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{weblog_name} - Pitcairn’s Murder is Unacceptable
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There always seems to be a reason, an excuse. A young man, Steven Pitcairn, is walking to his Charles Village home from the train station when two thugs took his money and cell phone and then robbed him of his life. Because the cell phone was on as he was talking to his mother, she apparently heard what was happening. This was a man whose educational and career track was leading him to a life of self discovery and helping others. The suspects in his murder are Lavelva Merritt and John Alexander Wagner, whose life transcripts are filled with court records, crime, and probation violations. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve interviewed Patricia C. Jessamy, for 15 years the City’s State’s Attorney. And I’ve interviewed Gregg Bernstein, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, considered Ms. Jessamy’s toughest opponent in… read more

A few hours before the murder this is what Jessamy was up to:

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-284-Baltimore-Politics-Examiner~y2010m7d27-Video-of-Jessamys-speech-in-front-of-supporters-like-Cummings-Not-everybody-needs-to-be-in-jail