Victim's Sister To Arias: 'Our Minds Are Permanently Stained'.. Hero Hitchhiker Arrested

May 17, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Victim's Sister To Arias: 'Our Minds Are Permanently Stained' Travis Alexander's siblings stood in open court and sobbed Thursday as they described the emotional devastation caused by his murder at the hands of his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias. Nearly five years of anger, frustration and grief were shared in court by Alexander's brother, Steven, and his sister, Samantha, when they read their emotional victim impact statements.  Continue reading... Monkey Killer Sentenced Hero Hitchhiker Arrested For Allegedly Beating Man To Death Presented by Ethan Fedida Icy Standoff Ends Jodi Arias' Lawyers Want Out Bombing Suspect Allegedly Left Confession: Report Jury: Arias Should Face Death Penalty Charges Dropped For Student Who Caused Explosion At Her School Boyfriend's Dirty Trick Kills Fetus, Feds Allege Hero Hitchhiker Wanted For Murder Boyfriend's Dirty Trick Kills Fetus, Feds Allege Victim's Sister To Arias: 'Our Minds Are Permanently Stained' JUAN MELENDEZ Protect the Innocent: Florida's Governor Must Veto the 'Timely Justice Act' My trial took less than a week. I was sentenced to death. I spent nearly 18 years on death row, a traumatic and heartbreaking time for me and my family. I never stopped fighting for my freedom. Continue reading... ROBERT KOEHLER Know-Nothing Security Security is a real need, of course, but know-nothing security flouts that need, often enough both ignoring and aggravating the real dangers we face while, at the same time, inflicting massive inconvenience on people innocently caught in its web. Continue reading... VANITA GUPTA Open Letter to the Corrections Corporation of America After 30 Years of Locking People Up for Profit For 30 years, CCA's profits have grown because more people are behind bars. For CCA, the fact that America incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world isn't a human tragedy -- it's something they celebrate, because it makes them rich. Continue reading... From around the web btrp DIMITRI MUGIANIS VICE on HBO: Can an Obscure -- and Illegal -- African Plant Help Cure Heroin and Opiate Addiction? For me, ibogaine was my saving grace. After I returned from Holland 11 years ago, I was opiate-free, happier than I'd been in years, and had no desire to go back to using heroin or other drugs. Continue reading... MIRANDA PETERSEN Shameful: Washington Times Column Blames Female Service Members for Assault, Calls Them Liars Rowan Scarborough's article published Sunday in the Washington Times is a perfect illustration of a culture of misogyny and victim blaming, which has perpetuated the ongoing epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the United States Military. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003