Have you ever been wrong about something? Have you ever been mad or jealous when someone put all the pieces together and you didn't? Here's a chance to be right about something. David Eldrige killed Mr. Arms. He had all the keys and codes to make it into the restaurant. He also left his finger and footprints everywhere. There is no doubt that David Eldrige killed Mr. Arms. The restaurant door was opened with a key and the safe was unlocked. The police officer on the scene said that the restaurant was entered with a key and showed no signs of anything being broken into. Mr. Eldrige had been working there for many years, it makes sense that he was the only other person with a key. But he was also the only other person with the code to the safe, which was open and the recipe was gone. Mr. Eldrige was also in the restaurant at the time of the murder so could have easily entered the restaurant, killed Mr. Arms, and stolen the recipe from the safe. Now as I said before, the safe contains a …show more content…
Eldridge left fingerprints and footprints everywhere. When the body was found, there was a puddle of blood and grease around the body. Mr. Eldridge’s footprints were not found in the blood, but in the grease, the reason for that is simple. When the murder was fresh, the pool of blood couldn’t possibly be there, or at least not as big as it was at the time the body was found. So, Mr. Eldridge’s footprints were not in the blood puddle because there was no blood puddle for him to step in. Would you hang around a body you just murdered? I don't believe you would wait around long enough for there to be a puddle of blood to step into. But his footprints were in the grease around the body, which was there before the murder. Another place that Mr. Eldridge’s prints were, was the murder weapon, which was a metal spatula. Mr. Eldridge borrowed a metal spatula a while ago and never returned it. Mr. Eldridge left his fingerprints for us to find, making it obvious that he was the
According to the Innocence Project (2006), “On September 17, 2001, Chad wrote the Innocence Project in New York, which, in 2003, enlisted pro bono counsel from Holland & Knight to file a motion for DNA testing on Tina’s fingernail scrapings.” The state had tested the DNA that was under Tina’s nail from the first case but at that time it was inadequate and could not be tested. It was not until now that we have the technology capable enough to test it. In June 2004, the test came back negative to matching both Jeremey and Chain Heins but did come from an unknown male. The state argued that it was not enough to overturn the conviction so Chad’s attorney asked the state to do some further testing and to compare the DNA from under the fingernails to the hairs that was found on Tina’s body. It was in 2005 that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed that there was a match between the DNA under Tina’s nail and the pubic hair. According to LaForgia (2006), “this particular type of DNA, the report stated, was found in only about 8 percent of Caucasian American men.” During this process there was a new piece of evidence that Chad’s attorney had learned about during the appeals process, a fingerprint. There were some accusations that the prosecutors never disclosed this information about this third fingerprint and if they did it was too late. The jurors did not even know about this fingerprint and if they did this could have changed the whole case. This fingerprint was found on several objects that included the smoke detector, a piece of glass, and the bathroom sink. It was soon discovered that this fingerprint matched with the DNA found on the bedsheets that Tina was on. This was finally enough evidence to help Chad Heins become exonerated in
I took pictures of all of the blood stains and collected the knife and fork as evidence.
...lice or lawyers used their integrity. The police skirted around the law and use evidence that the witnesses said was not correct. They had a description of the suspect that did not match Bloodsworth but, they went after him as well. They also used eyewitness testimony that could have been contaminated.
The Greenland Natives were killed around 1000 A.D and many assumed that Leif Erikson was the murder. However, the time that this occurred Erikson was around the age of 8. How could an 8 year old kill all those natives? The answer is that he didn’t kill them, his father did. Erik the red was Leif’s father and the culprit of the Greenland Native’s deaths. Some people may have associated Leif with his father or just thought Leif did it all. But according to Saga Of Erik The Red, c. 1000 Red did it all.
The two murderers had beaten him nearly to death, “gouged out his eye, shot him in the head,” and then disposed of his body into the river (History.com Staff). Three days later, his body was found, but his “face had been mutilated beyond recognition” and his body was only distinguishable because of a ring he wore on his finger (Biography.com Editors). Two weeks after Emmett’s body was buried, the two men were tried for murder and “an all-white jury acquitted the defendants” (Latson, Jennifer). Thereafter, the two confessed in an interview with Look magazine claiming that they had not intended to kill him. However, the two men had already been tried for Emmett’s murder once, so “public confession did not yield more charges” (Latson, Jennifer). So, in spite of the murderers confessing their outrageous deed, they managed to be declared as innocent and will die with Emmett’s blood on their
Edward Hirch's poem Execution touches on various thought provoking and heart touching subjects such as cancer. Hirsch does this by using a common American loved sport football to make connections with the reader. Within the poem Hirsch begins to by building a character for us which was the football Coach who was diagnosed with cancer. Hirsch used an extensive amount of literary strategies in his poem to portray the Coach as a man who had always been a strong fighter and strives for the "perfect execution" and winning in life. The Coach's life is changed drastically when he is loosing his battle with his opponent Cancer which is shattering his hopes and battering him with Cancer's "deadly...power." Feeling inferior to cancer, the Coach devised a "spiderweb of options and counters, Blasts and sweeps..." in a futile attempt to defeat cancer. The Coach knew that his plans were "flawless" and he made sure to use every strategy out there, but just like other cancer patients who try everything they possibly can do to survive, most of the time it isn't enough. In the Coach's case the game that he was fighting against cancer was already lost and all that was left of him was a "wobbly...stunned by illness" man. Even though winning his battle would have been the ideal ending, the author's purpose was to show that Cancer is tireless and that sometimes in life, some battles will be lost no matter how long and hard the fight.
In this paper I will explain and discuss the historical events that took place in a small rural town in early Massachusetts. The setting for which is Irene Quenzler Brown's and Richard D. Brown's, The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler. I will explain the actions and motives of Hannah and Betsy Wheeler in seeking legal retribution of husband and father Ephraim Wheeler. I will also discuss the large scope of patriarchal power allowed by the law and that given to husbands and masters of households. Of course, this will also lead to discussions of what was considered abuse of these powers by society and the motivation for upholding the Supreme Court's decision to hang Ephraim Wheeler.
Two detectives were assigned to the case: Harry Hanson and Finis Brown. [2] When they and the police arrived at the crime scene, it was already swarming with people, gawkers and reporters. The entire situation was out of hand and crowded, everyone trampling all over any hopes for good evidence. [2] One thing they did report finding was a nearby cement block with watery blood on it, tire tracks and a heel print on the ground. There was dew under the body so they knew it had been set there just after 2 a.m. when temperatures dropped to 38 degrees.
For over a decade, a man recognized as the axeman murdered numerous people, and was never apprehended. The murder of Joseph and Catherine Maggio sniped the attention of many. All of the suspects have unfortunately been released because there has not been sufficient evidence to prove their guilt. However, the investigation led to affirm points to one suspect, a frightening guy named Joseph Mumfre.
Screams were later heard coming from the restaurant. William Warden stated that Mr. Armes and David were the only ones in the building. There had been no sign of a break-in, but the Family Fun cash register had been emptied. The safe was open, and the Super Burger recipe was missing. If there were only two people in the building- Mr. Armes and David Eldridge-
The prosecution says DNA tests place Simpson's genetic markers on the drops of blood leading away from the bodies. There were also blood samples, similar to Simpson's and the victims, found on O.J.'s Bronco truck. Simpson's blood was also found on his driveway and his foyer. The prosecution says Simpson cut his hand during the murder. The defence says Simpson cut his hand when he reached for his phone in his Bronco and later cut his hand on a glass. The main focus of the defence is the contamination of physical evidence.
Mindfulness meditation is a growth of person`s perception at the present time and some people think is a unique way to overcome anxiety and discover greater wisdom in our minds. A person who practices this meditation tries to get rid of any unwanted thoughts, concentrate on present ones, focus on attention and breathing. Some contemporary psychotherapists suggest that we can train our mind by practicing mindfulness meditation. Often almost all people catch themselves on thoughts that transfers from the present to the past and future. This is called mind wandering. This can be very distracting when a person tries to focus on certain task. Naturally, people who experience less mind wandering demonstrated greater mindfulness, and previous studies showed that practicing mindfulness meditation even for eight minutes can increase and mind wandering will decrease (Hafenbrack, 2013).
As you can see there is no perfect crime. The littlest piece of hair or paint or anything left behind can be found. Suspects often miss these tiny peieces of evidence and while they looked over it, it is still lurking at the crim scene. It is guarenteed that a Crime Scene Investigator will find this evidence no matter how small and use it to find, prosecute, and convict a criminal.
My thesis is about villains, and how filmmakers control what we think is evil. I have come up with my thesis from the film ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’. In this film, Andrew Dominik, (the maker of the film), has shown how filmmakers can control what we think of a person. Dominik persuades the audience during the film that the antagonist is Robert Ford. He does this by the way he portrays the characters of both Jesse James and Robert Ford.
Murder at the Margin is a book written by two economists, Kenneth G. Elzinga and William Breit, jointly known by the pen name of Marshall Jevons. The main character of the book is Henry Spearman, an economics professor at Harvard University. He and his wife, Pidge take a much needed vacation to the Island of Cinnamon Bay in the Caribbean, but not long after their arrival they come upon a highly unexpected turn of events: the death of General Hudson T. Decker. Decker is not very well-liked by many, for he is very demanding and high-strung. Authorities suspect that he was intentionally poisoned, but for Henry Spearman this conclusion alone is not complete enough.