{"id":394,"date":"2020-01-14T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2020-01-16T08:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:56:02","slug":"news-scan-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"News Scan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTUS Denies Stay for Texas Killer<\/strong>:\u00a0 The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the last minute petition to delay tomorrow&#8217;s execution of John Steven Gardner.\u00a0 Joseph Brown of CHNI News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnhinews.com\/news\/local_news\/article_686b8b16-f8ef-56c6-aaa9-efa1977b23b2.html\">reports<\/a> that Gardner&#8217;s claim that his trial attorneys were ineffective did not convince the court to grant him a stay.\u00a0 Gardner was found guilty and sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of his third wife, who was divorcing him.\u00a0 The 41-year-old victim died in a hospital two days after she was shot in the head.\u00a0 On the day she was shot, she managed to call 911 and identify Gardner as the assailant before falling into a coma.\u00a0 Gardner had previously served eight years in prison for shooting his first wife, who was 18 and pregnant at the time.\u00a0 The attack caused a miscarriage and left her a paraplegic.\u00a0 He was returned to prison for kidnapping his second wife when she attempted to leave him.\u00a0 In each of the marriages the victims were subjected to repeated abuse.\u00a0 <strong>UPDATE:<\/strong>\u00a0 Gardner died yesterday, sixteen minutes after receiving a lethal injection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Algorithm to Predict Crime<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 The Dallas Police Department is considering utilizing a risk terrain modeling algorithm developed by researchers at Rutgers University to identify neighborhoods where crime is most likely to occur.\u00a0 Nic Garcia of the Dallas Morning News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policeone.com\/chiefs-sheriffs\/articles\/dallas-police-plan-to-use-new-predictive-technology-to-address-rising-crime-rate-hQzO78wZLc5c9vOW\/\">reports<\/a> that the modeling\u00a0 software looks at not only the level of crime in a particular area, but also the physical characteristics in the area, such as liquor stores, bus stops, street lighting and abandoned buildings, that invite criminal behavior. \u00a0 Part of the effort to reduce crime in the areas identified by the\u00a0 software will require changing the characteristics in the neighborhood that researchers conclude promote crime.\u00a0 This might mean moving a bus stop, requiring security cameras at liquor stores and car washes, and boarding up abandoned buildings.\u00a0 A similar effort in Atlantic City resulted in a 26% drop in violent crime and a 37% drop in robberies the first year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTUS Denies Stay for Texas Killer:\u00a0 The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the last minute petition to delay tomorrow&#8217;s execution of John Steven Gardner.\u00a0 Joseph Brown of CHNI News reports that Gardner&#8217;s claim that his trial attorneys were ineffective did not convince the court to grant him a stay.\u00a0 Gardner was found guilty and sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of his third wife, who was divorcing him.\u00a0 The 41-year-old victim died in a hospital two days after she was shot in the head.\u00a0 On the day she was shot, she managed to call 911 and identify Gardner as the assailant before falling into a coma.\u00a0 Gardner had previously served eight years in prison for shooting his first wife, who was 18 and pregnant at the time.\u00a0 The attack caused a miscarriage and left her a paraplegic.\u00a0 He was returned to prison for kidnapping his second wife when she attempted to leave him.\u00a0 In each of the marriages the victims were subjected to repeated abuse.\u00a0 UPDATE:\u00a0 Gardner died yesterday, sixteen minutes after receiving a lethal injection. &nbsp; 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