Brooks wasn’t able to join the “second-chance club,” as his father called it, after corrections officers violently beat him to death two months ago in a Central New York prison. On Thursday ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Robert Ricks, the father of Robert Brooks who died after corrections officers beat him at Marcy Correctional Facility, spoke at a joint hearing of the State Assembly and Senate.
Albany — After DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III spent hours fielding questions from lawmakers on Thursday, Robert Ricks, the father of Robert Brooks, had his opportunity to speak.
Robert Ricks was proud of what his 43-year-old son, Robert Brooks, accomplished while serving time in prison: He got a GED, was learning sign language and took horticulture classes. He couldn’t ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Robert Ricks, the father of Robert Brooks, testified on Thursday before a selection of state senators and assemblymembers at the joint legislative budget hearing on ...
EUGENE, Ore. − Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen had to try to win Sunday’s game at Oregon without one of her best players in Hannah Stuelke. And she’ll almost certainly have to go without ...
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Adrián Simancas was with his dad, Dell, in the Strait of Magellan, a tourist attraction in Chilean Patagonia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, when he suddenly found himself inside the mouth of the humpback ...
Hurts, who led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 40-22 trouncing of the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59, credits his father for playing a vital role in him winning the NFL title. Hurts’ dad ...