The article titled ‘Richmond hill Man Found not Criminally Responsible in Killing his Sister’ written in the Toronto Star on October 19, 2014 was a prominent criminal case greatly discussed throughout all of York Region. This Public law case describes the tragic death of Jeannine Ross after being brutally murdered by her brother Jonathan Ross. This is categorized as a public law case because it is between the accused, Jonathan Ross and government as he broke the law by completing second degree murder. Jonathan Ross suffered from a mental disorder known as schizophrenia which caused him to believe that his sister was a robot. After digging through his sister's skull to find the chip, police walked in on murdered Jeanine and bloody Jonathan.
Introduction The book that I selected is called “Getting Life” by Michael Morton, who is a man that was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife in Texas in 1986. This book takes us from a happy young couple to the day of the murder, through the investigation into his wife’s murder, Michael’s trial and conviction, 25 years in prison, appeals, release from prison, and reintegration into society. One unique fact about this case is that is the first case where the prosecutor in a wrongful conviction case was subsequently convicted of prosecutorial misconduct, stripped of their law license and sentenced to serve time in jail.
One thing that I have been taught in my World History classes is that humanity does not learn from its past errors. One way of reaffirming this statement/belief is with the relation between what happened during the last half of the 20th century in Boston, Massachusetts and the current crisis that we as Venezuelans are facing. Even though everything about both groups of people are different in infinite ways, our everyday problems are alike. While reading All Souls, an autobiographical novel written by Michael Patrick MacDonald based on his life in the South Boston area during the busing stage of Bostonian history, I first could relate to the author with the corruption his community faced.
Steven Truscott Case: Analysis In 1959, in Southwestern Ontario, town of Clinton a young man named Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted for the murder of his 12 year old classmate, Lynne Harper. Steven was seen giving Lynne a ride on his bicycle to the highway 8 intersection around 7pm, a favor she asked him to do. Two days after Steven Truscott was seen giving Lynne Harper a ride to the highway intersection, Lynne Harper was found dead near a tractor trail near a wooded area. Although Steven Truscott claimed that he saw Lynne Harper get into a car after he dropped her off, many people continued to believe that Steven Truscott murdered her.
Scott Peterson is serving a sentence at San Quentin State Prison in California which will end in death by lethal injection for the murder of his wife and unborn child, who were reported missing on Christmas eve, 2002. At first Scott was not a suspect because his family members and Laci’s believed he was innocent. It was not until other matters that was brought up that they began to question his involvement in the disappearance of Laci. Scott’s stories started becoming inconsistent.
Not only was this murder in a different time and place, but upon the investigation of the murder she would have been released of her previous murder charges and tried again for the
When the quiet Arkansas town was perturbed by the murder of three young boys, a scapegoat was necessary. The town had never had to deal with any terrible situation of such degree before. In order to ensure someone was punished for the murders, the prosecution pursued a group of three boys who “fit the part” so to speak. Simply because they were unintelligent or wore black, they were prosecuted and, perhaps, wrongfully convicted for twenty years. It is impossible to say whether the conviction of the boys was wrongful, and therein lies the problem.
The OJ Simpson Criminal Case (Investigation and Interrogation) Kaitlyn Marie Debrodie CJA 401 August 30, 2014 Professor Nick Tzakis The OJ Simpson Criminal Case (Investigation and Interrogation) The Interrogation of Orenthal James (O. J) Simpson On one faithful night in June of 1994, a gruesome double murder took place.
“On July 30, 1992, an innocent person was convicted of a heinous crime”. Guy Paul Morin, an ordinary man, was arrested, imprisoned and convicted of first degree murder. The victim was Christine Jessop, a nine-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada. She was found murdered in a field about fifty kilometres from where she lived. Due to the investigation team’s carelessness and tunnel vision, the systematic failure of the justice system, and the poor handling of evidence by the crown there was not only one, but two victims in this case.
For now and until the true murderer confesses or evidence is found to prove one beyond a shadow of a doubt, the case will remain a
Robert William (Willy) Pickton is the most notorious killer Canada has ever seen and arguably the most ruthless the world has witnessed. The now sixty eight year old is convicted of six first degree murders but expected to be responsible for forty-nine or more. With a span of killings from 1983 to 2002 he raped and murdered only women specifically prostitutes in the area of Vancouver and Port Coquitlam. The Pickton's case was hard enough to think about but it had a very strange and bizarre twist, he fed the victims to his pigs. From Pickton's psychotic mind from a troubled childhood to the flaws in our past forensics and policing Robert Pickton's case and story is the most bizzare but interesting backbone for today's law enforcement and forensics.
The murder of Kitty Genovese took place on March 13th, 1964 outside of her apartment building in New York. She was attacked three separate times by Winston Moseley, the perpetrator. This particular murder got headline news due to the witnesses of the murder and what was done to intervene. The New York Times were a huge part of the headlines due to their original article written about the murder, which was said to be fabricated for attention purposes. The article claimed that 37-38 people were eye witnesses to the murder during the three different attacks, but no one decided to report the crime to the police which definitely raised some eyebrows.
There are many victims of unfortunate circumstances in the world today, yet some of these results could have been easily avoided. In the novel, Just Mercy, the author Bryan Stevenson addresses many cases in which children under the age of 18 are incarcerated within the adult criminal justice system. By treating children as adults in the criminal justice system their innocence and undeveloped person, become criminalized. These children become dehumanized and only viewed as full-fledged criminals and as a result society offers no chance sympathy towards them. Stevenson argues that children tried as adults have become damaged and traumatized by this system of injustice.
Pamela Foddrill: Examining the Investigation Introduction The tragic abduction and death of Pamela Foddrill beginning on August 18th, 1995, relied on investigators from the Indiana State Police, FBI, multiple Greene County police agencies, and Greene County Prosecutors to arrest and convict the five individuals who committed this heinous act. Those who were arrested and eventually convicted for different criminal offenses are Roger Long, Jerry Russell Sr., John Redman, Wanda Hubbell, and Plynia Fowler. One could look at the investigations these agencies completed and evaluate them in two phases, forensic evidence and investigative processes.
For the Application of the Criminal Justice System project of the Criminal Justice course, I chose the arrest of John Burke. This case is about the arrest and sentencing of John Burke who had shot and killed Joseph Ronan. Twenty-five year old John Burke agreed to meet with 22 year old Joseph Ronan at Ronans home, in Reading, Massachusetts on Monday, August 15, 2011 around 1pm, with the intent of purchasing Percocet pills. (Boston.com, 2013) However, shortly after entering Ronans home, Burke opened fire (News, 2011), and after shooting Joseph Ronan several times, with the belief that Ronan was involved in a robbery at Burkes apartment in April 2011 (Boston.com, 2013), fled the home.
