In the case State v. Mark Ducic, Mark is on trial for the murders of Barbra Davis and Donald (Don). Ducic had allegedly murdered Barbra for thinking she was going to tell the police about him dealing drugs, and Don for being the only witness to the murder. When Barbra died, her body was found with numerous drugs in her system and later her friend, Don was found dead too. When the coroner first received the bodies, she believed they had died to accidental overdoses, then after reviewing the police reports changed her mind to homicides that were done out through strategic planning. Ducic was said to have mixed oxycontin with other drugs to create a “hot shot” to make the drug injection look like an overdose.
In the article “Botched Execution Shows Perils of Lethal Injection Drug Shortage” discusses that the pharmaceuticals being used in today’s death-row executions are not being supplied to prisons. Drug manufactures are no longer supplying the lethal drugs, stating the drugs are being used against the company’s wishes. Furthermore, correctional centers are buying drugs illegally or trading drugs with other states in order to continue the lethal injection to death-row inmates. The author states that correctional facilities have been taken to court and are refusing to disclose information as to what compounds they are using on death-row inmates.
During his stay with the workers he was able to witness the injuries and the consequences of these injuries in the worker’s lives, including physical and mental suffering. While in San Miguel observing the medical work being done there Holmes heard many different contexts implying that doctors don’t know anything. Along with Holmes I found this surprising because doctors are generally there to help and medical care is normally appreciated (pg. 112). Holmes had many questions and concerns with why the laborers felt this way, and addresses his understanding of the answers through the continuation of the health of his companions from chapter 4. Through these health care system experiences Holmes has taken interest in changing the opinions of the doctors on migrant farm laborers and the opinion of the laborers on the doctors.
It is impossible to know if the real murder would have been brought to justice if
Other times were not even giving their patients a proper diagnosis. The
It’s been eight years since Malik received the guilty verdict and was sentenced to life without parole in the California state prison for the rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend Sara Bolson. He spent everyday crying not because he was guilty but because he was about to spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. New victims with the same M.O. as Sara’s killer have been found all over the city of Los Angeles, so the detectives thought that it was possible that the wrong guy was put away and that the killer is now resurfacing or they may have a copycat trying to be like Malik. However, the three bodies found in the past two weeks had the same bruises and strangulation marks around the neck as Sara did and there was evidence showing the same type of drug used to subdue the victim.
Along with the murders, these cold-blooded individuals will often engage in acts with the bodies. From having sexual relations to making furniture or souvenirs or even just keeping the bodies, it is rare that it is just a random murder. These cases receive a lot of attention from the media, but what happens when someone steps
In Joseph Collins article, “Should Doctors Tell the Truth?” he states that doctors shouldn’t tell the truth to their patients that deals with their life and death. Collins argued that doctor should withhold the truth on any circumstances. For example, when Collins blamed himself because of the death of a lawyer who suffered from kidney disease, only if he had lied to the lawyer about his health issue, the lawyer still could have been alive. However, I believe that doctors should always tell the truth to their patients regardless of the circumstances because withholding information violates patient’s autonomy and harms the doctor-patient relationship.
DOCTORS CAUSING HARM: HISTORY OF MEDICAL MURDERERS, FROM SWEENEY TODD TO HAROLD SHIPMAN INTRODUCTION “The killing fields of Harold Shipman1,” “Jane Toppan, an extraordinary case of moral insanity2,” are 2 of several chilling headlines of articles in newspapers between the 19th – 21st century. Many doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, who patients and the public trust with their lives, have been charged with multiple murders. Many/all of these medical professionals would have pledged to cure and save lives, but have however engaged in gruesome murder.
After studying medicine, Holmes was later accepted into the University of Michigan Medical School. Many scandals were brought against him, including one where Holmes stole cadavers, burned them, and hid bodies to make it look like they had been killed. The motivation behind the scandal was that people believed Holmes took life insurance policies out on these people, and would cash in once the bodies were found. In 1884, Holmes passed his medical exams and moved to Chicago, where he worked as a pharmacist under the alias Dr. H. H. Holmes. A few years later, the pharmacist owner passed away and left the pharmacy to his wife, who later sold the pharmacy to Holmes.
At that time doctors were not fully educated to the best of knowledge on
Youthful Holmes was not excessively inspired with the Harvard of that time. He practiced his abstract gifts as proofreader of the Harvard Magazine, and in various papers. His graduation was even in some uncertainty, as he had been openly scolded by the workforce for "lack of regard" towards a teacher. Holmes clearly
In 1861, Herman Webster Mudgett was born in New Hampshire. He was born to Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodore Page Price, “ … his father was a violent alcoholic, and his mother was a devout Methodist who read the Bible to Herman” (Spikol 1). When Holmes was a child, his schoolmates forced him to look at and touch a human skeleton even though they knew Holmes had a fear of the local doctor (Spikol 1). The bullies brought him there initially to scare him, however it just made Holmes become fascinated and soon obsessed with death and the thought of death (“H. H. Holmes” 2). It has been said that Holmes was very intelligent at an early age.
Revenge. I, like most people, would want revenge on that awful human being. It’s human nature wanting to get even, but is continuing the trail of dead bodies really revenge? Put yourself in the position of the murder and compare these two scenarios for a second. Rot in prison for 40 years or have one second of being lethally injected.
Sherlock Holmes played a major role when it came to revolutionizing forensic sciences. Millions of detectives now a days benefited from his work from the 19th century. Sherlock Holmes played within finding the serial killer dubbed as the “Jack the Ripper” killer. Crimes scenes weren’t what they used to be, either. Detectives typically looked for eye witnesses where as Sherlock used evidence in crime scenes to find the killer who committed the crimes.
