appeal hearing has been ordered in the third case.

It is understood that the representations made by Mr. A. D. MacIntyre of Kamloops before the Minister of Justice at Ottawa respecting two condemned men Jorgenson and Lynn, have resulted in both cases in the commutation of capital punishment to life imprisonment.

Jorgenson, it may be recollected, was convicted of shooting the infant child of his employers under revolting circumstances near Ashcroft. He was represented by Mr. James Murphy at the trial, and on this gentleman's instructions Mr. MacIntyre presented the case for clemency. In submitting the matter to the Minister of Justice, Counsel is understood to have urged the extreme youth of the condemned person (who was not sixteen years old when the crime was committed) and the fact that he was undoubtedly of weak intellect.

The case of Rex vs. Lynn is still fresh in the memory of residents at Kamloops, for the murder of Joseph M. Pickering which resulted in Lynn's sentence, was committed at the Queen's Hotel here.

In presenting this great stress is said to have been laid upon the fact clearly established at the trial that the condemned man had been provok- ed by a most brutal beating admin istered upon him by his victim, and that this was of such severity as to leave Lynn still under its effects and in an abnormal condition 5 or 10 minutes later when the fatal act was committed.

Mr. Justice Murphy Wednesday granted one month to on a reprieve Wed- of Jerry Mulverhill, sentenced to be hanged at Kamloops on December 29, in order that an appeal for a new trial may be made to the Appeal Court sitting at Victoria next month. Mulverhill was convicted of the murder of a man named Kelly at Freeport, on the line of the G.T.P., following a quarrel in a poolroom. He was taken to Kamloops yesterday morning.

The application for a reserved case was made in chambers Wednesday by Mr. A. D. MacIntyre of Kamloops, counsel for Mulverhill, who pressed his application on the ground that new evidence was introduced at the trial without due warning of the same having been given to the defence. This evidence it was asserted had been largely responsible for the, conviction.

Mr. Macintyre declared that the witnesses were all sports from the other side of the line and that though they testified that the fatal shot was fired from outside the pool-room the question as to who fired the shot was not settled. Mulverhill, an Irishman long resident in the States, had received a beating from Kelly in a quarrel previous to the murder, but the evidence brought forward at the trial was such as had not been adduced at either the inquest or the preliminary hearing. On this ground Mr. MacIntyre asked for an adjournment to permit of the preparation of a defense against evidence then brought forward for the first time. This Mr. Justice Murphy refused; and his subsequent stating of a reserved case if of great importance in its bearing upon a legal issue, as it permits an argument before the Court of Appeal on the right of an accused to an adjournment when new evidence is brought forward at his trial.

The result of this appeal will be awaited with great interest.

[sushiisiu]

What song is he serenading apollo with (wrong answers only)

[mapsontheweb]

Metro areas in the USA where more than 5% of population uses public transit to get to work.

by u/mexidominicarican8

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[odinsblog]

The crew of a massive container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday warned of power issues before the collision, which caused the bridge to collapse into the frigid Patapsco River, officials said.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the warning from the ship’s crew likely saved lives.

“We’re thankful that between the mayday and the collapse, that we had officials who were able to begin to stop the flow of traffic so more cars were not on the bridge,” Moore said. He called those officials heroes.

Moore noted that the bridge was up to code at the time of the collapse. He said the collapse was a “shocking and heartbreaking” event for the people of Maryland who have used the bridge for 47 years.

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[lazylittledragon]

ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

[a-wizard]

When the party says you can’t cast Skull Explosion Spell™

I saw the Tennis Boy post and wanted to draw him on the train to work. but I’ve been watching a lot of dunmeshi lately so I decided to make it Marcille.

[serketinewillfulness]

you might have already seen that chapter 1.1 is up, but in case you hadn't, here it is! read it here now!

[abilai]

Pink hualian 💖🌸

[choccy-milky]

⭐ HL x ghibli! ⭐

[thesunoficarus1]

911 has damaged my brain because now every time I see a fire truck I think of those stupid gay people

[aetherlite]

falchions and cunning ⚔️🌊