It’s been five months since the reputed leader of a fringe group linked to the murder of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont was indicted by a federal grand jury, but Jack “Ziz” LaSota has still not appeared before a…[Continue Reading...]
A Solano County Superior Court judge vacated the October trial for two Zizian cult members, each charged with a November 2022 murder and attempted murder in Vallejo, and reset it for March 3. Judge John B. Ellis’ decision, after hearing…[Continue Reading...]
In a pretrial hearing for two of the so-called "Zizians" — an alleged cult started by a charismatic, cape-wearing vegan named Jack "Ziz" LaSota who wanted to save the world from killer AI — a screaming defendant and a trash-talking…[Continue Reading...]
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Accusations of “misconduct” and ulterior motives flew across the courtroom aisle on Wednesday in the high-profile “Zizian” murder case when prosecutors accused the defense of intentionally delaying proceedings ahead of trial. “I have serious concerns that…[Continue Reading...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Friday in her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the…[Continue Reading...]
A member of the cult-like Zizians group made her first court appearance Friday in the killing of a US border patrol agent after prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty. Investigators say Teresa Youngblut, 21, is among a group…[Continue Reading...]
The Justice Department said Thursday it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in the latest Trump administration push for more federal executions. Teresa…[Continue Reading...]
The rationalist community was drawn together by AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky’s blog post series The Sequences, a set of essays about how to think more rationally. You would think, then, that they’d be paragons of critical thinking and skepticism —…[Continue Reading...]
Three members of a violent cultlike group, including its alleged ringleader, will be tried together on charges of trespassing, gun and drug possession after police discovered them camping in box trucks in rural western Maryland. The group known as Zizians,…[Continue Reading...]
Ziz LaSota’s early life was unremarkable: eldest of three, father a university instructor, homeschooled through lonely Alaskan winters. But teenage depression twisted her mind inward. Puberty felt like death. She wrote that she was “horrified at being overwritten by a…[Continue Reading...]
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