NYC jail captain indicted after she allegedly ignored inmate who hanged himself in cell
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A New York City jail supervisor was charged Monday with criminally negligent homicide in the death of a detainee who hanged himself on her watch last in November.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said jail captain Rebecca Hillman showed "callous disregard" for Ryan Wilson by ordering officers not to perform potentially lifesaving measures and leaving him hanging in a locked cell for about 15 minutes. Hillman pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Monday. She is also charged with lying in her written account of the death that she acted "immediately" to help Wilson. The charges were not eligible for monetary bail, prosecutors said. Her next court date is July 28.Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.