This is the case of a 64-year-old Winnipeg man named, Miloslav Kapsik. The crime occurred on March 21, 2010 at 12:04 am. Miloslav and his wife, Ludmila Kapsik, 59, were in middle of watching a hockey game, where he suddenly got up, walked to the storage room and grabbed a hammer and started beating his wife. Before he calmly called the police to confess what he had just committed, he cleaned the blood off his hands and face, changed his clothes and sat on the couch for nearly an hour and then called 911 to report “I hurt my wife, send the police”. He beat his wife a minimum of fifty seven hammer strikes to her skull, and a total of one hundred blunt force trauma wounds all over her body.
On October 1, 2003, Dawna Cantrell was arrested and charged with the murder of her husband and two counts of tampering with evidence. Ms. Cantrell’s competency was questioned after evaluation by the defense expert, Dr. Eric Westfried. After subsequent evaluation by the state’s expert, Dr. Edward Siegel, both experts found that Ms. Cantrell had a “persecutory delusional disorder” and that her mental illness precluded her from assisting her attorney in her defense. The trial court found her incompetent to stand trial and ordered a dangerousness evaluation.
On 2nd August 1994, 13 year old American boy Eric Smith was charged with the murder of a 4 year old boy called Derrick Robbie in Savona. Derrick Robbie was walking alone to a summer camp just down the road from where he lived, when Smith saw him and lured him off the path and into a small patch of woods on the way to the camp (Leung, 2004). It was there where Smith went on to strangle Derrick Robbie and unearthed some rocks nearby which he used to beat him to death. After this Smith sodomised the 4 year old with a stick he’d found and left him there to be found (Staas, 2014). A couple of days after the body was found by the police Smith went to the police station to see if he could help with the crime, Smith denied seeing Derrick Robbie at
There was no mention of an innocent agent in David’s trial meaning he knew what he was doing. It couldn’t have been direct self-defense as he was not the recipient of abuse. (He did not claim to be defending his mother.) The case has not changed any laws surrounding battered woman syndrome but the way the court receives cases similar to this is a more systematic and fair process.
On November 19, 1898, Ariel Tritondatter was arrested on the felony charges of first- degree murder and breaking & entering. An arraignment was later held on November 22, 1898, which Ariel Tritondatter was informed about the charges she was faced with. Additionally, Ariel Tritondatter soon entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity Ariel Tritondatter’s criminal trial was set in the Circuit Court with both a jury and a judge called “Syed Ahmed Khan”. The defendant, Ariel Tritondatter, almost didn’t converse throughout the trial, but soon she took a stand to defend herself.
You Will Be The Judge Facts: The case involves a 12 year old child named Griffin Grimbly who told the teacher that he was beaten with a clothesline by his father Mr.Gimli. In court, the Mr.Gimli argued that he was devoted to Christian and was following the Biblical injunction on child rearing, “Spare the rod and spoil the child”, as well as arguing that s 43 of the criminal code gives parents the right to use “reasonable force” in disciplining their children. Issue: Is Mr. Grimbly is guilty of or not guilty of assault ? Held: Mr.Grimbly is guilty of assault.
There is a publication ban on the names of the accused [father & stepmother] to protect the identity of the boy [son] involved in this case. In the Ontario Provincial Court House in Ottawa, Robert Maranger sentenced the accused [father] to 18 years of imprisonment after Robert Maranger found the accused guilty of torturing his son. Upon sentencing, Robert Maranger made the following statement in court: “I find it extremely difficult to fathom the horrific crime you have committed against your own son. The accused [father] has been convicted of aggravated assault, forcible confinement, failure to provide necessities of life, aggravated sexual assault, and three counts of assault with a weapon.
Let’s look at laws 196 & 199. Law 196 says “If a man has knocked out the eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out” (Doc E). It specifically states that the victim is a free man. Now, let’s look at law 199. “If he has
Stella Zhao Mr. Struk CLU3M1 05 December 2017 Verdict Rationale In the case R. v. O’Brien, the defendant, O’Brien, had been charged of two assaults. Pat O’Brien, was charged that he, on the 12th day of June, 2009 in the City of Yourtown in the Region of Yourtown, committed an assault upon Toby Fantasia which caused bodily harm to her, contrary to Section 267 of the Criminal Code; And further charged that he, on the 12th day of June, 2009 in the City of Yourtown in the Region of Yourtown, assaulted Toby Fantasia, a peace officer engaged in the execution of her duty, contrary to Section 270 of the Criminal Code. After hearing the trial, I organized 11 points of evidences presented in court of why O’Brien should be acquitted. O’Brien did not commit any crime.
This novel falls into a category that unfortunately cannot be described as a feel good novel, meaning that the story presented does show very dark themes. Despite the detail and message of this book many people tend to be uncomfortable with William Golding’s lack of a faith in humanity. This idea he presents in The Lord of the Flies can easily coincide with Jack, one of the main ‘antagonists’ of the story. Jack can be compared to a cruel tyrant or as an evil factor in Golding’s story. He is one of the characters, like Roger, meant to show that their is at least a little bit of evil in everybody, some people more than others.
Under the aforementioned 8th amendment, cruel and unusual punishment is unconstitutional, but when funding is not available to help diagnose and care for the mentally ill criminals is the easy to let them slip through the cracks. Much like Thomas who despite displaying the severe signs of instability. For instances, while awaiting trial and sentencing Thomas removed both of his eyes with his bare hands, stating he was prompted by a bible verse (“Trouble in Mind”). Concerns begin to rise as to whether or not the death penalty is the proper punishment for a man who is clearly crazy, as well as the legality in the use of the death
It’s practically a humanly instinct to ask “Eye for an eye?” After a multitude of trials, the jury reached a verdict that Casey Anthony was not
Holmes processed by declaring guilty for reason of insanity and the judge accepts. Defendant’s Charges The following month on August 26, 2015. A judge in Colorado sentences Holmes to twelve
In the 'Slender Man ' case, I believe that the two 12-year old girls are not competent to stand trial for attempted murder. In order to determine an adolescent’s competence to stand trial, their developmental immaturity, intellectual disability, and mental illness should be evaluated (Bath & Gerring, 2014). However, it is important to remember that these factors do not immediately rule that an adolescent is incompetent; it is the presence of one of these factors that can increase that possibility (Bath & Gerring, 2014). In this case, two 12-year old girls lured their friend into the wood to murder her in honor of ‘Slender Man’, a mythological character. Both these girls have demonstrated deficits in their development neurologically, intellectually, emotionally, and psychosocially (Scott & Grisso, 2004).
A common defense plea associated with medicalization is the insanity plea, which focuses on the state of mind of an individual during the crime. In the case of Nick Horner, an Iraqi
