In In the Matter of C.M., C.M. and his friends were walking through a public housing project when they came across some rival gang member "tagging" the walls. C.M. and one of the other gang member (Garcia) had been involved in an incident a couple of weeks prior. When C.M. asked Garcia why they were tagging the walls, Garcia attacked C.M. C.M. pulled out a gun and shot and killed Garcia. A court-ordered psychological and diagnostic study determined that C.M. knew what he had done and what the
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On 11/27/15, Deputy Oberle responded to 6 Sellette Ct. in reference to a breaking or entering report. Deputy Oberle made contact with the victim, Sarah Odle, who stated her purse along with several items inside had been stolen from the inside of her car overnight. Odle stated among those items stolen was a Regions debit card (ending in 0065). Odle stated that Regions bank showed four separate transactions fraudulently charged. The transactions are as follow: $10.85 at Underground Journey in McCain
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The community of Marin County remained shaken up for the rest of 1979 by the murder of Edda Kane. The peaceful woods were no longer a place of refuge. But just as people began to once again hike without paranoia along the gorgeous trails in the area, the killer stuck again. In early March of 1980, the body of 23 year-old Barbara Schwartz was found in the same park that Edda Kane had been killed in less than a year before. The young woman had left to go hiking on March 8th, taking her dog with her
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Imagine you have a handicap that would minimize your intelligence or the way you speak. Have you ever thought about what your handicap would be? In the book “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut everyone has handicaps to make them all equal. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and 2081 are similar because Harrison gets arrested and taken away in both. However they are different because in the book Harrison gets taken away because he is “too perfect,” and in the movie he gets taken away because he
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Any citizen can turn on the news throughout the day and become informed about a murder or robbery that just recently happened by a solo individual, but yet do not hear about how a corporation is slowly killing off a group of people. The media seeks information based on the saying “if it don’t bleed, then it isn’t a lead” and corporate America crimes don’t bleed because the corporations are slowly and silently killing people. It is much easier to charge and convict an individual compared to a corporation
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During a courtroom ruling while convincing a man for raping a young lady, Judge Lindsey Kushner QC said "Well, if you drank you are more likely to get raped, we are not likely to believe you and you have been disinhibited so you've rather brought it on yourself then that guilt is just going to get worse” (Lister). This is an example of rape culture. Rape culture is a society or environment whose prevailing social attitudes have the effect of normalizing or trivializing sexual assault and abuse. Promoters
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Did I deserve to get raped? Enclosed in a dark bathroom silenced by pride to admit what has happened to me. The corrupt behaviour of men who follow drunk women to the bathroom because they see a sexual opportunity. Was it sloth-like to have been drinking that evening and not stick with my friends; yet all these human behaviours come from our human nature trying to reason with our unfavourable circumstance. Similar circumstances lead to corresponding reactions within individuals due to our human
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On February 28, 2018, at approximately 0825 hours, Investigator Mems conducted a recorded interview with, Joshua Hodgkiss, at Pulaski County Criminal Investigations Division. Mr. Hodgkiss was read his Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Advice and Understanding of Rights Form. Mr. Hodgkiss acknowledged he understood his rights by indicating yes next to each and initialing. Mr. Hodgkiss then waived his rights and agreed to make a statement in reference to a Burglary of Residence and Theft, which occurred
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1. According to the Yakhyaeva, there is no widely recognized definition of a type of crime; however, the most accepted notion of the word crime is that it involves violating the law (2016). Categorically, traditional street crime is the most popular type of crime in the area of Lee County, Florida (Florida Department of Health, 2012). As stated by the Florida Department of Health (2012), larceny is a form of street crime that is a popular crime for the area of Lee County with a rate of 1,883.4 per
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Nowadays, forensic phenotyping, aiming to infer the unknown sample donor’s appearance from DNA, is expected to reduce the number of potential suspects (4, 5). To date, the most well studied externally visible characteristic (EVC) markers are the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers associated with pigmentation, e. g., the variations in the coloration of the iris, hair, and skin (6–8). However, such pigmentation markers may not be useful in certain populations such as Asians and Africans with
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