Former Fresno State Gets Life in Prison: Former Fresno State player Terry Pettis was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering a teenage woman following a botched drug robbery. The sentence was handed down in Fresno County, Calif., Superior Court after a series of emotional speeches by Pettis, his father and the family of the victim, 18-year-old Rene Shannon Abbott. Pettis, 21, was convicted May 26 of first-degree murder and armed robbery. Pettis’ attorney Michael Castro claimed the case was one of mistaken identity and that Pettis didn’t pull the trigger. Prosecutor Jon Skiles had told jurors that witnesses placed Pettis on the scene of the crime that day, and that legally it was irrelevant whether he had meant to fire the gun.
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach