Kathy Augustine

**Kathy Marie Alfano Augustine** (29 ga Mayu, 1956 - 11 ga Yuli, 2006) 'yar siyasa ce 'yar Amurka daga Nevada . Augustine, 'yar jam'iyyar Republican, ta yi aiki a Majalisar Nevada (1993 &#x2013; 1995) da kuma Majalisar Dattawan Nevada (1995 &#x2013; 1999). Ita ce mace ta farko da ta rike mukamin Shugaban Hukumar Jihar Nevada, ta yi aiki daga 1999 har zuwa mutuwarta a 2006, sai dai na ɗan gajeren lokaci na dakatarwa a lokacin shari'ar tsige ta a 2004 wanda ya haifar da suka amma ba korar ta daga aiki ba.   Chaz Higgs, mijinta na huɗu, ya kashe ta a 2006, wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai tare da yiwuwar a yi masa afuwa.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Augustine a matsayin Kathy Marie Alfano a Los Angeles, California, kuma 'yar asalin Italiya ce 'yar Amurka .  Tarihin karatunta ya haɗa da digirin farko a fannin kimiyyar siyasa daga Kwalejin Occidental, da digirin Master na Gudanar da Jama'a daga Jami'ar Jihar California, Long Beach . Yayin da take kwaleji, ta yi aiki a Washington, DC a matsayin mai koyon aiki a Majalisar Dokoki . Kafin ta shiga siyasa, Augustine ya yi aiki a Delta Air Lines a matsayin mai tsara jadawalin jirgin sama na tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu, kuma na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai hidimar jirgin sama, wanda ke zaune a Las Vegas, Nevada, bayan 1988. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Ta yi aure na ɗan gajeren lokaci, duka sun ƙare da saki ɗaya kuma ta haifi 'yarta Dallas. Augustine ya auri matukin jirgin Delta Air Lines Charles Augustine. Sun yi aure na tsawon shekaru goma sha bakwai har zuwa rasuwarsa sakamakon ciwon bugun jini a ranar 19 ga Agusta, 2003. Ta haifi 'ya'ya uku na miji daga aurenta da Charles. Makonni uku bayan mutuwarsa, ta auri William Charles "Chaz" Higgs a ranar 19 ga Satumba, 2003, wani ma'aikacin jinya mai kula da marasa lafiya wanda ya shiga cikin kula da Charles Augustine. 

## Aikin siyasa
Daga 1993 zuwa 1995, Augustine ta yi wa'adi ɗaya a Majalisar Nevada . A lokacin yakin neman zaɓe na 1992, an soki ta saboda wani tallan kamfen da ke nuna mummunan hoton abokin hamayyarta Baƙar fata-Amurka (duk da haka, abokin hamayyarta ya yi amfani da wannan hoton a cikin littattafan yakin neman zaɓenta). Bayanin da ke sama game da matsayin 'yan takarar biyu kan batutuwa daban-daban ya ƙunshi taken da ke cewa, "Akwai bambanci na gaske." Augustine ya yi aiki a Majalisar Dattawan Nevada daga 1995 zuwa 1999. A zaɓen majalisar dattawan jihar 1994, ta kayar da shugabar riƙo Lori Lipman Brown, kuma ta sake jawo ce-ce-ku-ce game da wani tallan kamfen inda ta zargi Brown da nuna adawa da addu'a da Alƙawarin Aminci . A gaskiya ma, Brown, wacce Bayahudiya ce ta ƙabila (kodayake ba ta yarda da Allah ba a fannin tauhidi),  ta ƙi shiga cikin addu'ar da wani ministan Kirista ya jagoranta, kuma zargin da ake yi game da adawar Brown ga Alƙawarin ƙarya ne. A 1998, an zaɓe Augustine a matsayin mace ta farko a jihar da ke kula da harkokin gwamnati, tana aiki a wannan mukamin har zuwa mutuwarta. A watan Janairun 2004, jami'an gwamnatin George W. Bush sun shawarci Augustine cewa ita ce ta ƙarshe da za ta zama Ma'ajin Amurka ; duk da haka, an zaɓi Anna Escobedo Cabral kuma an tabbatar da ita a matsayin Ma'ajin kuɗi.

## Laifi da suka
A watan Satumba na 2004, an zargi Augustine da karya dokokin ɗabi'a na jihar a lokacin yakin neman zaɓen ta na sake zaɓe a shekarar 2002 saboda amfani da ma'aikatan jihar da kayan aiki don yakin neman zaɓen ta na kashin kanta. Bayan binciken, Hukumar Ɗabi'a ta gano cewa ta aikata laifin karya Dokar Ɗabi'a ta Nevada da gangan, kuma an ci Augustine tarar  ( equivalent to $25,600 a shekarar 2025 ) ta hannun Hukumar Da'a ta jihar.  Hukumar Da'a ta mika karar zuwa ga Majalisar Dokokin Nevada inda Majalisar Dokokin Nevada ta tsige ta a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, kuma ta ajiye mukaminta na ɗan lokaci.  Ita ce jami'ar jihar Nevada ta farko da aka tsige. Bayan shari'ar da aka shafe mako guda ana yi a Majalisar Dattawan Nevada, an yanke mata hukunci kan tuhume-tuhume guda ɗaya, amma an wanke ta daga wasu uku.  An la'anci Augustine, amma an ba shi izinin ci gaba da aiki.

## Tseren Ma'ajin Jiha na 2006
Ba tare da ta iya neman wa'adi na uku a matsayin Mai Kula da Jiha ba saboda iyakokin wa'adi, a watan Janairun 2006, a shekarar ƙarshe ta wa'adinta a matsayin Mai Kula da Jiha, Augustine ta sanar da takararta ta zama Ma'ajin Jihar Nevada, duk da adawa daga shugabannin Jam'iyyar Republican ta jihar sakamakon tsige ta. A watan Mayun 2006, jam'iyyar ta kaɗa ƙuri'ar hana jam'iyyarta goyon bayanta a takarar Ma'ajin Jihar. Duk da rasuwarta, sunanta ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin ƙuri'ar zaɓen fidda gwani na ranar 15 ga Agusta, kuma ta sami kashi 18.64% na ƙuri'un. 

## Kisa da binciken mutuwa da ta biyo baya
A ranar 8 ga Yuli, 2006, an same Augustine a suma a gidanta na Reno, kuma ya mutu bayan kwana uku ba tare da ya sake farfaɗowa ba.   Bayan mutuwar Augustine, Gwamna Kenny Guinn ya naɗa Steve Martin, akawu kuma ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Republican a takarar shugabancin jihar 2006, don ya gaje ta. 

Duk da cewa rahotannin farko sun nuna cewa musabbabin mutuwar shine bugun zuciya, 'yan sanda ba da daɗewa ba suka fara zargin aikata laifin. 

A ranar 14 ga Yuli, 2006, mijinta, ma'aikaciyar jinya Chaz Higgs, ya yi yunkurin kashe kansa ta hanyar yanke masa wuyan hannu a gidan ma'auratan da ke Las Vegas.  An kama Higgs a Hampton, Virginia a ranar 29 ga Satumba, 2006, kuma an tuhume shi da kisan kai na farko a mutuwar Augustine bayan gwajin guba na FBI ya gano alamun shan muggan kwayoyi na succinylcholine a cikin tsarinta.  Higgs, wata ma'aikaciyar jinya mai tsanani, ana zargin ta yi maganganu marasa tushe ga abokin aikinta game da yadda za a kashe wani ba tare da an gano ta ba ta amfani da succinylcholine.   An mayar da shi Nevada.  An ɓoye sammacin da sakamakon gwajin har sai da aka kama Higgs. 

Juri'an Reno sun yanke wa Higgs hukuncin kisa a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 2007.  An yanke masa hukuncin daurin rai da rai, tare da damar yin afuwa bayan shekaru 20.  An sanya shi a sa ido kan kashe kansa bayan ya yi yunkurin kashe kansa sau biyu a lokacin da yake tsare. Higgs yana tsare a gidan yarin High Desert State kusa da Indian Springs, Nevada . A watan Mayu na 2009, Kotun Koli ta Nevada ta amince da hukuncin kisan gillar Higgs a cikin mafi rinjayen hukunci.

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