Since he didn 't want to cause anymore trouble than there already was, he decided to accept the blame and carry it on his shoulders all alone. Even though it was difficult for him, he took full responsibility for everything that he was accused of. Luckily, the court did not find him guilty. William Mulholland
At the age of 32 in 1985, Larry Youngblood, a middle aged black man was convicted of child molestation, sexual assault, and kidnapping David Leon a 10 year old boy. On October 29 1983, David Leon had snuck out of church and went to a carnival that was being held in the parking lot of the church. There a black man with a right disfigured eye, had asked David if he would be able to help him transport something out of his car for $5. David, knowing that he shouldn't be getting into strangers cars had declined the strange man's offer, but the man was persistent and David eventually followed him to his vehicle. David was then thrown into the vehicle raped twice and taken to a random house where he was sodomized repeatedly.
Next, The police would’ve sent him to execution. Dr. Samuel Mudd knew and he still helped by lying to the court and not calling the police and saying wrong directions. Finally, The police would’ve sent him to
Mr. Williams was arrested for abducting a ten-year-old girl in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to the kidnapping, Williams had recently escaped from a mental hospital. Williams called a Des Moines lawyer and informed him that he’d like to turn himself in. The lawyer advised Williams that he would represent him as soon as he got back to Des Moines, however, while he was in Davenport he would call a lawyer he knew to represent him for the time being. He then advised Williams to turn himself in to the Davenport police.
Simmons and Benjamin broke into the victim’s house. Simmons and Benjamin kidnapped Crook and bound her with duct tape and electrical wire. The offenders threw the victim into a nearby river where Crook died. Simmons, 17, bragged about his wrongdoings
During the fall of 1993, Shirley Crook’s, a loving mother and wife, life was horribly cut short in one of the most horrific ways possible, drowning. Seventeen year old, Christopher Simmons, wrapped his victim in duct tape and electrical cords and drowned her in a river with help from his accomplices John Tessmer and Christopher Benjamin. He attempted to burglarize the Crooks residence along with his accomplices, and he only murdered Mrs. Crooks because ‘the bitch seen my face’ (State v. Simmons). He “assured his friends that their status as juveniles would allow them to ‘get away with it.’... Brian Moomey, a 29-year-old convicted felon who allowed neighborhood teens to "hang out" at his home.
Justice Helen Wood described the event as “chillingly dangerous,” (Burgess, 2016) and also stated that the teenager was apologetic about his actions. It has been suggested that the teenager’s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and his intellectual disability may have an effect on his decision making and thus, led to his rash driving and manslaughter. However, it was revealed through psychiatric assessment that he was intellectually capable of recognising the severe nature and consequence of his crime and concluded to be completely accountable for the crime he committed. The boy’s identity was hidden for legal reasons and thus, details about the teenager excluding his age and intellectual disability were not revealed. This provided limitations within the article in addressing the factors that could have resulted in his actions.
17 year old Christopher Simmons along with another friend robbed, kidnapped, and murdered a woman by throwing her off of a bridge with her hands and legs bound. Simmons and his friend were caught shortly after the heinous act, primarily due to Simmons bragging about what he did. When arrested by the local police, he was taken to the police station and was given his Miranda rights. Simmons “waived his right to an attorney and agreed to answer questions” (Cornell University, n.d.). Simmons confessed to the murder and gave a videotaped reenactment of how he committed the heinous act.
However, his self-awareness of these terrible life decisions only makes matters worse as he is aware of what he is doing in life and still chooses to delve deeper into this life by going along with a plan to rob a Powwow. He knows this is morally and ethically wrong, but decides to go along with such a plan as this is the only life
According to the Supreme Court, in 1993, Christopher Simmons went into Shirley Crook’s home with in mind to steal and harm her. Simmons was 17 years old at the time of this crime. According to the report, Simmons had spoken to his friends of the plan to kill the family, thinking he could get away with it because of his age. According to the report, Simmons was arrested the next day, he and his friends.
One day in May, Sandra Smith a neighbor of Dahmers saw a young Laotian boy running down the street in his underwear bleeding and incoherent. Smith called the police and reported the incident. Dahmer who had chased the 14-year-old victim up the street was there when the police pulled up and he explained that the “man” was his boyfriend who was obviously drunk and upset with him but it had just been a silly quarrel. Despite the fact that this very young, naked, drunk, incoherent boy was running away from Dahmers apartment and despite the protests from Sandra Smith and her daughter who told the police, they felt the boy was afraid especially of Dahmer, the police helped Dahmer escort and the boy back to his
Survival doesn’t always come easy, most of the time you will have to make decisions that will make others judge you, whether you like it or not. For example, if someone left their friend to save themselves, should these people be held accountable for their actions? People shouldn’t be held accountable for those actions because when it comes to life or death that’s so much pressure to that person so of course they’re going to make mistakes and everyone makes mistakes we just have to learn from them. However, people will argue that if they put themselves in that situation they should be held accountable for their action In a story titled The Seventh Man, The story is about a boy and his friend who go to the beach after a storm and they end up in a life or death situation. When they were on the beach out of nowhere a huge wave starts to come towards them, which can kill them both, the Seventh man makes a decision “i told myself to to run over to K….
The system makes the assumption that we do possess free will, but also, in some circumstances, we do not. When it comes to Robert Harris, the formula for liability
To start, Nancy Sherman says that people take too much responsibility for what happens under their watch even though they could not have kept it from happening. She says, “One feels guilty despite the fact that he knows he has done nothing wrong”(Sherman 154). Sherman is saying that people cannot forgive themselves for anything that happens in life-or-death situations, even if it wasn't their fault. Nevertheless, they should not feel guilty,
People are responsible for the consequences of their actions. When people are not responsible for their own actions, they tend to blame others for their problems. The lack of personal responsibility makes us as human beings, less responsible. The more you lack personal responsibility, the more you make excuses in order to get out of your own personal problem. In the story, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, it shows Macbeth being a person that has little to no personal responsibilities.
