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News in Brief:
Loaded on April 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2001, page 30
CA: On January 16, 2001, Michael Bowers, 37, rammed a tractor-trailer into the state capitol where it burst into flames. Only Bowers was killed in the incident. An exconvict with numerous trips through local prisons and jails, Bowers had a history of mental illness. CA: On February 16, 2001, Brice ...
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