Illinois Judge Murdered; Wife Charged With the Crime

The body of Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine was found outside his home.

The southern Illinois judge was shot and killed outside his home in the middle of the day, according to Illinois State Police.

His wife, 44-year-old Megan S. Valentine, was taken into custody.

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WATCH: Thousands in NYC Protest Donald Trump Re-Election

Multiple protests happening from east to west coast.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of NYC over the weekend to protest Donald Trump’s re-election as 47th President of the United States.

Crowds marched through Manhattan holding signs and chanting: “DONALD TRUMP GO AWAY! RACIST! SEXIEST! ANTI-GAY!

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FEATURED: “Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses” by Damion Keith Blake

Amazon — In Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses, Damion Blake takes on a controversial subject: the Jamaican don.

The Jamaican don is a non-state actor, a male figure, usually from the community in which he plays a leadership role, and who wields considerable power and control inside that nation’s garrison communities. Garrisons in Jamaica are poor inner city communities characterized by homogeneous voting patterns for one of Jamaica’s two major political parties: the People’s National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party.

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