In the forensic investigation, there were 6 pieces of forensic finding used in Timothy McVeigh trial. The first set of the finding was the earplugs that he wore to silent the noise of the explosive. Meanwhile, there was a trace of residue found in his jean pockets along with two t-shirts and a knife with the sheath. Therefore, due to the positive mixture founded on McVeigh, the prosecutor believe that McVeigh was involved in making a bomb from a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. It was believed after, Timothy McVeigh also participated in placing the barrel of bomb ingredients in the back of the rental Ryder truck.
11/13/1967 0 Born Kristen Heather Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts to Richard and Claudia Strickland. She was the oldest of two daughters.1,2 Early 80’s - Friends and family said she was a habitual liar, faked suicide attempts to manipulate people 3,4 1984 16 Graduated from High School 3,5 Mid 80’s - When angry,scratched boyfriends cars or physically attacked them 4,6 1987 Got a job as a home health aide with the visiting nurses association, scalded a retarded child with hot bathwater, burning over 60% of the child’s body, never prosecuted. 7,8 1988 Graduated and Earned degree as a Registered Nurse from Greenfield Community College 4,5 1988 21 Married Glenn Gilbert 4,6 1988 - Chase Glenn around the house with a knife after an argument.
The story of Casey Anthony was more than odd. According to USA Today, Caylee Anthony went missing on July 15, 2008.In December of 2008, Caylee’s body was discovered in the woods near the Anthony household ( Boweman). Grandmother, Cynthia Anthony, had dialed 911 the day Caylee went missing to notify police that Casey Anthony had kidnapped the two-year-old; along with stealing a car and money. Though, it had been an odd phone call because once the car had been returned Cynthia had re-called the police saying “My daughter’s car trunk smells like there has been a dead body in it”. This is strange considering the articles of evidence found in the trunk.
LEGAL METHODS AND RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT 2 – CASE BRIEF: ROPER V. SIMMONS SHANNON MAHER – 14401402 The case of Roper v. Simmons 543 US 551 (2001) involves two parties; Christopher Simmons, the offender, and Donald P. Roper. The facts of the case are as follows: Simmons conspired to break into his neighbour’s house and murder the tenant, Shirley Crook, with his two younger friends, Tessmer and Benjamin, aged 16 and 15 respectively. Tessmer backed out of the plan prior to the crime being committed.
The murder case of Leanne Holland exposed the ways in which forensic science were both a help and a hindrance to the conviction and subsequent overturning of the verdict, against Graham Stafford. The body of 12-year-old Leanne Holland was found battered and partially naked in scrub 30m off Redbank Plains Rd on September 26, 1991. She went missing on Monday morning on September 23, 1991. According to descriptions, she was last seen wearing a long-sleeved purple jumper, black skirt and no shoes as she headed towards shops just 500m from her Alice St home in Goodna.
The relatives of teenager Jaylen Fryberg claim they are currently living in a nightmare as they try to understand why the 14-year-old student went on a shooting rampage at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington, U.S. The police are still reportedly piecing together the motive for the tragic shooting that happened at the school last Friday, Oct. 24, where Jaylen Fryberg targeted his cousins and friends before shooting himself. It has been confirmed by the Snohomish County sheriff’s office that the on-scene crime investigation has been completed with the 0.40 calibre handgun used in the shooting already recovered. Jaylen Fryberg’s relatives confirmed as well that the teenager targeted his two cousins, Nate Hatch and Andrew Fryberg.
Has one ever wondered why some schools do not feel comfortable taking class trips? This is mainly because of the safety of the students and other people who are attending. Natalee Holloway was just a normal high school senior when she was murdered on her class trip in Aruba. After researching this murder mystery, it was clear that she was murdered by Joran Van Der Sloot after attending a bar to gamble during the trip. Student and murder victim Natalee Holloway was born on October 21, 1986, in Clinton, Mississippi, to parents David Edward Holloway and Elizabeth Ann Holloway.
In each trial, whether it’s theft or murder, the jury all have the same duty. Their burden is to determine whether the defendant is guilty of the crime they are accused of, or not. The jury is expected to take testimonies and facts into account and go forth with a decision from there. In Mary Bennett’s case, the jury must determine whether she is guilty of second-degree murder of her infant daughter. For the defendant to be guilty of second-degree murder, the jury must determine if Bennett intended to kill her daughter, made a conscious decision to do so at that moment, and was aware of the consequences of her actions (“Mary Bennett,” pg 5).
They also said that the child pornography found on Westerfield's computer was downloaded by Westerfield's son, Neal, who was 18 at the time of the murder. In testimony, Neal denied this. Part of Westerfield's defense focused on the lifestyle of Danielle van Dam's parents, who they argued had an open marriage, were swingers, and smoked marijuana in their garage regularly. The defense suggested that because of this lifestyle, there might have been other people in the home that night. During the penalty phase of the trial, Westerfield's 19 year old niece testified that, when she was 7 years old, her uncle entered his
In both cases the jury and spectators could not always decide if the girls were telling the truth about events that happened. For Victoria one of the times she didn’t know all the information that could be vital to deciding the cases outcome was when she was explaining where Mrs. Brochie lived; Victoria stayed there prior to the alleged rape. Victoria said she did not know where Mrs. Brochie’s house was located saying that she had to ask a boy on the street where she lived and later saying that all she could remember is that it was the fourth house in the block. When further investigation occurred they said they never found Mrs. Brochie or the house she supposedly lived in. This same type of uncertainty and inability to remember happened in To Kill A
the prosecutor’s evidence was lined up correctly with the defendants. Plea bargain had led to poor police investigations. They do not take the time to properly prepare their cases therefore the community does not get to hear the truth of what actually happened in the case. There are some plead deals that are made because the offenders are not plausible to do much jail time. This leads to the offender getting away with the crime they committed and most likely committing the crime again.
Westerfield had to have had some serious problems in his life, because when the police went into his home they found child pornography in his home. To his defense he made it seem like his son had some part in this, because it was downloaded onto his computer by his son. Westerfield claimed the parents of Danielle were not who they had claimed to be. With that defense he could state that he was trying to rescue or save her from that type of environment.
Science has come a long way over the years. It has helped countless every day struggles and cure diseases most commonly found. What you don’t hear about however is the advancement of forensic science. Forensic science has helped solve countless cases of murder, rape, and sexual assault. In the case of John Joubert, it helped solve the murders of three young boys with one small piece of evidence that linked him directly to the crime.
In last few decades many researchers research is projected to analyzethe criminal with that of crime. It is seen that there is a large amount of increase in the crime rate due to the gap between the optimal usage of investigation and technologies. Because of this there are many new opportunities for the development of new methodologies and techniques in the field of crime investigation using the methods based on data mining, forensic, image processing, and social mining. The important role of digital forensics is to improve the investigation of criminal activities that involve gather, to preserve, analyze, digital devices and provide technical and scientific evidence, and to provide the important documentation to authorities. To automatically group the retrieved documents into a list of meaningful categories different clustering techniques can be used.
It is quite normal for someone for someone to get in trouble at least once in their life, but was it their fault? That is a great question to ask oneself, the answer to that question sadly varies depending on the person. It is quite the norm for someone to experience a situation where they are falsely accused of doing something they had no a part of. It is painful to be suspected of something that one did not do. In fact, in many cases it may even ruin one’s life.
