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Chapter 16 the criminal justice system
Chapter 16 the criminal justice system
Chapter 16 the criminal justice system
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February 23, 1983 a man walked into a house with no good intention but to burglarize it. Home during all this was Jeanine Nicarico who was home alone resting because she had the flu. She was taken from her home and raped two days later she was found dead. Jeanine was only 10 years old. The only clue left at the crime scene was a boot print.
Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot during a live interview. On wednesday,August 26,in Moneta,Virginia. The suspect of the shooting was identified as fellow journalist Vester Lee Flanagan II. He appeared on WDBJ-Tv as Bryce Williams, he was fired from the station after a year of working there. The women being interviewed,Vicki Gardner, was shot in the back and as in surgery.
Jodi Arias Unjust Murder On June 9, 2008, thirty year old Travis Alexander was found murdered in his home in Mesa, Arizona. He had been stabbed twenty seven times, his throat slashed, and shot in the forehead by his ex girlfriend, Jodi Arias. On the day of the murder Arias claims she went to Travis’s house to see him and while taking pictures of him in the shower, she accidentally dropped his camera. From there Travis starts screaming at her and abusing her.
"(“Jailed for murder”). She was a social worker who was 49 years old when she lost her life. The first person to discover the body was Mr. Bench who was a firefighter. The connection to her was that Mr. Bench had a brother that dated her, but they had broken up two months prior to crime. Bench eventually became a suspect.
It was later then know that she was strangled to death on January 1999. Now people started to speculate that her killer was none other than her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. On February 28, 1999 Adnan Syed was arrested for the murder of Hae Min Lee. This was all from the result of Jay's first testimony with the detectives.
1.0 Introduction and Identification of Problems BabbaCo, Inc. is an American based company founded by a mother of three and serial entrepreneur Jessica Nam Kim. It started off by offering infant-related products and managed to grow the business to a few hundred thousand dollars in revenue in less than a year’s time. Soon after, the young startup encountered the problem of low repeat sales. Thus, the entrepreneur started to rethink BabbaCo’s business model. With the revamp of the product offerings, it changed to a subscription-based business model with the introduction of Babba Box.
Keith finally killed her by strangling her with a rope from his house. After his first kill he stated the thrill of accomplishment with this murder had given him a “high”. He later dumped her body by the banks of the Columbia River. There was a strange incident that occurred regarding the murder of Taunja Bennett. Laverne Pavlinac claimed that she and her boyfriend, John Sosnovske had committed the murder together.
Dr. Armstrong was the next to die. Unfortunately, Dr. Armstrong was tricked by the murderer. Dr. Armstrong was pushed off a cliff and drowned. He was guilty of causing the death of Louisa Mary Clees on March 14, 1925. He had performed operation drunk and killed her.
That’s what happens to Adnan Syed. Adnan was convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee 6 weeks after she went missing. On January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee went missing, and on February 9, 1999, her body was found in Leakin Park in Baltimore. Adnan Syed is guilty of killing Hae Min Lee, but there isn’t enough evidence to convict him of murder. The day Hae went missing, where was Adnan.
An estimated 26 percent of juveniles sentenced to prison for life were convicted of a felony murder, that is, for participating in a robbery or burglary during which a co-participant committed murder, in some cases without the knowledge of the teen. Fifty-nine percent of youth sentenced to Life without parole sentences are serving time for a first-time offense. In 26 states, the sentence of life without parole is mandatory for anyone, even a juvenile, who is found guilty of committing first degree murder. Lolita Barthel she was seventeen at the time when she robs Richard Menendez on August 18th, 1995. She was arrested on September 14th, 1995 just seven days after her birthday, she was a few weeks from turning 18 when she shot and killed the Temple Terrace floral supply salesman in August 1995, during a robbery as the victim begged for his life.
“But the evidence will show he directed her off the highway to a dark, secluded where he strangled her with a rope and threw her body off a bridge.” Desloup stated (pg 1). As stated in the case, the murder weapon was a rope, as she died because of strangulation. After the murder,
He killed over about one hundred girls from different native tribes and a native tribe caught him, buried him from the neck down in sand, beaten, and tortured him by pouring syrup all over his head to watch the ants eat him but, he managed to escape and went to Columbia then Ecuador. This became a daily routine where he would kill about two to three girls a day for about four years. Lopez said, "I like the girls in Ecuador, they are more gentle and trusting, more innocent." Even though he was poor and homeless, he was still all over the place moving from city to city murdering young girls day by day. In April 1980, four murdered children were uncovered by a flood and after the flood, he was arrested for attempting to abduct a young girl and went to prison.
Mary Ann Pesce (18) and Anita Luchessa (18) were stabbed to death. Just over 4 months later, September 14, 1972, Ed picked up and killed his third victim, Aiko Koo (15) by strangulation. It would be another 4 months before Ed would kill again. Now 25 years old, Ed picked up and shot 19-year-old Cindy Schallner near Cabrillo College in California. There was a short time between Cindy and the next two victims, Rosalind Thorpe (24) and Alice Liu (23).
The very first murder he was linked to would have been the first one he would of committed. This murder took place in Santa Barbara on June 4th, 1963. The young victims were couple Robert Domingos and his betrothed Linda Edwards. The couple had decided to participate in their senior ditch day, so they went sunbathing at a beach near Gaviota State Park. When they didn’t return by the next morning, Robert’s father went looking for them.
The only other person who knew the truth was her boyfriend, 18-year-old, Johnny Rider. He knew because he was with Cassie when the pair allegedly murdered her grandparents together. Police reported Cassie and Rider brutally murdered the elderly couple, using butcher knives to slash their throats, while beating them with a baseball bat, hammer and a tire iron.
