Walgreens most likely relied on their security contractor to ensure the required training for all security officers. Living in such a letegious society, blame for this event was pointed in several directions. To make the statement that Walgreens was responsible for the murder of Santiago, simply because they elected to have an armed guard on duty is oversimplifying the situation and not placing blame where it really belongs. A motivated murderer on PCP decided to kill an officer to gain notoriety. Unfortunately, he was successful in his goal.
On November 1. 2017, 47-year-old man named Scott Ostrem walked into a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado and calmly opened fire on the customers shortly after 6 p.,m. Then left in a red Mitsubishi Mirage. Surprisingly, a Thornton Police Officer believes that the shooting was random and there was no motive found yet. Scott Ostrem is accused of walking into a Walmart in Denver on Wednesday of November 1, and fatally shooting a woman and 2 men.
He has been charged of four accounts of first-degree murder, seven accounts of attempted murder, one account of illegal position of fire arms. The motive is still unknown. It 's also still unknown whether or not if the shooter has specfic targets or if was a random shooting. The 17-year-old suspect is in custody.
This weekend in St. Louis there were 4 people dead, and 16 people injured. Curtis Robertson was shot many times, and later lost his life. The suspect was charged for the death of Curtis. George Williams III, was shot in his shoulder, and when the ambulance got to the scene he was barely breathing. The suspect was charged with second-degree murder.
One of the men suspected in the murder of La Romain teenager Mickel Thomas was identified in Sunday night 's shooting in which another teenager from the community was injured. Investigators said yesterday, that the shooter who was identified as "Sweet Man," is the step son of a reputed drug dealer known as “Lion.” They believe Lion put out a hit on Thomas’ life following a dispute he had with Sweet Man, early last month.
Introduction The article “Is C.T.E. a Defense for Murder,” published in The New York Times, Amy Dillard, an associate professor at Baltimore School of Law, and Lisa A. Tucker, an associate professor at Dexter University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, give their views about Aaron Hernandez being convicted of murder. They believe that instead of sending him to prison he should have been sent to a therapeutic hospital to help with his brain disease. I chose this article because C.T.E. is a big issue right now with the NFL. This has been affecting many of the players and the sport itself.
On the afternoon of August 9, 2014 an African-American male by the name of Michael Brown was fatally shot to death by a Caucasian male police officer named Darren Wilson in Ferguson, MO. An investigation was immediately launched through the collection of evidence from the crime scene, multiple autopsies of Michael Brown’s body, and interviews with witnesses. For several months following the shooting and after the Grand Jury adjourned, there was immense public speculation and scrutiny over whether Officer Wilson justifiably shot in self-defense or in racially motivated cold blooded murder. This event produced protests, riots, and national media coverage. The two conflicting sides of the story were that Michael Brown was shot in the back with
In June 21, 1973, Miller was convicted on the ground of advertising the sale of what was considered by the court as adult material. He was found guilty as he broke the California Statute. The California Statute forbids citizens from spreading what is considered offensive in societal standards. The question that was being asked was that if the action of Miller was Constitution thus is protected under the law. However, he lost the case due to a vote of 5 - 4.
America’s founders created the constitution in order to create unification and order in the United States. However, there have been controversy surrounding the interpretation of the constitution, this has caused debate over many issues within the country. These issues and the lack of wartime policy within the constitution directly lead to the Civil War, which was one of the worst alterations this nation has faced. The Missouri compromise, the Dred Scott decision, and Bleeding Kansas were controversial issues surrounding the constitution that directly lead to the Civil War.
The shots that were fired were too fast to just be one person because the bolt action rifle that was supposedly used couldn’t fire that fast even professional shooters that we tested couldn't do that and the shots that were fired came out in less than 10 seconds. The text says that there was also a police killing the same day too but the two eyewitness descriptions were
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are here because one person in this courtroom decided to take law into her own hands. The defendant, Mrs. Dominique Stephens, murdered the man that she vowed to love. This sole act by the defendant is violation of all morals and her husband’s right to live. Afterwards, she even felt guilty about this violation of justice and called the cops on herself, and she later signed a written statement stating that she is guilty of the murder of Mr. Donovan Stephens. Then the defendant later recanted this statement and said that she only killed Mr. Stephens in self defense.
The majority decision of the Dred Scott case in 1857, was unconstitutional. As a slave wanted his freedom he was denied said freedom by the courts. The Dred Scott case was all about a slave who wanted freedom because he said the Constitution allowed him his freedom. As it precisely does, in it, it says, as the first 3 words of the Constitution “We the People” with no specifications or criteria.
Tom Sawyer swore an oath with Huck Finn not to tell anyone about the murder they witnessed. They each signed with blood and trusted each other. But when Tom is having his doubts, he is not sure if he should do the right thing or keep his promise with Huck. Tom should march up to the sheriff's office and declare what he saw on the night of the murder so the innocent man behind bars--eventually behind a gun--would be safe and free from the terrifying house of bars. Tom should report the facts about the murder because Potter could be sentenced to death, Injun Joe could run off free from suspicion, and Tom should follow his conscience or his gut feeling.
School shootings and gun violence have regrettably become a major issue in America today. The frequency of these acts of hatred are increasing and an increasing number of people are debating about necessary precautions. The most recent school shooting in America occurred this past week and the victims of it are raising their voices for the world to hear. There needs to be better, more efficient policies put in place regarding school safety and gun control to ensure this type of heinous crime does not happen ever again. There are people who say this is a matter of mental illness and others who say this is about gun control.
Relationships, lies, murder, conviction. These are all aspects that come into play when talking about the January 13th, 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, Hae’s 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2000. The problem with this is that the only evidence the state had to convict Adnan was the stories told by others, specifically someone named Jay who was with Adnan for some of the day Hae went missing and had possession of Adnan’s car and cell phone. He claims Adnan made him come pick him up after the murder was committed and assist him in burying Hae’s body.
