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A Call to Reason
By Pat O'Connell
The recent news about an ex-murderer being promoted to assistant sheriff of the San Francisco Sheriff's department shouldn't really be such a unique news item but the story got me to thinking about why it would make headlines.
Michael Marcum murdered his father in 1965 and spent …
The recent news about an ex-murderer being promoted to assistant sheriff of the San Francisco Sheriff's department shouldn't really be such a unique news item but the story got me to thinking about why it would make headlines.
Michael Marcum murdered his father in 1965 and spent …
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