The police coerced Timothy Evans into a false confession by threatening him. After Evan’s execution the police found out that Evans was telling the truth and in fact John Christie was a serial killer who killed many women in his home. Evans received a posthumous pardon 16 years after his
Felisha Khooblall Criminology – Reaction Paper “Tracy Thurman Case” The Tracy Thurman Case was in the 1980s. Between November of 1982 and June 1983, Tracy Thurman was stalked and attacked by her estranged husband Charles Thurman. She was brutally attacked by Charles, stabbing her multiple times, kicking her and stomping on her skull. Due to the amount of damage done to her, she was turned into a quadriplegic. During the attack, the police allowed her husband to wander around for 25 minutes and watched as he continued to attack her.
“It was his plan to die,” says Kinkel’s sister, “He was going to wait for the police to shoot him on scene” (Mobley, 2004). Kinkel waived the insanity plea and was convicted of four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder; he was sentenced to 111 years and eight months in incarceration. The police searched his house and discovered a collection of weapons and books about making bombs. Kip was found to be fascinated
Aileen Wournos: Woman Serial Killer Leilani Daniels AP Psychology Background: Born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Wuornos' childhood was a troubled one. She and her brother were taken in by their grandmother when she was four years old after her father, who is claimed to be a schizophrenic and committed sex crimes with younger girls, hanged himself in prison. Their mother abandoned them in 1960. Her grandfather was an alcoholic and she had claimed he abused her.
The day after, Manson ordered another set murder, but this time he sent six Family members instead of four. They were sent to the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. They proceeded in killing the two even more brutally than they did to the others the night before. War was carved into Leno LaBiana’s abdomens and, in blood, the words “death to pigs,” “rise,” and “healter skelter” were written across the house walls. In the beginning of the investigations, the authorities had made no connection between the Hinman, Tate, and LaBianca murders.
Her anger exploded the day she murdered her husband. This case shows how the legal system sent an innocent victim of domestic violence to prison for killing her husband after enduring the pain for over 13 years. There is an obvious gender bias within the legal system wich decreases its effectiveness when dealing with issues related to women. Gender bias suggests that the law has been cerated by males and excludes women
The rampage that ensued on this day started mainly after William received the news of his mother passing. Convicted of first degree manslaughter in 1981 after murdering his grandmother he had been recently released on
The story of Ronald Gene Simmons. On the 22nd of December, 1987 the worst mass murder in Arkansas history took place. A man by the name of Ronald Gene Simmons went on a killing spree. He started off by killing his wife, kids, and his three year old granddaughter, but it didn’t stop there. He killed his family and quite a few harmless townspeople because he went insane, because why else would you kill harmless people?
Charlie Manson made people believe murdering was right. Manson led what became to be known as “the Family” whom he manipulated into brutality killing others on his behalf. To the world Manson had become an icon of evil. Many times after a murder, Charles Manson and “the family” would write blood on the walls and killed his victims in a brutal way. In a trial Susan Atkins (a member of “the family”) responded to the judge by saying, "Better lock your doors and watch your own kids"(4).
But then everyone sees the woman's husband. They find he has committed suicide because he couldn't take his wife's screaming. Dr. Adams tells Uncle George to take Nick out of the hut. The doc feels bad that he brought his young son and his son had to see the bloody pregnancy and the guy's suicide. On the way back, Nick is curious and asks a lot of questions about the childbirth and the suicide.