Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facility

Summary

Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband, David Brinson, at Mule Creek state prison in California.

Brinson, serving life without parole for four murders, claimed Dowells passed out, but authorities ruled her death a homicide.

This marks the second strangulation death during a family visit at the prison in a year; Tania Thomas was killed in July 2024 while visiting inmate Anthony Curry. Investigations are ongoing.

California is one of four states allowing family visits to maintain positive relationships.

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
    42·
    6 days ago

    Varlet! Wouldst thou claim our English tongue is immutable! Nay, I say 'tis as changeable as the tides, and as various as the flowers in the feilds.

    • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
      7·
      6 days ago

      I agree, but certain changes that confuse the language deserve at least a little pushback, especially when it’s due to ignorance that the change occurs.

      • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
        11·
        6 days ago

        I’ve been hearing it used ‘the wrong way’ since I was but a wee lad.

        And when was the last time you heard ‘wee’ used correctly?

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
      21·
      5 days ago

      ‘begging the question’ is a specific type of logical fallacy

      “begging the question or assuming the conclusion (Latin: petītiō principiī) is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument’s premises assume the truth of the conclusion. Historically, begging the question refers to a fault in a dialectical argument in which the speaker assumes some premise that has not been demonstrated to be true. In modern usage, it has come to refer to an argument in which the premises assume the conclusion without supporting it. This makes it an example of circular reasoning.” -per wikipedia