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Vocal cord nodules are bilaterally symmetrical benign white masses that form at the midpoint of the vocal folds. [1] Although diagnosis involves a physical examination of the head and neck, as well as perceptual voice measures, visualization of the vocal nodules via laryngeal endoscopy remains the primary diagnostic method.
Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (Persian: زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی; 1948 – 11 July 2003) was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist.She gained notoriety for her arrest in Iran and the circumstances in which she was held by Iranian authorities, in whose custody she was killed.
Sandra Annette Bland was a 28-year-old African-American woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, on July 13, 2015, three days after being arrested during a traffic stop. [1] [2] Officials found her death to be a suicide. There were protests against her arrest, disputing the cause of death, and alleging racial violence ...
Joan Little was the first woman to be acquitted of murder committed in self-defense against a sexual assault. [9] African American women were given the right to sexual-assault defense against their Anglo-white male assaulter/rapist. This was all possible with the campaign that stood behind Ms. Little during the full trial. [18]
Lemuel Warren Smith (born July 23, 1941) is an American convicted serial killer who was the first convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer.Smith was already in prison for the murders of at least five people when he murdered prison guard Donna Payant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1981.
Elizabeth Diane Downs (née Frederickson, born August 7, 1955) is an American woman who murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children near Springfield, Oregon, on May 19, 1983. Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children.
She was incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections Broward Correctional Institution's death row for women. On March 30, 1998, Buenoano was executed in the electric chair at the Florida State Prison. [8] Her last meal consisted of steamed broccoli, asparagus, strawberries, and tomato wedges, together with hot tea and lemon. [9]
Later that year, she was sentenced to a concurrent term of 60 years in prison for nearly killing Rolando Santos with heparin. [16] As of May 2016, Jones was held at the Lane Murray Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [1] She had been scheduled for mandatory release in 2018 due to a Texas law meant to prevent prison overcrowding.