The Murders at Ann Arbor’s Veterans Hospital; What Went Right and What Ultimately Went Wrong in the Case

By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com ANN ARBOR, Mi. — In 1977, two nurses, Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez, were convicted of poisoning patients at the Ann Arbor (Michigan) Veterans Administration Hospital (VAH) after one of the longest trials in U.S. history. The prosecution and verdict became a cause celebre in Ann Arbor, across the nation and…

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Steroids Had Plenty of Victims

By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com “Say it ain’t so, Rocket.” (“Say it ain’t so, Joe.” Reported words of a young fan to Shoeless Joe Jackson after the Black Sox gambling scandal.) Roger Clemens may have lied under oath in front of a Congressional committee regarding the use of steroids during his baseball career, but so what?…

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