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Buckhorn home to nation’s largest river birch
The trunk of this river birch, located at Buckhorn Lake in Perry County, measured several feet in circumference, and was recently confirmed as the nation's largest. (submitted photo)
The trunk of this river birch, located at Buckhorn Lake in Perry County, measured several feet in circumference, and was recently confirmed as the nation's largest. (submitted photo)
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Perry County, and Buckhorn Lake in particular, is home to the biggest river birch tree in the nation, officials at the park announced this week.

Every fall, Buckhorn Lake park rangers team up with several local, state and federal agencies and host an environmental fair to educate local children on environmental issues and concerns in Eastern Kentucky. During the 2009 fair, an employee from the Kentucky Division of Forestry noticed a very large river birch in the campground. Having recently measured another local river birch, he felt this one could be the biggest in Perry County.

Upon official inspection, the tree measured a circumference of 205 inches at breast height (4.5 feet), an overall height of 117 feet and a spread of 85 feet. The tree was then scored and recorded, shattering the standing county record by more than 82 points.

These measurements and a photograph of the tree were submitted to Kentucky’s Champion Tree Program. Following verification, Buckhorn was awarded a certificate noting that Buckhorn Campground is now the location of the Champion River Birch in the state of Kentucky. But its reign didn’t end there. The state’s champion tree coordinator received permission to enter the tree into the national competition, and was recently recognized as the nation’s largest river birch.

On May 22, Buckhorn Lake Army Corps of Engineers was nationally recognized as the owner of the new National Champion River Birch (Betuda Nigra) by the American Forests National Register of Big Trees. More than 750 champions are recognized each year on this national register, and Perry County now has one represented in the Tailwater Campground between campsite 10 and 11.

An interpretive display case was constructed and placed on site to honor this giant. A search can be done by clicking http://www.americanforests.org/bigtrees/bigtrees-search/?search_val=river%20birch to view this tree and search others on the list.

The staff and faculty at Buckhorn Lake US Army Corps of Engineers are very proud to be able to preserve and promote this iconic monument and are always willing to inform guests about the key role that not only this remarkable tree, but every other tree within our boundaries, play in sustaining a healthy environment.

Visitors may visit the tree in person at 804 Buckhorn Dam Rd., Buckhorn, KY. Please contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , Buckhorn Lake office at (606)398-7251 M-F 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. if you have any questions about the champion tree or any other issues that we may assist with.

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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
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Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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cgayheart0005
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

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Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

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Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
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Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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cgayheart0005
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

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Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
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Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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cgayheart0005
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

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Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
slideshow
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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cgayheart0005
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

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Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
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Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

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Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
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Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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cgayheart0005
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

slideshow
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
Big Creek Principal Jeff Castle said the damage was not as extensive as it could have been had more water entered the school. He said administrators are waiting for an insurance assessment to be completed for final numbers, however the only damage so far has been to floors and some books that were on lower shelves in some classrooms.
slideshow
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
Volunteers with the Perry County School District spent Wednesday morning and most of the afternoon cleaning up the school after flash floods Monday night left several inches of water and mud in the facility.
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cgayheart0005
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June 19, 2013
Stephon Slone did NOT receive a FAIR trial by any means whatsoever. The prosecutorial misconduct alone is a disgrace little on still convicting an innocent man once a girl recants her story and is PROVEN to be a VIRGIN. The states medical examiner Alisha Cook, did infact do a medical examination to reveal that the girls hymen was indeed still intact in this case and this case is the exact same as the case POOLE v. STATE No. 2009-KA-00420-SCT. Stephon needs to argues the victims testimony is not credible because in describing a forcible rape from the standpoint of his insertion of his penis, there also is no doubt the jury considered Alisha Cooks testimony that her findings as to the condition of the victims hymen would be inconsistent with full penile penetration. Alisha Cooks testimony left no doubt that no full penetration had ever occurred, unless the penetration had been with a penis the size of Alisha Cooks finger. Unfortunately, there was no elaboration as to this or the size of Alisha Cooks finger. However considering Alisha Cook is for the state she did NOT want to say by any means that the alleged victim was infact a virgin the victims testimony was, therefore, suspect and incredible, substantially contradicted by medical testimony. Besides the fact of the communication ex parta between John Hansen and Stephon Slones witnesses which was never addressed or even to be heard about and then Mr. Hansen was laughing at Mr. Slones witnesses on stand and making false accusations about the defendants witnesses and trying to testify to the honesty of those witnesses, I myself was a witness in the case for my brother Stephon and I am willing to take a LIE DETECTORS at anytime and I will pay for it out of my own pocket just to proven John Hansen lied on me and others during the proceeding of this trial period when saying in court on June 11, 2013 in his arguments that all the witnesses aggreed to the exact same thing which was how they were transported to and from the court house and I myself did NOT agree with that by any means and I think its despicable how he tries to intimidate people on the stand and his assistant prosecutor I guess it was got all bent out of shape because I would NOT tell him what he wanted to hear about a letter written by the alleged victim to one of her friends which the friend brought themselves and gave to the defendants side and he argued that it wasnt her handwritting when infact it is and I know this myself and all they needed to do was bring in a handwritting specialist but they would NOT do that, all they did was send an innocent man to prison for along time to get a conviction under their belts, while Timothy Ryan Sizemore also appeared infront of them for the cold blooded murder of Samuel Louive and ONLY got 10 years for taking a mans life, a little girls father, a mothers son, and he gets a 10 year sentence for such a hanus crime and my brother Stephon Slone sits in prison for 20 years on a rape crime he did NOT commit when the victim racanted herself and was found to be a virgin, yet they let a jury member that went to school and hung out with me stay on his trial after me telling them that we knew her, and the alleged victims mother talked continuosly to the jury in and outside the courthouse and nothing was ever said, the vicitm was aloud to lie over and over again with no questioning as to why she was lying or to the honesty of an admitted liar and when she recanted that alone should have ended the case but NO, they gave the prosecution the chance to go talk with her again and talk her up and then it was like "Ohh yeah he did it, I lied when I said he didnt...I dont know why I just did". The tales of the rape went from he raped her so hard she was bleeding(yet her hymen is still intact after such a forcible rape encounter) and that it only happened that 1 time to it happened repeatedly and she had noway out or noone to turn to(yet her hymen is still intact with all that forcible raping going on over and over) so they pulled the card that a hymen could withstand some minor trama and stay intact if the penis was small however even with a penis the size of a tooth pick or ink pen if it was forcibly raping you it would infact tear your hymen so I call bulls**t on the entire trial and the petitions everyone signed for the release of Stephon Slone on a wrongful conviction or Pardon was never aloud to be entered in to the proceedings or be seen or heard about, Humm makes me wonder how a murderer Walks away with merely 10 years while an admitted liar recants, proven to be a virgin and lies repeatedly andStephon still gets 20 years thats a little fishy is you ask me and I dont think its the river running beside Main Street. They are alot of innocent people in prison and I think someone needs to start looking into that. We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison( this comes from the innocent project page under FAQs so it is facts. He was NOT given a fair trial, the rules and regulations wasnt followed as to the BAR anyways because SCR3.130(4.4)Respect for rights of third persons, SCR3.130(3.8)Specal responsibilities of a prosecutor(a)(c)(e), SCR3.130(3.5) Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal (b)(c), SCR3.130(3.4) Fairness to oposing party and counsel (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g). And I think Stephon deserves to be released and the alleged victim to come forward and get some real respect and tell the truth about it and just be honest and say "Hey look I didnt want to be there so I lied" Or the actual truth "My mother while in Leslie County Jail told me to get a boyfriend EVERY time I went to see her just so I would end up having sex so I could get him put in jail for rape which my mother has told me to say since I was a little girl everytime I didnt get my way and I also told my brother I would say the same thing about him but I lied on Stephon before I got the chance to lie on my brother thankfully and I did so here we are". That would be nice but we all know thats not gonna happen so we will do what we have to in order to get him out. I am even changing my career path thanks to this as is our cousin, Criminal Justice Law here we come...
<p>photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.</p>

photos by Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald

Local officials gathered near the Chavies community Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony on a new waste water treatment plant.

slideshow
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble (left) was one of several officials speaking at the ceremony, along with Bobby Brown (pictured at right), chairman of Perry County Sanitation District 1.
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