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Business Wire
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Papa Johns Announces Caroline Miller Oyler as Chief Administrative Officer
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) ('Papa Johns®') today announced the promotion of Caroline Miller Oyler to Chief Administrative Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Oyler has served as the company's Chief Legal and Risk Officer since 2018 and will continue in her role as Corporate Secretary. In her expanded role, Ms. Oyler will now oversee human resources and culture (People Experience), legal, risk, safety and security, internal audit and facilities. The consolidation of these key business support functions is designed to enable efficiency and closer collaboration across teams. 'Caroline has been an integral part of Papa Johns for more than two decades,' said Todd Penegor, CEO of Papa Johns. 'Her deep institutional knowledge and proven leadership across multiple functions make her ideally suited to lead this newly formed role as we continue to transform our company for long-term growth.' Ms. Oyler has been with Papa Johns for 26 years and has served as interim leader of the Human Resources function on three occasions, from 2008 to 2009, 2018 to 2019, and in 2022. About Papa Johns Papa John's International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZA) opened its doors in 1984 with one goal in mind: BETTER INGREDIENTS. BETTER PIZZA. ® Papa Johns believes that using high-quality ingredients leads to superior quality pizzas. Its original dough is made of only six ingredients and is fresh, never frozen. Papa Johns tops its pizzas with real cheese made from mozzarella, pizza sauce made with vine-ripened tomatoes that go from vine to can in the same day and meat free of fillers. It was the first national pizza delivery chain to announce the removal of artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its entire food menu. Papa Johns is co-headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. and Louisville, Ky. and is the world's third-largest pizza delivery company with more than 6,000 restaurants in approximately 50 countries and territories. For more information about the company or to order pizza online, visit or download the Papa Johns mobile app for iOS or Android.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Yahoo
Should arsonist get death penalty if people die in wildfire? California Supreme Court to decide
Raymond Lee Oyler, sentenced to death for starting a 2006 Southern California blaze that killed five firefighters, didn't shoot or stab his victims, or kill them personally with his bare hands. So should he be put to death? Oral arguments in his nearly 20-year-old case were heard Wednesday by the Supreme Court of California, meeting for the first time in five years in Sacramento's historic appellate courtroom at the Stanley Mosk Library and Courthouse on the Capitol Mall downtown. The case has particular resonance in the wake of massive wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area last month, killing at least 29 people and destroying more than 16,000 structures. It also is significant following changes in California's laws governing murder, and the state's evolving policy on the death penalty, which costs $72 million per year to adjudicate and which prosecutors continue to seek despite a moratorium on executions. Oyler's case was one of four heard Wednesday by the court on a variety of topics. One, like Oyler's, involved California's murder statutes, while two more were civil cases, including a fight over who had the right to a recipe used for barbecue sauce made for the Trader Joe's grocery store chain. Discussing Oyler's case, the seven justices pressed attorneys for both sides for their interpretation of new laws that changed the definition of the most serious murder charges, so that, for example, a getaway car driver was not put to death for a burglary gone wrong when he or she didn't know a murder had been committed. Oyler was the only person charged with setting the 2006 Esperanza Fire, which started near Cabazon and burned more than 40,000 acres. Five firefighters were killed as Santa Ana winds blew the blaze uncontrollably over their location as they tried to save a house. Oyler's court-appointed lawyer, Michael Clough, argued that Oyler didn't meet the definition of the 'actual killer' as defined in state law. He disputed Oyler's 2009 conviction for setting the fire, saying his client had always denied doing it, and alleging that prosecutors presented no hard evidence that Oyler was the arsonist. Even if he had set the fire, Clough asserted, Oyler would not have done it specifically to kill people. The Riverside County jury that convicted Oyler of first-degree murder was not instructed to consider whether Oyler met the definition of an 'actual killer,' as defined by state law, Clough argued. But Deputy Attorney General Meredith White said that those definitions were irrelevant, because they were only meant to apply in cases where there was more than one perpetrator present, and one was the actual killer and the other was an accomplice. Moreover, she said, there was no need to prove that he intended to kill people — only that he intended to commit arson. That argument drew a sharp response from Associate Justice Josh Groban: 'Is the attorney general asking us to uphold a death penalty when there was no intent to kill?' The justices also pressed Clough, seemingly frustrated that he did not provide a clearer explanation of why Oyler should not be considered the 'actual killer,' or define a specific gap in the jury instructions or the case for the court to consider. 'If the person who started the Esperanza Fire was not the actual killer, then who was?' asked Chief Justice Patricia Guerrera. The court will consider the arguments along with briefs filed in the four cases, and is expected to issue its decisions within 90 days.
