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Ponyboy Murder Case Study

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Murder, is the unlawful killing of one human being by another. In a court case, Johnny would be found innocent because he was using self-defense and about Johnny's previous trauma. Johnny is a Greaser and Bob is a Socs. Bob started to say rude things “You guys know what Greasers are? White trash with long, greasy hair”. This started to escalate into a fight. Bob started to drown Ponyboy and Johnny stabbed Bob from behind. In court, Johnny would be found innocent because he was using self-defense to protect Ponyboy and himself.

The first reason why Johnny is innocent was that he was doing self-defense to protect himself and Pony. “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade….. They were gonna beat me up ....¨ (Hilton, 57) This shows that he's innocent because Johnny only killed Bob in order to save Ponyboy. The Socs also had a knife that they were willing to use on both of them. The law in Oklahoma for self-defense when being drawn by a knife is that the individual must prove that they were threatened and had no other option but to use their pocket knife for …show more content…

He looked up and across the field with a stricken expression on his face. “I think we all heard the low moan and saw the dark motionless hump on the other side of the lot at the same time. Soda reached him first. Johnny was lying face down on the ground. Soda turned him over gently, and I nearly got sick.” This supports why Johnny is innocent because the Socs beat up Johnny very badly in the past to the point where it traumatized him so badly that he brought a pocket knife with him. Johnny also was treated very poorly in his family. The book describes Johnny as a “lost puppy”. His family physically and verbally abused Johnny and his parents don't show any emotion or affection towards him. Johnny would be innocent because of his trauma from his family and the Socs beating him up so

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) This means that he killed Bob for a reason and that was to protect Ponyboy from his death and it wasn't an intent to kill off of anger from the previous attacking, So this obviously proves that he killed Bob for a reason and that was to protect Ponyboy. The second reason Johnny is innocent is that he was trying to protect himself. He tries to protect himself because they were about to jump and Johnny says in the text that they had switchblades too.

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During the trial Brown’s attorney gave evidence against Johnny such as two women who said he tried hitting on them, The second girl went on to say that Johnny had apparently tried to rape her on their first date the court Ignored the first girl as evidence due to it being “irrelevent to the case” the second girls argument however was taken into consideration. The evidence favoring Johnny was in greater abundance and had many of Johnny’s friends speaking in his favor. He was known for being caring and this leads to people in his favor stating he truly meant to help Cyntoia not pick her up for

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One reason Johnny Cade's Attorney believes he’s innocent is because it states on page 57 “ I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade… they were gonna beat me up.'' This leads Kenidy to believe Johnny did not go into the fight intending on killing a Socs and was just protecting

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(Page 56-57) The Greasers were clearly going to kill Ponyboy here and so Johnny had every right because he committed Justifiable Homicide according to https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded/expandhomicidemain “The killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen. Because these killings are determined through law enforcement investigation to be justifiable, they are tabulated separately from murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Justifiable homicide information can be found in Expanded Homicide Data Table 14, “Justifiable Homicide, by Weapon, Law Enforcement, 2006–2010” and Expanded Homicide Data Table 15, “Justifiable Homicide, by Weapon, Private Citizen, 2006–2010.” “ This means that Johnny had the right to kill the Socials because he was stopping them from committing a felony which was killing Ponyboy so legally Johnny did nothing wrong and the Socials are to blame for the death of Bob.

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Instead, he killed Bob. Killing someone who is not the aggressor is a crime. Johnny is guilty because he did not kill the aggressor, instead he killed Bob. To continue my point, in the argumentative debate, we had the opposing side continuously bring up the fact that Bob was the aggressor but by definition, “A person, group or nation who attacks first” and with that we know that Bob was not the one attacking Ponyboy, it was David making him the aggressor. In the book, it states Johnny saying “I killed that boy, Bob the handsome Soc” (pg 56 S.E. Hinton)

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Johnny, deceased by this point, was convicted for manslaughter, which is less culpable than murder due to the mitigating circumstances. In Johnny’s case, he stabbed Bob with the intentions of severely injuring him to defend Ponyboy. Based on the lack of intent, provocation from the Socs, and Johnny’s goal to defeat Ponyboy, the murder should be excusable homicide. Cherry, a Soc girl, testified on Ponyboy and Johnny’s behalf. Had Johnny been alive to testify, the outcome may have been different.

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Many people are charged for acts they believe were innocent , but others can plead guilty for all the wrong reasons. Johnny Cade was walking through the park on the East side of town with 14 year old, Ponyboy Curtis. As they were walking, Robert Sheldon of the Social gang, had threatened the two young men due to too much alcohol. The two boys were looking for a way to get out of this situation, but the Socials had already surrounded them along with threatening the two. Curtis was beginning to drown when Randy (another member of the Socials) was ordered to by Sheldon.

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Johnny Cade is Innocent and here is why. Johnny is innocent because he was acting in self-defense and in defense of Ponyboy. The Socs were going to drown Ponyboy and Johnny did the only thing he could have done. Johnny was being held up and Ponyboy was being drowned so Johnny was sick of being a coward so he did what would save Ponyboy. This supports

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Ponyboy to death. According to a professional article, “What Exactly is Self Defense?” It states, “Self-defense can be a defense to assault, battery, and homicide (murder)” Since David who was ordered by Bob is considered the aggressor, Johnny was justified in killing Bob in defense of them committing homicide to his friend, Ponyboy.

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In the past, Johnny had also been jumped by Bob and his gang. This also explains why he reacted in that manner of fear and aggression from seeing his attackers. On the other hand, people say Johnny should be severely punished. This point of view makes sense because Johnny left Bob at the park instead of trying to help him. However, Bob had gone to the park with his friends and they did not attempt to call for help.

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Consequently with all that was going on at that moment, Johnny defended himself and Ponyboy who is one of the Greasers. Furthermore, Ponyboy responds saying, “‘You really killed him, huh, Johnny? ‘Yeah.’ His voice quivered slightly. ‘I had to.

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