#michael rafferty

[onenakedfarmer]

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Philip Glas IN THE PENAL COLONY

Michael Bennett and Omar Ebrahim 

Michael Rafferty Music Theatre Wales

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[shimerians]

WDET's Crossing Linesprofiles Detroit urban planner Michael Rafferty, of the Shimer College class of 1998.

[lord-dandy]

What joy! What pleasure!

I just discovered that Philip Glass "In The Penal Colony" has been released on CD this year. Even more fantastic is the fact that it's the performance by Music Theatre Wales. I went to their performance in Aberystwyth. I almost missed it because I didn't realise it was on. But I was lucky. At this point I worked for a filmmaker who filmed mainly all kinds of artists. And he did an interview with Michael Rafferty for the Arts Council of Wales, because Michael won one of the Creative Wales Awards (and my boss was responsible filming the videos for the Award Show) and I was around to assist. In the end my boss bought me a ticket for the evening performance and Michael Rafferty gave me the hint to sit on one of the chairs on stage left side from the musicians - I did so! I think it was the most intense Opera performance I've ever experienced.

I just found the interview on the Arts Council of Wales website. You can see the stage and hear a bit from the Opera (for the case anybody might be interested).

http://www.artswales.org.uk/arts-in-wales/arts-creativity/creative-wales/archive/awards-2010-11/michael-rafferty

[askmatthieu-blog-blog]

-bites lip-

-clenches fist-

-eyes narrowing, reddening-

"You, sir, are a monster."

[deus--ex-machina-blog]

Justice finally came for Victoria Stafford late Friday when a jury convicted Michael Rafferty of taking, raping and killing the eight-year-old girl in a secluded Ontario field more than three years ago.

It took the nine women and three men roughly 10 hours to decide Rafferty was guilty of first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping.

Members of Stafford’s family burst into tears and hugged each other as the verdict came down. Rafferty, meanwhile, sagged visibly in his seat and closed his eyes as the guilty verdicts were read out in court.

The murder verdict carries with it an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 25 years. A sentencing hearing will be held next Tuesday; Stafford’s family is expected to deliver victim impact statements.

“I knew we would see justice,” said Rodney Stafford, Tori’s father, outside the courthouse — where observers and passersby cheered and shouted their joy over the verdict. Passing motorists honked their horns.

Asked about his feelings when he heard the verdict, Rodney Stafford replied that he “wanted to scream in the courtroom, but I just couldn’t…. But at the same time a sense of loss because Tori’s not coming home.”

The one time I can truly agree with justice is when I think about what they do to people who hurt children in prison. I hope the "boys" get their hands on you Michael Rafferty. I know nothing will ever be normal for these parents, but I'm glad the trial is over for them and they can begin to heal. I truly commend them for their strength through this surreal nightmare.

[goth-tinted-hallucination-blog]

great news.

Michael Rafferty was convicted of first degree murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Automatic life sentence. Sometimes there is justice in the courts.

[londcommunitynews]

Tori Stafford murder trial: Michael Rafferty guilty of first-degree murder

Michael Rafferty has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of little Tori Stafford.

A Superior Court jury delivered its verdict Friday night after deliberating since Thursday evening.

The jurors also found Rafferty guily of sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/05/tori-stafford-murder-trial-michael-rafferty-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/