The Simon Gittany case was heard on the 6th of February 2014 in the NSW Supreme Court. Simon Gittany was accused of throwing Lisa Harnum off the balcony. Later he was found guilty of murdering Lisa Harnum by throwing her off the 15th-floor balcony. The victim was Simon Gittany’s fiance and they had been together for two years after being introduced in 2009. He was sent to jail for a minimum of 18 years, with a maximum of 26 years. Key facts of the case: Simon Gittany had been cyberstalking Lisa Harnum via MobiStealth phone spyware, where he intended to track her down and then punish her if she misbehaved. They met in 2009 and in 2010 she accepted an invitation to stay in his spare room until she found something else. He installed surveillance cameras in the apartment to watch her every move, and two months later they started a romantic relationship. Simon Gittany then started controlling her, suggesting a joint bank account, sending her multiple messages a day asking where she was and who she was with, wanting her to quit her job, and isolating her from her friends and family. Lisa caught onto what was happening and packed a bag and gave it to her trainer. Six weeks into their engagement, Gittany found out about Lisa’s plans and decided to stop them from killing her. Lisa did not know that Simon had been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for biting off a part of a policeman's ear. …show more content…
The standard of proof in a criminal case is beyond reasonable
On June 19th of 1990, Robert Baltovich’s girlfriend Elizabeth Bain went missing. Elizabeth told her family that she was going to check the tennis schedules at her school, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. She never returned, but her car was eventually recovered. It was found with blood on the backseat, with forensic tests showing that it was Elizabeth’s. With no clear evidence, the “solving” of the case was completely based on eyewitness testimonies, which eventually had Robert arrested for the murder of his girlfriend.
In December, 2011, two years after the unpleasant homicide of Wayne Boyce, the evidence collected for this particular crime suggested Prima Facie existing in the allegations made. The case then went to trial in the NSW Supreme Court of Australia. Where A 19 year old teenager referred by the initials of his name AH as he was a juvenile, pleaded guilty towards the manslaughter of Mr Wayne Boyce, 23 years of age.
At the time of the murder of which David Milgaard was accused of committing he was just 16 years old. He was a hippie, constantly in trouble. Even before he was a teenager he was getting into trouble. His parents and teachers considered him impulsive; he resisted authority (Regina Leader Post, 1992, as cited in Anderson & Anderson 1998). He was removed from kindergarten because he was considered to be a negative influence on the other children. When he was thirteen he spent time in a psychiatric centre (Anderson & Anderson, 1998)
The similarities in the lives of this father and son are uncanny. I will look at the murders committed by both Butch and Willie. They both committed two murders. I will look at the correlation between the two men and the murders they committed. I will touch on their lives and their treatment at home. In addition, how that eventually affected them and the eventual murders they both committed. Their mother has sent them both away. They were both sent to the same juvenile detention centers at different times. This affected both men differently. The psychologists gave them the same diagnosis at different times, but no one realized this at the time. It is astonishing that there was no connection made between the two men. There was bound to be tragedy in their lives given the history in this family. Butch and Willie both committed heinous crimes, but for different reasons. I will look at why I think they killed and what sentences I believe they should have gotten for killing.
Ernesto Miranda grew up not finishing high school. He didn’t finish the 9th grade, and he decided to drop out of school during that year. He also had a criminal record and had pronounced sexual fantasies after dropping out of high school. Ernesto Miranda was arrested in Phoenix in 1963. He had raped an 18 yr. girl who was mildly mentally handicapped in March of 1963. He was charged with rape, kidnapping, and robbery. When he was found and arrested, and he was not told of his rights before interrogation. After two hours of interrogation, the cops and detectives had a written confession from Miranda that he did do the crimes that he was acquitted for. Miranda also had a history mental instability, and had no counsel at the time of the trial. The prosecution at the trial mainly used his confession as evidence. Miranda was convicted of both counts of rape and kidnapping. He was sentenced to 20-30 years in prison. He tried to appeal to the Supreme Court in
In responding to Clarence Darrow's arguments in the Henry Sweet case and in the Leopold and Loeb case, there are some considerations that would have to be addressed in the same manner in both cases. The cases however, differ in many ways that would result in very different responses to the cases. An advocate opposing Darrow would face two factors described above. First, simply opposing Darrow creates some necessary response by the advocate, covered by those arguments that remain constant in the two cases. Second, individual aspects of each case dictate specific response by an advocate, which is covered by those arguments that differ in each case. Opposing Darrow would be a daunting task for any attorney, but winning a case against him would not be impossible if the advocate minds both his opponent and his argument.
There are many differences and similarities between The Scottsboro Case and the Tom Robinson’s case of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Some similarities between the two cases are that the defendants are African Americans who are falsely accused of a crime they never committed. This reveals that the cases were during the time where racism was at its worst. All the defendants were accused of rape and the two women testified against black men, like what Mayella Ewell did. And the judges were all white. Some differences are that the Scottsboro case included nine men, while Tom Robinson was the only man in his trial. And all but the 12 year old was sentenced to death, while Tom was shot later on after the trial. Lastly, after the state retried
The Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court in March 1857 was one of the major steps
On the early morning hours of May 12th, 2007 Maggie Haines woke up to noises. She didn’t know what was going on so she went into her parents where she found her mother slightly sitting on the edge of her bed. Her mom told Maggie that she needed to go get help. Maggie ran to a neighbors house and they called the police. When they arrived the went to the neighbors house first to ask Maggie what was going on but she couldn’t give them an exact answer. Her father had recently been in the hospital and she thought that there was a possibility that there was a complication with that. After multiple knocks on the Haines’ family home with no response the two responding officers went in and started a sweep of the home. They found sixteen year old Kevin Haines laying facedown in a pool of blood just outside his bedroom door. Inside his bedroom there was blood splattered all across the walls. Down the hall in Tom and Lisa Haines’ room they were also deceased on arrival but the scene in their bedroom wasn’t as bad. Since the majority of the attack was on Kevin Haines it seemed that he was the primary target. No one could think of anyone who would want to do this to the Haines family. The only real person of interest in the beginning was Maggie Haines. She had just come home from college, she was the only survivor, and her demeanor after the murders was odd. Although, she was later cleared of any wrong doing. The Haines family were from Mainheim Township, Pennsylvania and lived on a beautiful quiet street Peach Lane. Tom Haines was married to Lisa Ann Haines and they had two children Maggie and Kevin Haines. Tom Haines was a fifty year old salesman at Motion Industries. Lisa Ann Haines was a forty-seven year old preschool tea...
The United States first amendment states, congress cannot pass a law prohibiting a citizen’s freedom of speech. In 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag to protest against Reagan during the republican national convention. He was arrested and charged with abuse of an item if the action were to provoke anger in others. Texas court tried and convicted Johnson, he appealed claiming that his behavior was protected by the first amendment. The Supreme Court agreed to hear his case. The issue was whether flag burning compromises emblematic speech secured by the first amendment.
He let McCoy spend the night at his house. Gacy awoke to McCoy standing in his bedroom doorway holding a knife. Gacy leaped out of bed to stop McCoy. McCoy surrendered, but accidently cut Gacy’s wrist while throwing his hands in the air. Gacy thought he had tried to stab him, so gacy retaliated knocking McCoy against the wall. McCoy fell to the floor, defenseless Gacy grabbed the knife and repeatedly stabbed McCoy in the chest until he was no longer moving. Gacy had walked in the kitchen to find a carton of eggs and uncooked bacon laid out on his counter. His kitchen table was also set for 2 people. McCoy had come to wake Gacy up for breakfast but Gacy had mistaken McCoy as a threat. Gacy said he felt “totally drained”. Gacy’s second known victim was said to be killed around January, 1964. The victim was believed to be a teenager between the ages of 14 and 18. Gacy was hiring people for his company “PDM Contractors”. Most of the workers at “PDM Contractors” were young high school boys. Anthony Antonucci was one of the men he boys he hired, he was 15. Antonucci suffered a cut on his ankle, so Gacy took the boy home and made him drink a lot of alcohol . When Antonucci was somewhat out of it, Gacy wrestled him to the floor and handcuffed him. Gacy left Antonucci alone in the house, but when Gacy left Antonucci had freed one of his
The 14th amendment gives people the right to life and liberty, therefore the Supreme Court made the wrong decision in Washington vs Glucksberg when they supported the states ban. This case has left many terminally ill patients suffering without the freedom to end their lives. Washington vs Glucksberg was a case where Dr Harold Glucksberg who was a physician brought in four patients, three of which were terminally ill. Dr Glucksberg argued Washington state 's ban on assisted suicide. This case is quite significant it stated that physician assisted suicide was a violation of the Due process law of the 14 th amendment. The due process clause states, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens
It is never enough to create a great product; it has to be coupled with a desire for that product. The competitive advantage that Wedgwood brought to his company was the ability to create demand for goods. He was able to see the needs of the market before the market did and then cultivating market demand to satisfy those needs with his goods. A differentiation strategy was put into place by Wedgwood for his products as there were already a number of pottery options available on the market. Instead of the low quality, irregular options that were available on the market, Wedgwood’s pottery was made from clay, rather than wood, and was a more uniform finished product. A method of increasing demand by raising the perceived value of the pottery is to drive up demand by the high affluent. One of the ways that he accomplished this was through a technique called inertia selling. By putting a high quality and reputable product in the hands of the elite with no penalty, Wedgwood can display first-hand his high-end craftsmanship and design. With the working class working in the homes of...
Through all the media coverage, Sam Reese Sheppard began to have nightmares that his dad was electrocuted, and that he should be to (Quade). He has guilt that made him have the decision to not have kids because it is hard for him to hold his own life together. There has been a huge change in opinion from people who assumed Dr. Sam Sheppard was guilty. Now people see that he was unfairly convicted. This led people to believe that the death penalty should not be used. Although the case will probably never be decided, with all the evidence that has been found, Dr. Sam Sheppard should be considered innocent.
The Warren Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States between 1953 and 1969, when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice. The Warren Courts were the catalyst for change in the areas of discrimination based on factors of faith, race or other categorizations was the catalyst for the evolution of reappointment and voting, established Maranda, and laid the ground work for woman to have the right to make decisions concerning own reproduction rights.