Jack Dempsey Case Study

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Jack Dempsey was a 33 year old man from Cleveland, Ohio. In 1995, police showed up to a house fire and firefighters pulled Dempsey from out of the basement unconscious from severe smoke inhalation. He went to trial and was found guilty of aggravated arson and burglary. The prosecution concluded that Dempsey had left a strip club after he had been drinking and broke into the house and set fire in two different places. As he tried to escape, that is when he collapsed. A urine test had found high levels of morphine, alcohol, and benzodiazepine in his system. He had severe memory loss and could not remember the events from the previous day. They also found his car parked out back but he did not have keys on him. He spent about 6 years in prison