On October 3, 1974, at around 10:45 pm, Elton Hymon and Leslie Wright of the Memphis Police Department were responding to a “prowler on the inside” call. They made the scene and observed a woman in the house next to the intended home of the call. She was standing on her front porch pointing at the house. She advised that she had heard glass breaking and someone was breaking into the house next door. As Wright showed both officers on the scene on his radio to dispatch, Hymon went to the rear of the house.
Carter and his friend John Artis were on the way home from a party on the other side of town when the police stopped them looking for two negroes in a white car, with geometric butterfly like lights and a blue license plate with gold lettering. Carters vehicle, a Dodge Polara, matched the description of the lights and number plate; an out of state number plate synonymous with Carter. Police apprehended Carter and Artis and brought them and their car to the scene of the crime. When searched, police found 32.
The article describes the events that happened at Memorial Medical Center during and immediately following Hurricane Katrine in Uptown New Orleans. Once the power was knocked out and running water, the hospital tempter rose to about 100 degrees and resources became limited. As resources became limited Anna Pou was force to result to triage which she was not trained for, therefore her method of triage was questioned. Another doctor, Cook, who was the administrator of Memorial ; his methods of patient care were also questioned. In order to evacuate the hospital in the time frame given to him by the state police, Cook gave Pou instructions on how kill four ICU patients who were obese.
In addition to the harrowing case of Ronald Cotton, the reliability of an eyewitness testimony was recently challenged with the incorrect conviction of Kash Register. While sitting in his parked Chevrolet in 1979, an elderly man named Jack Sasson was viciously robbed of his life when he was shot five times at close proximity (Bazelon). Brenda Anderson, a nineteen year old who occupied an apartment on the same street, informed police that she heard the rowdy sound of gunfire, and when she peered out her window, noticed an African-American man stumbling away from the scene, before turning back and firing further rounds (Bazelon). When Anderson was shown photographs of several young men, she quickly recognized Register, who was a previous classmate
George Stinney was a 14 yr old, African American who was accused of murdering two young girls, Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 7. The Stinney case occurred in Clarendon County, South Carolina in 1944. This period of time was part of the Jim Crow era, a period of serious racial discrimination in the deep South. This case has been brought to the public’s attention, and it is believed that George Stinney did not get the justice he deserved. The people think that Stinney’s rights were violated, and the court of Appellate should review his case.
Dynasty Allen History 3071 March 31, 2016 Exam 2 The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race,Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era, by Michael Ross highlights some of the most critical moments in the height of Radical Reconstruction and in the history of New Orleans. In June 1870, two African American women kidnapped a seventeen-month-old named Mollie Digby. This happened in front of Mollie’s New Orleans home. Molly Digby, was the daughter of a working-class Irish family in New Orleans.
In 1994 there was a man who went on trial for murder, his name was O.J. Simpson. He was on trial for the death of his ex-wife and a friend of hers. The two were found stabbed to death, O.J. was then put on trial for two accounts of first degree murder. He was found innocent of a technicality. This relates to the story “The Bargain” where a man commits murder but is never put on trial and therefore he never was able to account for his crime.
Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in the Investigation This case study revolves around one of hip-hops most recognized rapper, Christopher Wallace, or as most of the hip-hop world knew him as, The Notorious B.I.G. As CNN’s Dana Ford reported, on March 9th, 1997, Wallace was shot and killed leaving a party (2012). Wallace was a victim of a drive-by shooting, where he received several shots, which subsequently caused his death and was later pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Even though, Wallace was murdered in 1997, his murder has never been found. However, Christopher Wallace’s is just a part of a series of allegations of cover-up and gangster cops that have plagued the Los Angeles Police Department.
On January 4, 1960 it is said that Perry Smith and Richard Hickock are both being held in connection with the Clutter family murder. The sheriff’s office and the police department were alerted to pick them up on sight. News sources found out that the two men picked up in Las Vegas were probably the pair that killed the Clutter family. They were asked to not reveal the story at the time because it might mess with the investigation in Las Vegas. The two men were arrested in Las Vegas on a parole violation charge.
Gary Kinder’s book, Victim: The Other Side of Murder, offers a disturbing record of the murder and attempted murder of five individuals in a murder/robbery planned by an individual who should have never been free to commit such a heinous crime to begin with. Kinder’s book allows the reader to essentially get into the heads of the people who must experience the fallout of this devastating event, and offers a unique perspective on how the indirect victims of crime can be impacted just as direct victims are. The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of a father, Byron Nasibitt and his son Cortney Naisbitt; one an indirect victim of crime and the other, a direct victim, both of whom were forced to deal with the devastating effects
Mrs. Johnson’s story of mercy teaches about the need for mercy by showing that killers can change, forgiveness can help people, and that people who are bad need second chances. In 1993, Laramiun Byrd was shot in the head over a disagreement at a party by Oshea Israel. Byrd was 20 at the time and Israel was 16. Israel was served 17 years in prison.
Jarred Jones Ransom Mr. Dennis College Comp II 2 May 2017 The 1900s Race Riots and Mediocrity of Fair Trial: A Look into Racial Tension and the Judiciary System during the 1900s In the documentary “The People v. Leo Frank” tells the story of a murder case in Atlanta Georgia. Mary Phagan, a thirteen-year-old from Georgia, left home on the morning of April 26 to pick up her wages at the pencil factory and view the Confederate Day Parade. She never returned home.
The crime was committed by a man named Derek Vinyard, a white supremacist. He murdered two black gang members after they attempted to steal his truck. If we look closely at the case of Derek Vinyard, we can see that the crime he committed weren’t just a spur-of-the moment thought of killing someone. The actions were rooted deep into his past, wherein his experiences have shaped him into the person that he was today. Certain aspects of his past have influenced his actions, including his environment, the companions that he keeps, his experiences, and a lot
In the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café there is an instance of murder. Ruth Jamison married a man named Frank Bennett who was not nice to women. He is also troubling whenever he is drunk but he never gets charged because he is white. The man would get drunk and come home to Ruth and not only abuse her but sexually assault her. When Idgie found out, Big George, her, and a few others took Ruth away from him by coming to their house with knives and then just getting Ruth’s stuff and leaving.
For the Application of the Criminal Justice System project of the Criminal Justice course, I chose the arrest of John Burke. This case is about the arrest and sentencing of John Burke who had shot and killed Joseph Ronan. Twenty-five year old John Burke agreed to meet with 22 year old Joseph Ronan at Ronans home, in Reading, Massachusetts on Monday, August 15, 2011 around 1pm, with the intent of purchasing Percocet pills. (Boston.com, 2013) However, shortly after entering Ronans home, Burke opened fire (News, 2011), and after shooting Joseph Ronan several times, with the belief that Ronan was involved in a robbery at Burkes apartment in April 2011 (Boston.com, 2013), fled the home.
