Judge dismisses Rennie Gibbs’ depraved heart murder case
A judge has dismissed murder charges against a Columbus resident who was charged with depraved heart murder after the 2006 stillborn death of her child.
Lowndes County Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens issued his ruling Wednesday in the case against 24-year-old Rennie Gibbs.
Gibbs case intersects divisive, difficult issues
Rennie Gibbs’s daughter, Samiya, was a month premature when she simultaneously entered the world and left it, never taking a breath. To experts who later examined the medical record, the stillborn infant’s most likely cause of death was also the most obvious: the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
Kitchens expected to rule on Gibbs case
Lowndes County Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens is expected to make a decision on the fate of a Columbus woman accused of depraved heart murder.
Style and function: A sneak peek in the Girlchoir Tour kitchens
Comfortable and inviting. That’s what the three kitchens on the 2013 Columbus Girlchoir Tour of Kitchens have in common — that often elusive quality that makes a space the heart of a home.
Upcoming Tour of Kitchens helps send Girlchoir to New York
“You’ve got to anticipate the note.”
The words are a tactical reminder from Director Cherry Dunn at a recent Columbus Girlchoir practice. But they are also a happy, long-range statement for the choir: They are anticipating plenty of high notes when they sing in New York’s Carnegie Hall in May.
Judge Kitchens frustrated with state sentencing laws
16th District Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens says state laws creating leniency on time served for convicted criminals is undermining the justice system.
‘Kitchens’ important to Columbus Girlchoir
Two kinds of kitchens are important to the Columbus Girlchoir this spring.