Andrea Yates, the Houston mom who in 2001 drowned her five young children one-by-one in the bathtub (Moisse, 2013). Andrea Yates was a mother of Mary, 6 months, Luke, 2, Paul, 3, John, 5, and Noah, 7. Andrea Yates defense claim had been that God told her to drown all her children. During her first trial she was found guilty on 3 counts of murder however, it was overturned due to erroneous testimony during an appeal. Following that Andrea Yates submitted a plea of guilty for reason of insanity.
The legal issue regarding this case is that Gevin Prince, now accused of murder, should and could have received more medical care for his behavioral problems. Gevin had been previous diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome which is similar to autism and had been known to have acted out in the past. The sheriff department was familiar with the home on Spring Ridge Drive responding to repeated calls in the past. But, because the state and the system failed to get Gevin the proper care for his abnormal behavioral problems he commits a murder. Now this leads me to my next concern the ethical issue.
Instead, he drove the children to the highest point on the West Gate Bridge, led Darcey over to the parapet of the bridge, lifted her up and threw her over the edge of the bridge to her death in the water more than 50 metres below, (Austlii, 2011, 15th April, 2012). On April 11th of 2011, Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan sentenced Arthur Phillip Freeman to life in jail with a non-parole period of 32 years for the murder of his daughter, (Matt Schulz, Nathan Mawby, 2001, 15th April, 2012). THE CRIME The crime was conducted in the state of Victoria, and falls under the Crime Act 1900, under Section 18, where it states, “Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person”, (Austlii, 15th April, 2012). In regards to Freeman, his actions caused the death of his daughter. Most crimes have two components: mens rea (or intent) and actus reus (action).
Although she tried every kind of treatment available to her, everything was ineffective and she ended up in a hospice center where was was able to avoid a drawn out painful demise. Duffy’s final example is from another writer’s story, where he uses excellent quotes and citations. He brings up a situation in which a nurse, who shares the same point of view as Duffy, hesitates to act when the patient is dying. For granting his dying wish, she is charged with murder. In conclusion, he states his opinion: American society should follow the lead of other countries and reevaluate the right of the terminally ill to die (76).
He went to trial and was found guilty of her murder, sentenced to life in prison at hard labor. However, there is evidence that Alvin Heaton was not actually guilty of the murder of Alvin Stevens, and although he confessed to the murder, Alvin Heaton was unfairly tried and convicted. In this paper we will analyze the sheriff’s investigative tactics, the evidence for and against Alvin Heaton presented at trial, the bias of the jury and the early release Alvin Heaton was able to procure from prison. When Sheriff James A. Brown, sheriff of Kane County, Utah in 1908, began the investigation of the murder of Mary Stevens he did so after the body of the deceased young woman had been tracked and found by her brother.
Causation was applied when the teenagers physically abused the elderly and the patient’s family was able to prove that it was in fact physical abuse at the time the elder attended the Good Samaritan Home and no other explanation would suffice. The fourth and final component of negligence that applied to this case was Damages. “Damages are the actual injuries caused by the defendant (nurses) for which compensation is due” (Caldwell, Connor, 2012, p. 135). The nurses were found guilty of physical and verbal abuse and some of the nurses were sentenced to jail time and perhaps restitution to the
Commonwealth v. Lorena Bobbitt In the case Commonwealth v. Lorena Bobbitt, Lorena on June 23, 1993 took a twelve inch knife and severed the penis of her husband John Bobbitt. She left their apartment and took the partial penis and threw it into a field nearby their home. She turned herself in and told police where they could find the remains of her husband’s penis, where it was then retrieved and surgically reattached. She stated that John Bobbitt had come
After the rise of penitentiaries around 1800, the idea of shaming wrongdoers was replaced by more impersonal forms of punishment such as incarceration (Vedantam, 2006). Shaming was a powerful tool in years gone by and it can be once again if used in the right way. For example, if a criminal is acquitted from his charges then turns around after the trial and all has died down writes a book on the way he or she may committed the crime if they had done it. This was done by O.J. Simpson after he had been acquitted of all charges in the deaths of his ex wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.
While physical injuries heal with medication and thought time, the emotional injuries could last forever. Victims of rape, the people who have lost their loved ones in a car accident or murder will remember that tragic event for the rest of their lives, no matter the therapy or monetary compensation they could receive. In a research by Dean G. Kilpatrick, he stated that after a violent crime the victim developed a mental health problem such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during their lifetime. Also, major depression is a big problem affecting those victims what jeopardize their daily activities and life perspective (Kilpatrick). However, the least mentioned victim is the police officer.
Casey Anthony Trial and the Social Contract Theory CRJ 141 Professor D' Arcy Section 2 Known as the “social media trial of the century” by Time Magazine, the trial of Casey Anthony stirred many opinions during the nearly two months of proceedings (Cloud, 2011). Anthony is alleged to have killed her two year old daughter Caylee in Orlando, Florida. Anthony was first investigated by police after her mother contacted 911 and reported she had not seen her grand-daughter in a month. Casey was eventually acquitted of the homicide, but was found guilty on four counts of lying to police. She was credited with time served and was released shortly after her sentencing hearing.