Throughout the court of Canada there has been many records of wrongfully convictions that have occured. Today we still investigate those cases and why this lead for an wrongful act. Thomas Sophonow, David Milgaard, and James Driskell are three of the many that were wrongfully convicted. They were all imprisoned for murder and served jail time for 5 or more years.
In 1873, Mary Ann Cotton was arrested and put on trial for the murder of her seven-year-old stepson Charles Edward. Immediately after hearing of the boy's death, the coroner ordered a post mortem, which was carried about by Dr. Kilburn, on a table in Mary Ann's house. The inquest was held the exact same day next door from her house and with such little time, no cause of death was actually found and "natural causes" was recorded as the verdict of death ("The Story of Mary Ann Cotton: A Frail Dressmaker's Poisonous Past"). Meanwhile, the entirety of Mary Ann's kitchen was analyzed to ensure that there were no traces of arsenic on any of the items (Herdman).
She was killed by being bludgeoned to death on her bed. It is assumed that there was a murder weapon but it was never found. Sheppard and his son were the only two known to have been in the house at the time murder. Sheppard's son has no recollection of the event, he was found by the police sleeping in his room. Sheppard however, was the one who called the police and told
October 11th, 1961, James Hanratty was arrested for murder and rape. He was found guilty for the murder of a 36 year old scientist Michael Gregsten in August 22nd 1961. Gregsten was found shot dead in a car on the A6 in Deadman’s Hill, Bedfordshire, and his girlfriend Valerie Storie was raped, shot 5 times and left paralysed, miraculously she survived (INNOCENT, 2016). In 1962, April 4th at Bedford Gaol, Hanratty was hanged to death for being proved guilty. 22nd
The short story “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” by Tim O’Brien depicts many ways fear can be shown. Throughout the story, a private in the United States military enters the Vietnam War. One of Paul Berlin’s first experiences is seeing one of his partners die from a heart attack. Paul Berlin’s body language and thoughts are the main driving forces of the theme throughout the story. It is because of Paul Berlin’s belief in the sea for safety, thoughts of camping with his dad, and uncontrollable laughter that present the idea of everlasting fear in a way that it can not be forgotten.
On the morning of August 4, 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered by a hatchet in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Detectives at the scene immediately suspected Mr. Borden’s youngest daughter, Lizzie, as she was the only person in the house; however she was not taken into custody
On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood.
The year is 1912, Villisca, Iowa (“8 People Murdered in Their Beds in Villisca”). A family of six plus two friends of the family’s kids were attended a Children’s Program at their church on the evening of June 9. After the event was over the Moore family and the Stillinger sisters walked home and then went to bed just like any other night. The next morning the
Hendrick was thinking about how excited, anxious, and happy he was to find this girl. When they got to the door, he let her go in first and all of a sudden the same item the size of a gopher, small, and skinny was under the rug. It scared her all the way our of the house and he picked up a chair and tried to smack it with it. He was so disappointed that the girl left, he broke the chair, and he didn’t even hit the object under the rug.
Bunny sees a white dog again, but this dog is made out of wood. Quoyle brings them back, because he doesn’t want to Wavey and Herry to see Bunny imagining stuff. Quoyle and his aunt are about to make a lobster pie. Bunny rides with Quoyle in the boat and guess what? She sees a friggin’ white dog in the
And Christopher Mulholland’s is nearly a year before that-more than three years ago’” (Page 66). It is highly peculiar for an extremely cheap bed and breakfast to have only a few visitors over the course of three years. This piece of information may reveal that the landlady has an ulterior motive besides earning money and receiving visitors. A final foreshadowing clue that convinces readers of what will happen to Billy Weaver is, “‘No thank you’, Billy said.
Lennie came into the room and hidden something. It 's Slim 's pup and George detected, George asked Lennie take him back to the nest. Carlson came in and complain with the Candy dog 's stink. Carlson suggested Candy to shoot the dog, it was also good for Candy and the dog. Candy looked very difficult, after that he decided for Carlson to shoot the dog.
Jerome Brudo’s was born in Webster, South Dakota in 1939. He was born to Henry and Eileen Brudos. He was the younger sibling of two. Henry Brudo’s was a farmer that couldn’t keep work. He moved the family all throughout the Midwest, which caused a rift in the marriage.
In a small town in Jersey nothing ever happened I guess you could call it a ghost town, but on a cold winter day there was a disruption. Mrs. Hall was murdered she was poisoned someone put venom in her tea. There was a note that said “ since you talked about me all through high school you will drink your revenge” . The cops have no trace but everyone that went to Richmond High knowns Mrs.Hall bullied Samantha Smith, But Samantha was locked away in a mental facility. Samanthas best friend Heather was Mrs. Halls Neighbor.
In Roald Dahl’s horrendous short story “The LandLady” he uses the landlady’s character to show us that things are not always as good as they appear, and in some cases should most likely be avoided. In this chilling story, Billy sees the bed and breakfast and thinks to himself “On the carpet in front of the fire, a pretty little dachshund was curled up asleep with it’s nose tucked into it’s belly. Animals were usually a good sign in a place like this” This is significant because the dog was actually stuffed, but Billy did not know this. He later comes to find out that the landlady is a taxidermist. Furthermore, the bed and breakfast was inviting because it was cheap.
