Boise State Provides Inspiration a Long Way from Its Campus
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February began with a murder trial grabbing the headlines of the local paper in Robeson County, N.C., which isn’t unusual in a place where the court system is clogged to the point that the homicide cases from 2006 are just now going before a jury.
This time, a 19-year-old was convicted of shooting a beloved teacher and tennis coach three times, leaving him slumped over the steering wheel of his pickup truck before taking his gold watch. The national media was there to cover a trial 18 years ago after two men killed Michael Jordan’s father — who had pulled off I-95 to take a nap — and dumped his body in a river.
In between, there have been hundreds of other murders, thousands of armed robberies and assaults and too many other crimes to count. There’s no mistaking Robeson County for Mayberry.
“It’s sad because I see a lot of people that want to change,” said Tess Hollis, a reporter who covers crime for The Robesonian, the local daily.
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