...A Case of Murder They should not have left him there alone, Alone that is except for the cat. He was only nine, not old enough to be left alone in a basement flat, alone, that is, except for the cat. A dog would have been a different thing, A big gruff dog with slashing jaws, But a cat with round eyes mad as gold, Plump as a cushion with tucked-in paws--- Better have left him with a fair-sized rat! But what they did was leave him with a cat. He hated that cat; he watched it sit, A buzzing machine of soft black stuff, He sat and watched and he hated it, Snug in its fur, hot blood in a muff, And its mad gold stare and the way it sat Crooning dark warmth: he loathed all that. So he took Daddy's stick and he hit the cat. Then quick as a sudden crack in glass It hissed, black flash, to a hiding place In the dust and dark beneath the couch, And he followed the grin on his new-made face, A wide-eyed, frightened snarl of a grin, And he took the stick and he thrust it in, Hard and quick in the furry dark. The black fur squealed and he felt his skin Prickle with sparks of dry delight. Then the cat again came into sight, Shot for the door that wasn't quite shut, But the boy, quick too, slammed fast the door: The cat, half-through, was cracked like a nut And the soft black thud was dumped on the floor. Then the boy was suddenly terrified And he bit his knuckles and cried and cried; But he had to do something with the dead...
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...Strange Case and The Murders: Dividing Human Minds Alexis Osorio DeVry University There can be no up without down, no dark without bright, and no wrong without right; the same idea can be applied to the human mind. There is some sort of duality in the human mind and has been a recurring theme of discussion in many stories. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Strange Case) (Stevenson, 1886) brings the topic of human duality to the forefront by observing it from a third person point of view. Edgar Allan Poe brings up human duality too from a first person point of view in his work The Murders in the Rue Morgue (The Murders)(1841). Strange Case is about an internal struggle that is externalized, while The Murders shows no struggle between the characters. The former about the concept of self-control, while the latter on mental capacity. Although both stories show it in very different ways, the underlying theme is the same, the duality of the human mind is true and apparent but cannot be separated. It may help to demonstrate the nature of human duality with another concept that is physical but not human, the wave-particle duality. This concept is derived from the nature of light, or electromagnetism. Classically, people, especially scientist, used to believe that waves and particles were two separate entities but after an experiment (the double-slit experiment) found that light behaves as both at the same time. This concept shook science from the very foundation upon...
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...Jesse Dove CCJS 100 Research Paper Case Study 1 – Murder 13December2013 Case Study One, Murder It’s sad to think about but each and every day someone in this country gets murdered. Violence seems to flood our streets and pollute our society. It doesn’t matt why either, it could be over drugs, money, or disputes. This is something I find unacceptable but see no end in sight to. As we will see in the case study I will present on one particular murder I will explain my views of the case and what I believe to be the proper punishment. I chose the murder of a man and a women named Rodney Hill and Lucy Wolf. From what little details I have it seems that the incident occurred due to a jealous husband acting on his anger with the use of deadly force. It documented how a restraining order was already placed on Ms. Lane’s former husband due to previous problems with physical and mental abuse. In my opinion I believe this might have been what triggered James T. Lane, a bartender and her former husband to lash out in rage. Both Ms. Lane and her new intimate relationship partner Mr. Hill were found dead due to multiple stabbings after her neighbor called police when he heard loud commotion and yelling that ended in screaming. Once police arrived on scene they found both Ms. Lane and Mr. Hill dead at her residence, the death appeared to be caused due to multiple stab wounds on both individuals. Mr. Wolf also reported to police a description of a vehicle that matched Mr. Lanes automobile...
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...A High-Profile Centervale Murder Case Takes Center Stage Five years ago, in the city of Centervale there was a brutal murder that rocked the little town. A young woman by the name of Cindy Jones was found strangled to death inside her car outside of her local grocery store. For five years, the Centervale Police Department also known as the CPD worked tirelessly to solve the case. Finally, they got a break in the case and arrested a man by the name of Jason Rivers. Rivers DNA was discovered on one of the purse straps from Jones’ purse. Jones was from a very honorable family. Rivers on the other hand was mentally challenged, and had a very extensive criminal record. River’s lived in a home with his father not far from the grocery store where the murder took place. At the beginning Rivers was placed in a mental hospital and was determined to be unable to stand trial do to mental illness. Not long after the mental hospital doctor sent work to the court that Rivers was now competent enough to stand trial. The trail was a jury trial. During the selection of the jurors the potential jurors were asked questions regarding how they felt about law-enforcement shows such as CSI and Law and Order. Research has been done on an effect known commonly as the CSI effect. The CSI effect was created...
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...Twenty years sometime later, the genuine decision on the O.J. Simpson kill trial is at long last in.With a significantly more different populace and surveys demonstrating blacks and whites announcing better race relations, the outcomes are overpowering: O.J. Simpson is blameworthy of murder. It wasn't generally along these lines. In 1995, 60 percent of dark individuals said Simpson was guiltless of charges that he slaughtered his ex, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ronald Goldman, on June 12, 1994. Dark individuals were so irate with bigot cops at that point, they would not like to see anybody put on trial aside from the police. Be that as it may, today, a recently discharged CNN/ORC International survey finds a dominant part of dark...
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...Name of Case: Enrique Camarena Murder Case Victim: Enrique Camarena Suspects: Matta Ballesteros How Hair Impacted the Case: Hair fibers from Matta Ballesteros were found by the scene of the crime in Camarena’s house. Forensic investigators were able to match Ballesteros’ hair to the hair at the crime scene, this wasn’t enough to convict him but did help tremendously in the case against him Name of Case: Murder of Rubidoux Bartender Victim: James Anagnos Suspects: Frank Wright How Hair Impacted the Case: Hair was found clenched in Anagnos’ hand after he was found dead. This was was traced back to Wright, who had died for related alcohol abuse. Later it was found to be a for sure match. Name of Case:Abduction and Murder of Sofia Silva and Kati...
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...The JonBenét murder case occurred December 26, 1996. A complex combination of errors from the first day slowed development in the progress of the case. In addition the parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, originally refused to be interviewed by authorities. It wasn’t until January of 1997 that an interview took place, and that was on CNN. Further formal interviews occurred in April of 1997 and again in June of 1998. In 1999 and 2003 District Attorney Alex Hunter and Judge Julie Carnes of Atlanta, took action that would remove the Ramsey’s from further suspicion due to lack of viable evidence. When a final suspect surfaced DNA tests dismissed him from being a suspect as well. February, 2009, Boulder Police Chief Beckner and DA Garnett took...
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...On Christmas Eve in 2002, Laci Peterson was reported missing in Modesto, California. Mrs. Peterson was seven and a half months pregnant at the time of her disappearance. The investigation went on for two years and the capital murder case lasted 6 months. Ultimately, her husband Scott Peterson was sentenced to death for the murder of Laci and their unborn son Connor. Evidence and motive are two important factors in an investigation. Motive is the reason the criminal commits the crime. Evidence supports whether or not the alleged is found guilty or innocent. Scott Peterson was having an affair with the 27-year-old, Amber Frey. The affair was never thought of to be the motive of the murder, but was used to show Peterson’s bad character. Many...
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...A Case of Murder by Vernon Scannell Fear is an ancient emotion that has existed as long as life has inhabited the earth, from the smallest critter to the mightiest of predators, even us humans supposedly the most advanced beings that has ever seen the light of dawn can’t deny this feeling, it is a stressful feeling that can strip you of your sense of reason and common sense In this poem we are introduced to another feeling, one that most people would arguably agree only is a human feeling, guilt, the feeling that specifically makes you feel awful about a former action, one that might have had another possible outcome. Vernon Scannell deals with these feelings in his poem: A Case of Murder, in which we follow a young child at the age of 9 that is left home alone. His only company down in the basement is the family cat, a gold eyed black cat. The cat continuously irritates him by the buzzing sound that cats make when purring, he has always hated that sound. So he goes on to hit the cat with a stick, the cat hides away and hisses at him, the child joys in the cats pain, and decides to poke it. As a result that cat runs for the door in order escape this sadistic kid, unfortunately the child literally cuts off the cats escape by smashing the door into the feline, killing it. Frighten by his own excessive use of force against this cat makes him realize what just happened, he decides to hide the lifeless furry body within a cupboard. As time goes by he is beginning to hear strange...
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...Melissa Wilson Professor Donovan SOC 104 14 November 2014 Tale of Two Fergusons The tragic shooting of Michael Brown occurred on August 9th, 2014, in a St. Louis suburb, Ferguson. Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white police officer, shot down an 18-year-old African American boy. Brown and his friend were walking down the street when Wilson drove up and ordered them to move onto the sidewalk. Brown was leaning through the window of the patrol car, and Darren Wilsons gun went off inside the car. As Brown ran away, the officer got out of his car. Wilson shot at Brown six times, killing him, and igniting more than a week of protest and outrage on all media outlets. The police say that Michael Brown was shot during a fight for...
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...A detective still grieving over the murder of her husband investigates two homicides that might be connected. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: DETECTIVE ALMA MARIE SAVOIE (45) is a new detective with the Atlanta Police Department. She still grieves over the death of her husband, who was murdered in New Orleans. She has repeated dreams of finding his body. She was a suspect, but the evidence didn’t connect her to his killing. The two killers of her husband have never been found. Working under CHIEF CARMICHAEL (60), Savoie is assigned to investigate the murder of Lyndon Johnson, a car washer. He’s a big man, but was beaten to death with no signs of defensive wounds. Jewelry and thousands of dollars are found in Lyndon’s apartment. A witness claims they saw a jogger the morning of his death. Savoie tracks the down the witness, CINDY JOHNSON, who doesn’t know anything about the murder. Her boyfriend, JASON, an attorney, kicks Savoie out of their home. He later files a complaint against Savoie. Her investigation takes her to a gym where she sees Cindy again. Cindy’s very skilled in self-defense....
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...Although I was a big deal in the family. There were other events going on in the United States. Chrysler was found liable for $262.5 million, for the death of a six year old child, when a rear door latch was found to be faulty. The child was thrown from the vehicle out of the rear door (“Chrysler Liable for $262.5 million.”). While this controversial case was happening in Charleston, South Carolina, voters in Barrow, Alaska were hoping to repeal an alcohol ban that lasted for 18 months. While the United States was buzzing with events going on, the rest of the world was as well. On October 30th of 1997, in London, Louise Woodward was found guilty of the murder of baby Matthew Eappen. Eariler that summer, she was babysitting Eappen and shook...
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...The body of missing Wisconsin student, Beau Solomon, 19, was found in Rome, Italy and the police are investigating his death as a murder. Solomon's body was discovered in Rome's Tiber River and crews pulled him from the water early on Monday morning. Two Italian witnesses said that they had seen a man throwing a person into the Tiber River either on Thursday night or early Friday morning near the Garibaldi Bridge, according to Fox News. Solomon had an injury to his head and his shirt was bloody. According to local news agency ANSA, the preliminary results of an autopsy indicated that the Wisconsin native had injuries consistent with a fall and spent days in the water. Solomon was going to attend school at the American college, John Cabot University, located in Rome. On Thursday, June 30, Solomon had gone out to a pub with friends to have a good time, just hours after he arrived in Rome. His roommate notified officials at the school that around 1 a.m. on Thursday night he had lost contact with Beau. Additionally, university officials said that Solomon had not shown up at orientation when he was supposed to on Friday morning, according to The Washington Post....
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...Case Study: The Simon Gittany Murder Case Word count: 1543 Type of Homicide Simon Gittany was charged with the murder of Lisa Cecilia Harnum on 30 July 2011, was later found guilty on 27 November 2013 and sentenced to 18 years imprisoned without parole. At the time of Lisa Harnum's death, she and Simon Gittany were living together and were engaged to be married. Their apartment was on the 15th floor of a block of apartments in Sydney. Miss Harnum fell to her death from the balcony of that apartment. Simon Gittany was found to have deliberately lifted Miss Harnum over the balustrade and "unloaded" her body over the edge where she then fell to her death. The type of homicide featured in this case was murder. The intention to kill was formed quickly in a state of rage. It was not proven to be premeditated, there was a witness who came forward late in the trail stating that Lisa Harnum had spoken with her about receiving threats of murder from Simon Gittany this evidence was not included in the trail. The judge said with regards to Simon Gittany’s intention to kill Lisa Harnum “On the basis of my inspection of the balcony during the course of the trial, and in particular its height from the ground below, I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the act of unloading the body from that height can only have been done with the intention of killing Ms Harnum”. (AustLII 2015) Main Characteristics of the Offender The offender Simon Gittany was 40 years old, he is one...
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...Jonbenet Ramsey Jonbenet Ramsey, a 6 year old american beauty queen was murdered and found in her own home in Boulder, Colorado on December 26, 1996. A ransom note was found, and her father John Ramsey found Jonbenet Ramsey’s body in the basement about eight hours after she was reported missing. She carried a broken skull from a blow to the head and had been strangled, a garrote was tied around her neck. The police feel that the death of Jonbenet Ramsey was caused accidentally by Patsy or Burke, Jonbenet’s brother. They believe the ransom note was used to cover it up. It was strange that John led police right into the basement where Jonbenet was found, he picked up the body from off the floor and moved it to another location. John’s decision to move the body caused suspension, he had moved the body before investigators got a chance to observe it. One thing that caught my attention was that out of all the places he could’ve set Jonbenet’s body why would he decide to put it on the floor? Patsy allowed people to come to their home while there was a crime scene going on, she wanted to use others as a distraction. Investigators found a suitcase, investigators thought that suitcase was used to put jonbenet’s body into but I thought it was used to help the intruder get out of the window. In the investigation there was a ransom note possibly written by patsy, and honestly I believe it. She knew the whole time what happened to Jonbenet but she wanted to protect her family because she...
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