Would you have been the lone juror for this trial?
Indiana man receives 80 years after the convicted molester of his young relative served roughly seven of a 12-year term.
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Nicholas Stanley, 36, of Elkhart was sentenced Thursday to the maximum in Elkhart County Circuit Court for the June 24, 2025, sh*oting of Allen Cogswell, 35, at the Daylite Inn.
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Cogswell pleaded guilty in 2018 to molesting Stanley’s relative under age 14 and to possessing child p*rnography, with three additional counts dropped in the plea.
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He received 12 years plus probation and was released May 28, 2025, after a judge earlier denied early release over prison conduct violations.
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Stanley testified he went to room 251 intending only to confront and beat Cogswell.
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Seeing him through the window made his brain “explode like a tsunami,” so he retrieved a shotgun from his car, knocked, and fired twice into the head and chest when the door opened.
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“I decided that I had to do what I had to do to protect my family. I had to k*ll him,” Stanley told the jury.
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A jury convicted him of m*rder last month. The sentence is 55 years plus 10 for aggravating factors and 15 for the firearm enhancement, requiring at least 75 percent served.
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Judge Michael Christofeno refused a sudden heat instruction that could have allowed a mansl*ughter conviction, citing time for cool reflection while Stanley walked back to the car.
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Stanley’s attorney plans an appeal on that ruling.
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Cogswell’s mother called the sh*oting “overk*ll.” Stanley’s sister and friends wore shirts reading “de*d ped*philes don’t reoffend” and said they have written lawmakers demanding full terms for such offenders.
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The man who protected his family faces decades while the original offender walked free after serving little more than half his sentence.
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#Elkhart #JusticeSystem
Personal request: Catholic friends, please help my dear friend Andrew, a 33-year-old husband and father of two who recently survived cardiac arrest.
He’s a gifted Catholic woodworker who seeks to beautify our parishes with his sacred art. We have some of his beautiful work in our own home (pictured).
If you’re looking for a worthy cause for your tithes or almsgiving, this is it.
Please give anything you can and pray for him! As I write this he's currently undergoing a risky heart test. supportnow.org/the-coleman-f…
Protestants built an entire soteriology on what they thought St. Paul meant by "works of the law,” completely misreading Gal 2:16. History never favors them.
Until the Dead Sea Scrolls, the phrase didn't exist anywhere else. 4QMMT completely refutes their definition, proving the phrase meant technical ritual and purity laws, not general moral works.
The Catholic Church stays undefeated on being right.
Perfect.
Replying to @Jason_Catholic @realsedepicante
Going by your profile info, I cannot tell when you jest and when you mean it.
People really upset with the Falcons logo.
Adolf Hitler’s historic “Eagle’s Nest” retreat in Bavaria, Germany, has been engulfed in flames.
German police have detained a suspect as authorities investigate possible arson.
No injuries have been reported, and the extent of the damage remains unclear.
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He’s building my deck this weekend.
Un video de un bebé con vello facial se ha vuelto viral, generando miles de reacciones. Los expertos recuerdan que cada caso debe evaluarse con un profesional de salud.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
El video parece modificado con IA según análisis de inconsistencias en el vello facial durante movimientos e iluminación artificial. No hay confirmación independiente de un caso médico real.
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Some people think way too highly of themselves. “Magnum Opus” 😂🤡
Jason retweeted
This organization is the Catholic right's magnum opus.
It's what I feel called to do with my life. God has taken us so far, brought together great men, and gave us all the drive to make this project comer to life.
Help us all provide for our families.
1,000 % I do.
Oof. This is an infallible declaration of the Catholic Church.
Do you all really believe this?
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The Council of Florence In Cantate Domino (1442), the council declared:
"All those who are outside the catholic church, not only pagans but also Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the catholic church before the end of their lives."



























