The severity of sleepiness can be quantified subjectively using scales such as the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (Table 1) or can be measured objectively in the sleep laboratory using the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) or maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT).
Â· May 16 Â·. May 15, 1916: In what became a well-known example of racially motivated lynching, Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. Washington was accused of raping and murdering Lucy Fryer, the wife of his white employer in rural Robinson, Texas. There were no eyewitnesses to the crime, but during his interrogation by the McLennan County sheriff he signed a confession and described the location of the murder weapon.
Eighty-two followers and four federal agents died. John Erick and Drew Dowdle, creators of Waco, drew their script from sources like FBI negotiator Gary Noesnerâs Stalling for Time, and the book by Branch Davidian survivor David Thibodeau, A Place Called Waco. Taylor Kitsch plays Koresh and the series focuses on him and his followers.