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The death penalty has been in place in the United States since its foundation, however in the last few decades it has become increasingly controversial. In recent years, many people have begun to question whether it is an effective method of punishment, or if the death penalty should remain. In a perfect world capital punishment, … Read more
The killings and the minds of a serial killer have long fascinated the public both fictional and non fiction. It gives the public the sense of fear, scaring the population and questions if they are going to get caught while it is also repulsing to think someone has died by a person’s own hand. A … Read more
Imagine a man sitting in a small, whitewashed room. He is strapped tightly to a gurney, with an IV jutting out of each of his arms. While someone administers a saline solution, his mind races and his heart pounds as he anticipates the first of three drugs that will end his life. He strains to … Read more
Keith Jesperson, also known as the Happy Face Killer, is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least 8 women in the United States in the 1990s. Growing up, Jesperson lived with his parents Leslie and Gladys Jesperson, and was the middle child of two brothers and two sisters. Jesperson did not grow up in … Read more
Falsely accused people have been serving valuable time in prison for crimes they did not commit, and the reason for this issue is the fact that the justice system does not try as hard as they could to prove someone innocent. Two people in particular have experienced this horrible issue, Michael Blair, and Victor Burnette. … Read more
Marty Deeks is a complicated man of contradictions and extremes. We don’t know a lot about his early life, but what we do know is far from a fairytale. He had an incredibly difficult childhood filled with trauma. How did Marty Brandel’s childhood influence the man he grew to become? This question has always intrigued … Read more
The case of Emmett Till sent tremors through the nation that sparked the conflict between the ideals of the north and the south. It exposed the gross negligence of the justice system of Mississippi toward its African American citizens, and when the nation learned of this tragedy it realized that change was necessary. This change … Read more
“The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee… Piggy fell forty feet and landed opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed” (Golding 181). As anyone could tell, Piggy’s death was anything but peaceful. His death, caused … Read more
Few murder mysteries have captured America’s attention like JonBenet Ramsey’s death because no clear evidence was ever found to be able to convict someone. Background Info (JBR profile, family demographics/profile, age, location, date): JonBenet was a 6-year-old girl living in Boulder, Colorado with her mother, Patsy, father, John, and brother, Burke. JonBenet was a beauty … Read more
The death penalty has been a continuous argument that has been debated throughout history. This topic can be seen and heard in novels, articles, journals, essays, and speeches. There seem to be two primary sides on the death penalty. One side argues the idea that the death penalty should be practiced, which can be seen … Read more
Adnan Syed is a convicted murderer and sentenced to life at the Baltimore Corrections Facility. The woman he murdered was a senior at Woodlawn High School, Hae Min Lee, who was also his ex-girlfriend. Hae Min Lee went missing after school on Friday, January 13, 1999. On February 9, 1999, her body was found in … Read more
The legal definition of insanity stated by therapist Bryan Howes is “n. mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. ” Which emphasizes the idea that if an individual is not in control of … Read more
John George Haigh was a 1940’s serial killer. He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire but grew up in a village named Outwood, which is just west of Yorkshire. His parents were both members of the Plymouth Brethren, a conservative protestant sect. He did not have much space and had to stay within a 10 foot … Read more
Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare’s tragedies from the early 1600’s. Macbeth, once a nobleman who was the epitome of loyalty takes a turn and is overcome by ambition which can be attributed to the witches and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth rises to power but covered in blood. A major theme throughout the play of Macbeth … Read more
A psychopath is a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior. A person who is labeled a narcissist has a sense of self-importance and need others for admiration, but show lack of empathy. The Reverend Jim Jones was a psychopath who ultimately lead hundreds of people to their deaths in … Read more
A serial killer is someone who commits a series of murders, usually in a pattern, with no apparent motive. Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as “The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough” and one of America’s most infamous serial killers, is responsible for the murdering, dismembering, and eating of seventeen boys between the years of 1978 … Read more
Jeffrey Dahmer has been one of the most notorious serial killers in American History. Dahmer’s killings primarily took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for several years during the late eighties into the early nineties. He murdered over a dozen men, of different races but mostly homosexuals. Not only was the public shocked but also sickened by … Read more
Mary Barnett, the mother of a six month old daughter, left for San Francisco to see her fiance. Leaving her daughter behind, she returned seven days later to find her child dead. After calling the police and telling them she left the child with a baby sitter, she later told them this was not true … Read more
Michael Blair was faced with multiple charges and years in prison for something he did not do. First Blair would be faced with a really long time in prison for capital murder. Wednesday, Blair was charged with capital murder because of the death of Ashley Nicole Estell, who was abducted on Sept. 4 from a … Read more
Cary Stayner, born August 13th 1961,is a man who will forever be remembered as a murderer, and a monster. A man who at the age of 38 brutally murdered 3 young women, evaded the police for at least 6 months, and was only caught after killing another woman. Cary Stayner without a doubt had a … Read more
It is not uncommon for people to go over situations in their head beforehand in order to prepare. Some imagine being superheroes that help police officers catch an armed robber or sprinting into action to save a drowning child. But of course it rarely seems to go according to plan. It’s hard to know exactly … Read more
Disclaimer: the victim written about is my friend who wanted to be the subject of a scenario. I’m not that awful of a person to write of her murder without her knowledge. “Her math proofs are just too good! She’s never wrong! ” Millard Newton, the longlost descendant of Sir Isaac Newton, exclaimed as he … Read more
As explained in Halsbury’s law of England “An inquest has been held to be a fact-finding inquiry conducted by a coroner, with or without a jury, to establish reliable answers to four important but limited factual questions. (1) The identity of the deceased; (2) the place of death; (3) the time of death; and (4) … Read more
A woman lies dead on the floor; the flash of the reporter’s camera brings us to a darkened room with an undisclosed location. Ronnie, a man with a shady past and a criminal record is being interrogated for the murder of a young woman. As the charismatic good cop questions Ronnie, we learn fragments of … Read more
Road to Perdition is a crime drama released in July 2002 following the life of a father and son during the winter of 1931. The movie begins with Michael Sullivan Jr. witnessing his father, Michael Sullivan, commit murder as an enforcer while working under the mob boss John Rooney. Connor Rooney, son of John Rooney, … Read more
The story “A Jury of Her Peers” was first published in 1917 and was based on a authors one act play “Trifles”. “Trifles” was written in 1916 by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell wrote the play after an experience she had while working for a Des Moines newspaper. The significance of the title of the play, “A … Read more
Capital punishment is an issue that has been used to handle severe crimes in nearly every country either now or in the past. Even though I understand both sides of capital punishment, I can not morally say that it’s good. Though many say that the death penalty is the only way to go, it can … Read more
“Macbeth has murdered his king, becoming king himself and managed to escape the law. He is killed in battle but in many ways he has eluded punishment and committed the perfect crime”. Do you agree? The play Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare. This play was set in Scotland and focuses on a mighty and … Read more
There is a civil argument over helped suicide, otherwise called euthanasia, this level headed discussion has been continuing for a long time. A few individuals trust that euthanasia isn’t right and ought to be illicit, while others trust the inverse. A few individuals trust that on the off chance that somebody has settled on the … Read more
Crime and Punishment is one of the most famous works by the Russian novelist Fydor Dostoevsky. The novel begins with the double murder of an elderly woman and her sister. They were murdered by Raskolnikoff. While at first it seems like he committed the murder because of his need for money, as the story develops … Read more
The tragedy at Columbine High School is something that will be remembered and talked about for many years to come. People from across the nation have all heard about this event. But there are still a couple questions that people have. For instance who’s to blame? The kids alone, the parents for how they brought … Read more
The term assassination refers to murder for political reasons. In the United States with its democratic ideals, change should be brought about through the ballot. However, American History has shown us that this is not true. Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy were all assassinated by supposedly troubled individuals that … Read more
Being labeled and institutionalized as a social deviant proves to be stigmatizing in life. In Dina Temple-Rastons A Death in Texas, she chronicles the murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas during the summer of 1998. The author suggests in Chapters 1-4 that suspected murder Billy King is more than a case study of … Read more
Ishmael the narrator tells how he abandoned his life in Manhattan, as a schoolteacher, for the excitement of a whaling ship. He wanted to try something new because was tired of life on land and wanted to see what the life at sea was like. So he signed onto a ship with his new friend … Read more
In the novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by, Gabriel Marguez, the characters lack individualization and the communal values determine the events of the town. The characters in this novel only watch what happens but never try to stop it. The character’s thought that nothing evil could happen when the bishop was coming to their … Read more
Cormac McCarthy’s setting in Blood Meridian is a landscape of endless and diverse beauty. McCarthy highlights the surprising beauty of combinations of scrubby plants, jagged rock, and the fused auburn and crimson colors of the fiery wasteland that frame this nightmarish novel. Various descriptions, from the desolate to the scenic, feature McCarthy’s highly wrought, lyrical … Read more
Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is a passionate, lyrical, and ugly novel of depravity and destruction of life in the Old West. It is a story of a hellish journey where violence and corruption are currency in a life of murder and treachery. Contrasting scenes of scenic beauty, poetically described by McCarthy, are negated by his … Read more
One of the most complex and elaborate characters in Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison is Bone. Throughout the story Bone has to live a life where she thinks that she is the leading mystery of the trouble being caused. She has numerous unhappy situations and is in no way self-satisfied with herself. She … Read more
Agatha Christie was born on September 5, 1890, in Torquay England. In 1914 she married Colonel Archibald Christie. They had one daughter, whose name was Rosalind, and then they divorced in 1928. She started writing in 1920, and her first book published was The Mysterious Affair at Styles. She wrote And Then There Were None … Read more
By chapter 13 of And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, half of the ten guests that ventured out to Indian Island are killed. These incidents cause the remaining guests to react in bizarre ways. These reactions are common to most people that are placed in this situation. They protect themselves and react differently … Read more
And Then There Were None, is an intriguing murder mystery novel that follows the lines of a poem called “Ten Little Indians”. The story is intricately written to keep the reader in absolute suspense from the beginning to end. The novel involves eight people being mysteriously invited to spend a summer holiday on “Indian Island”. … Read more
