The murder includes the following information. “Erik went upstairs to his room where he went to get the new shotgun from his closet. He then went downstairs to the vehicle to meet his brother. Lyle joined him at the car where Lyle started to load the shotgun with his brother. Around 10:00 p.m., Erik and Lyles parents were in the room together watching movies and hanging out ” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). Lyle and Erik went in the den and started shooting their parents. They fired thirteen to fifteen times at their parents. According to the Menendez v. Terhune Journal (2005), Erik testified “As soon as I opened those doors, I didn’t think about anything and just started shooting“ Before the massacre was over, Erik and Lyle left the house so they
could reload their guns where Lyle reloaded and soon returned to the house to shoot his parents one more time” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The final shot was to shoot kitty because she was still alive. Jose had a shot wound on his head. The post-murder was an interesting time. While Erik and Lyles parents lay dead on the floor, the brothers began to clean around. They picked up all of the shotgun shells and got rid of them because they were worried that the shotgun shells would have their fingerprints on them. “Around 11:00 p.m., Lyle called Berman and lied by telling him that they had gotten lost and the festival had closed ” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The Menendez brothers did not want to look guilty so they thought of the idea to ask Berman to meet them back at home so when they went home they would “discover” their parent’s dead bodies and act devastated. They did just that. When they got home they saw their parents and were “devastated.” According to Menendez v. Terhune Journal (2005), “Lyle called 911 and hysterically told the operator “someone killed my parents” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). He told the police that they were not home and when they came home, saw the bodies. Erik could be heard making loud crying noises on the phone” Menendez v. Terhune (2005).
Marco Topete, 39, was convicted of First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances after a high speed pursuit lead to the death of Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz on 15 June 2008. Diaz was fatally struck in the chest by one of seventeen .223 caliber rounds fired from an AR-15 Assault Rifle fired by Marco Topete.
Two boys by the names of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris walked into Columbine High School around 11:19 A.M. with 99 home-made explosives, a 9mm carbine, a pump shotgun, and a double barrel shotgun. As well as being accompanied by four knives. Both managed to murder thirteen innocent people in total, twelve students and one teacher.
Murder Could you believe or even imagine a charming, handsome and popular high school boy killing his ex-girl-friend? This is the case involving Adnan Syed in the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999. "On January 13, 1999, a girl named Hae Min Lee, a senior at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, disappeared. A month later, her body turned up in a city park.
La Donna Beaty clearly States in her argument, ?What Makes a Serial Killer?? her opinion and different theories on what causes a human being to become a serial killer. Beaty states that there are many serial killers and victims of them, but she is unsure about what causes a person to become a serial killer. Furthermore, she asked many questions, but there was no definite answer. For example, using examples of serial killers including Jeffery Dahmer and Ted Bundy, but only to draw up more questions. However, she wrote many expert opinions too, using them to her advantage in proving her argument, and giving a statement from a respected author and expert on serial killers named Ann Rule (pg315). Rule states that 3,500 to 5,000 people become victims of serial killers. She also states that 350 serial killers are at large in our society (pg315). Additionally, Beaty also presents an early theory that was completely incorrect. This was about how to identify a serial killer by looks. Beaty then gave her expertise by stating that a serial killer could look like or be anything they choose to become. They are most likely to be males and 92 percents are white (pg316). No doubt, that she appeals to logos by providing evidence about general characteristics of serial killers she quotes that in 1911, an Italian criminologist Cesare Lombrosco concluded that ?murderers as a group [are] biologically degenerate [with] bloodshot eyes, aquiline noses, curly black hair, strong jaws, big ears, thin lips, and menacing grins?.
The book Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?, written by independent journalist and private investigator Ethan Brown, tells the horrific true story of the bayou town of Jennings, Louisiana located in the heart of the Jefferson Davis parish. During the four year duration between 2005 and 2009, the town of Jennings was on edge after the discovery of the bodies of eight murdered women were found in the filthy canals and swamps. The victims became known as the “Jeff Davis 8.” For years, local law enforcement suspected a serial killer, and solely investigated the murders based on that theory alone. The victims were murdered in varying manors, but when alive they all shared many commonalities and were connected to
Murder at the Margin is a murder mystery involving various economic concepts. The story takes place in Cinnamon Bay Plantation on the Virgin Island of St. John. It is about Professor Henry Spearman, an economist from Harvard. Spearman organizes an investigation of his own using economic laws to solve the case.
The Murderers Are Among Us, directed by Wolfe Gang Staudte, is the first postwar film. The film takes place in Berlin right after the war. Susan Wallner, a young women who has returned from a concentration camp, goes to her old apartment to find Hans Mertens living there. Hans took up there after returning home from war and finding out his house was destroyed. Hans would not leave, even after Susan returned home. Later on in the film we find out Hans was a former surgeon but can no longer deal with human suffering because of his traumatic experience in war. We find out about this traumatic experience when Ferdinand Bruckner comes into the film. Bruckner, Hans’ former captain, was responsible for killing hundreds
Today’s news covers up the reality that is going around the world. The new is like a distraction for the people of America. He actors, politics, and rich families. The main distraction that has most people in the edge is Ethan Couch murder. A young under age DWI that kills four innocent people for driven under the influence. The punishment that was given to him is for a minor crime like stealing or something in that category. The dead means nothing to the murder but to the family it means the world and mostly if is there children. Parents should not have to see their children die. Why the government is corrupted, wealth, morals, and parents’ education are no longer in place to protect the innocent people.
The deadliest school shooting to have ever happened in the United States at a high school or grade school, happened less than two years ago. On December 14th, 2012, Adam Lanza, who was twenty years old at the time, shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, four times and then brought firearms to his former grade school Sandy Hook Elementary, and fatally shot twenty children and six adults. Then the shooter put his own gun to his head and fatally shot himself. All of the children were between the ages of six and seven years old, and all six adults who were shot and killed were females who worked at the school. Lanza's father believed that if he were there himself, his son would have had no trouble shooting and killing him too. He also theorized that Adam shot his mother four times for each of them; himself, his mother, his father, and his brother. After the tragedy, the school was torn down and many gun-control debates heated up and schools greatly improved their security to prevent anymore potential attacks. To this day, the motive of Adam Lanza, is still unknown but the effects are still felt in the world today.
When the first responder got to the scene he adimatately meet the 911 caller, who lead him to a car in an apartment parking lot. The car doors were closed and all of the windows were fogged. The police officer used his flashlight to see inside of the car before opening the door. He found a young African American woman who had been shot several times. The officers quickly called for backup, investigators and medical personnel. While awaiting for their arrival he secured the crime scene with caution tape, creating an initial perimeter setup as discussed in lecture two. Once everyone arrived he left it to them to search the car while he talked to the 911 caller, witnesses and others who had information on who had been present in the car. The investigators were able to collect physical evidence of bullets and cartage casings that were found outside the vehicle and inside the vehicle on the floorboard of the driver’s side. The team determined the bullets came from a 40 caliber. Other types of physical evidence that were found on the scene were the bloody clothing on the victim, the victim’s cell phone and fibers in the car from the driver’s side. personnel at the scene crime took several photographs, powered test for finger prints and did a blood spatter analysis. Stewart’s autopsy revealed that she had been shot at close range in the left hand once and in the
Another interesting fact came out in this case regarding Johnson. During the investigation it was found out that Johnson had nickname called murder man. He did not deny these allegations that was his name on the street. Officers ask Johnson if he ever enter the premises of where the murder occur. Johnson confirm that he had enter the location of where the murder occurred. There was also men clothing located at the property implying further that Johnson may have murder the victims Heather Camp and Nicole Sartell. Ardentric Johnson did admit as well during the integration with officers that he had seen the victim Heather Camp previously before she was murder. Evidence also points out that Johnson may have locked up the second victim Nicole Sartell for 46 hours and force her to smoke crack cocaine. Sartell body was found in the closet few days after the first victim, Heather Camp body had appeared. With this accumulating evidence against the accuser Ardentric Johnson, he has been charged with the two murders of Heather Camp and Nicole Sarell. END OF
The presumption of innocence is “One of the most sacred principles in the American criminal justice system... the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, each essential element of the crime charged,” (“Presumption Of Innocence”). A guilty man can not be charged without evidence of their wrong doing. In 1999, Adnan Syed was arrested for the murder of Hae Min Lee. From the unfair ruling in the court by the bias jurors, and his lawyer getting lost in her argument and missing the sole purpose of the case, even an innocent man would not have walked free. The facts point to him being guilty but, none of the details should have been admissible in the court. Although Adnan Syed did not act alone, he was and still is, a guilty man who was given an unfair trial.
One major example of a murder crime is the case of George Zimmerman. This essay will inform readers about the George Zimmerman case and allow him or her to gasp a better perception of the actions that could have prevented an altercation of this magnitude. The George Zimmerman case was controversial because many individuals claimed he acted with hatred and discrimination. This case was a major concern to the public, since many people believed that the verdict was wrong.
Steve Harmon is guilty of felony murder because he participated and had knowledge about a crime that ended up in the death of an innocent citizen. The judge stated the if you believe that Steve harmon took part in the crime than you must return a verdict of guilty. I believe that Steve went into the drugstore on that day for the purpose of being a lookout. Some of Steve’s journal entry’s lead to him feeling guilty or like a “monster”.
Gabriel Tarde believed that crime was a causation from how criminals learned. Criminal behavior and activities were learned through a society that would teach crime. As a young child growing up in a crime ridden society, they would learn to survive around their surroundings. Being associated to crime and or being sought out for are ways that criminals would learn negative behavior. We typically see these learning tendencies with gangs or groups of individuals that are actively engaged in criminal behavior. People who want to be associated with gangs are taught that lifestyle. Either through criminal activities such as robbery, drugs, and murder. Tarde theorized that people learn these types of activities over time and that this type of behavior