I was researching online and I found a very interesting case that took place in Houston, Texas. This case involved a 22-year-old female at the time that goes by the name of Cherita Thurman. Cherita was beaten very badly and hog-tied in her apartment back in 2002(KHOU, 2017). The exterminator was making his rounds and that’s when he found her breathless body just lying there. Cherita death was immediately ruled as a homicide because there were no leads to the case (KHOU, 2017).
A teenager mother from Mississippi, Sabrina Butler was first known as the only female offender on Mississippi’s death row who was convicted for child abuse and the murder of her infant son. On the eve of April 11th, 1989, Sabrina Butler arrived at the hospital after midnight with a nine-month-old Walter Dean Butler, who was unresponsive at the scene. She claimed that she have found the baby when he unexpectedly stopped breathing, and after multiple failed attempts to resuscitate her son, she rushed to the emergency room and seek helps from medical professionals who are more knowledgeable on the matter. Sadly, her child was pounced died by the doctors following their visit to the hospital. The next day, while Sabrina was asked to give her statements at the local police station, the prosecutors arrested Sabrina under the charges of capital murder.
The serial killer of Nebraska Breaking News! The local police captured Mr.Carl after the murdered of Mr.John this Saturday night at approximately around three in the morning, this tragedy happened in Mr.John's house. The murdered killed him by placing a bed over him and intoxicating him not letting breath till death. According to the police every night Mr.Carl would enter the old mans room to check on his Mr.Johns eye but it was always closed for him to do the job and get rid-off the eye.
A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial By Suzanne Lebsock ((New York: W.W. Norton, 2003) Suzanne Lebsock is a historic author that enjoys digging into the past events of the American South. When Suzanne finds something interesting she dives into the history of the event and creates a historic fiction novel, that includes her own ideas and historical facts. Suzanne Lebsock has created more works of art like, “Visible Women: New Essays on American Activism”, “A Share of Honour”, “The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town”, and finally, “A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial”. “A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial” takes place in Lunenburg, Virginia in the year of 1895, where a white woman,
We are introduced to the author of the book, Bryan Stevenson who is a member of the bar in two states Alabama and Georgia. He then receives a call from the local Judge Robert E. Lee about a case which involves a man called Walter McMillian’s. He knew that he could have gotten into great danger but he decides to do the right thing and confront the case. In the county of Monroe an eighteen-year-old woman is brutally murdered. The murder took everyone by surprise and even after a few days of investigating no one could find concrete evidence to point out who was the killer.
Killer mother, who stomped her baby girl to death has her face slashed in prison in ‘revenge attack’ by two inmates. Recants videotaped statement Juvelky Jimenez Staff Writer A drug addict mother stomped her 3 year old baby girl to death, Olivia (age 26) had her face slashed in prison by two inmates in a ‘revenge attack’ of what she did to her daughter. Everything had happened in Portland, Oregon. Olivia Jackson was accused of murder last week, her partner John Jackson was found guilty for letting the murder happen.
Two women from Texas, Andrea Yates, 37 and Darlie Routier, 27 both shocked the world when they brutally murdered their children. Both women were described as wonderful mothers who loved their children, but were also described as having post-partum issues during the last years of their children’s lives. Andrea Yates admitted to her harsh crimes and was willing to take any punishment that was given, as she believed she was saving her children’s souls. On the other hand, Darlie Routier did not admitted her crimes towards her children. Darlie Routier pleaded not guilty, but prosecutors believed differently after many conflicts appeared in her story.
Bennett decided to leave her daughter alone and unattended so that she could visit her fiancé in San Francisco. When Bennett had come home, she found her daughter dead due to dehydration. When asked what had happened, she first told police that she left her daughter with a babysitter. Later, she made a statement, admitting that she left her infant daughter alone and knew she would die in a few days. Through evidence and witness statements, I was able to conclude that the defendant, Mary Bennett, is guilty of second-degree murder of her six-month old, infant
“Somebody searched ‘fool-proof suffocation’ the day Caylee died; it was Casey Anthony who did the search. Casey’s lawyer lied and said it was her father who searched it to kill
In November of 2014, a man, Gary Fellenbaum, and his girlfriend, Jillian Tait Thursday, are charged with murdering the girlfriend’s 3-year old son. Authorities were called under the false pretense of an unresponsive child, when EMTs arrived, 3-year old Scott McMillan was reported to have suffered from bruises, lacerations, and puncture wounds all over his body. Fellenbaum, Tait, and Fellenbaum’s wife, Amber, confessed to police, “…that the little boy had been beaten with blunt and sharp objects, whipped, taped to a chair with electrical tape and beaten, hung up by his feet and beaten, leading to his death.” (Unknown). Tait later explained to the police that the beatings began because Scott refused to eat his breakfast.
Drunk mom, dad leaving at such a young age, some of his siblings killing themselves and on top of all that getting abused a lot by his mom and the nuns that hit him when he was in catholic school. Well who was this this very ungood, bad childhood and different and that is Perry Smith. My client’s case is about 2 men Perry & Dick and they're doing is very shocking,that was Perry has killed a family of 4 the Clutter family & each were shot with a gun besides that Mr.Clutter had his throat slit. Previously,Dick was gonna kill them all but something suddenly happened and that was in Perry’s mind. They are not guilty at all but the fact that they will be charged with insanity because yes there has been something going on in Perry’s mind like something
The CNN documentary “Homicide in Hollenbeck” centered around crime in the Hollenbeck neighborhood of Los Angeles. The documentary focused on the LAPD and the challenges and experiences they face in controlling crime in Hollenbeck. As the title suggests, the documentary focuses on violent crime, specifically homicide, and the causes of crime. The documentary implemented multiple perspectives and different points of view to paint a complete picture of the issues they were covering, such as from police officers, former gang members, family members, and a priest. Although there are many theories that could explain the crime shown, in my opinion, Sutherland’s Differential Association Theory of crime best accounts for the examples of deviance depicted in the
The story of Chris McCandless ¨ Death of an innocent” is a story about very stubborn yet very determined Cris who wants to journey into alaska and leave is rich life behind to ¨live by the land.¨ Cris believed he could survive in Alaska because of Leo Tolstoy's inspiring book and a fellow man he met at a bar who lent him money to travel with. To begin with, When Chris was younger he read a book about a wealthy man named Leo Tolstoy. In this book the man leaves his life and goes and lives a poor adventurous one. “the great novelist had forsaken a life of wealth and privilege to wander among the destitute.
Consequently, the police tracked down the
