The good news: U.S. Marshals in Houston caught violent serial rapist Ali Reza Nejad after he slipped off his ankle monitor and fled Georgia upon hearing that the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed his conviction and 35-year sentence last week.
Nejad, Before and After Dye Job ...
July 28, 1979. Rocky II and Moonraker were in the movie theaters. The Ayatollah Khomeini took over Iran, and Saddam Hussein took over Iraq. “Good Times,” and “We Are Family” played on the radio that summer (“Message in a Bottle” and “London Calling” if you weren’t into disco). Little boys wanted to grow up to be the next Michael Jackson. Three Mile Island almost melted and Skylab fell out of the sky.
Atlanta’s murder rate was unambiguously the highest in the country. Cops said they were understaffed, and they were understaffed, though, ironically, there were approximately as many cops then as there are now, even though there were far, far fewer residents in the metro area. ...