The trial of the case : “Gay panic” defence Aaron McKinney alleged that Shepard had made a pass at him was sufficient grounds to justify joining with friend Russell Henderson in savagely beating Shepard, clubbing him with a handgun, lashing him to a wooden fence and leaving him to die. McKinney’s attorney wanted the jury to accept that because McKinney has a homosexual encounter when he was younger and that he was under the influence of both drugs and alcohol when he alleges Shepard made a pass at him, that he was therefore not responsible for
Scott Hain Case Study Scott Hain was a 17 years old at the time he and his friend carjacked, robbed, stuffed the victims in the trunk and set fire to the vehicle subsequently killing both Michael Houghton and Laura Sanders in what started out as a carjacking on October 6, 1987. The issues of the case were the death penalty and if it was just for a juvenile to receive that sentence. The case was contrary to the “normal” standards of justice because society tends to view minors as unable to commit such crimes that would end up in an execution. Hain had a history of theft, trespassing, theft, etc during his juvenile years. The case had brought much attention to the issue of executing juvenile offenders and caused the Supreme Court to address raising the age for such punishment to 18.
O’Banion was born into an Irish Catholic family as Charles Dean O’Banion on July 8, 1891 in Maroa, Illinois. When O’Banion’s mother died, he, his father, and one of his brothers moved to Chicago where they settled in Kilgubbin, a very Irish area on the North Side that was known citywide for its crime. He served as an altar boy and sang in his church’s choir but music nor religion held O'Banion's interest. Instead the street life of Kilgubbin caught his eye. He and his friends joined the market gang, where they specialized in theft and robbery for the black market.
Mayella became embarrassed and humiliated when Tom spurned her. So when her father saw her trying to kiss a black man, he becomes outraged and beats Mayella while Tom flees for safety. In their anger, Mayella and her father then both accuse Tom of beating and raping Mayella. They lied to protect each other for breaking a racial taboo of the times. Her father called and lied to the police in reporting a black man had raped a white woman, causing fear and anger within the
PLOT This movie, Murder in the First, is starred by the character of a 17 year old Henri Young who was sent to Alcatraz. Alcatraz is a prison located in the center of San Francisco Bay. Henri Young was sent to Alcatraz from stealing 5 dollars from a local convenience store which was also a post office in order to provide his younger orphaned sister food. Alcatraz was a prison for very threatening criminals such as Al Capone and George Kelly. Henri Young, who was sent to Alcatraz for a small crime, tried to escape from the “inescapable” prison along with some other criminals.
Soon after dropping this album there was a big feud with the East-coast and West-coast rap style. There was a lot of verbal fighting against Tupac and Biggie, another New York rapper. He went to jail once again and served eight months because of parole arrangement. His record company had paid a bond of 1.4 million by the CEO of Death Row Labels Marion "Suge" Knight. On September 7, 1996 as Tupac was leaving the MGM casino with Knight, another car pulled up and shot Shakur.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, in a court trial. The town of Maycomb turns against him due to this. Atticus, furious about the reaction from his town, explains, “…why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand” (Lee 88). Atticus does not have any racial biases, and he does not agree with the views of the majority of the people of Maycomb. Atticus, describing his beliefs to Jem, “…The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be
The Montgomery Advertiser is also trying to mock how Atticus is toiling away to represent a defendant, Tom Robinson, who has little to no hope in being freed from the accusations of rape made on him. This is not only an extremely rude gesture, but it is also a sign of prejudice, because they are basing their inferences of the future of the case simply on the fact that Tom Robinson is a Negro, and Negroes are always “the bad guys.” Another case where unjustness is shown is when Lula is spiteful towards Calpurnia for bringing Scout and Jem along to the Negro church. Lula says, “‘I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to nigger church’” (Lee 119). Prejudice does not occur only when a white person looks down upon a black person; it happens vice versa as well. Black people may not be allowed to attend the same churches as white people, but that does not mean white people prohibited from black people’s churches simply cancels out the act of prejudice.
Reference Vigilante Justice; Scott Johnson; Dec. 20, 2004 An eleven year old girl is raped and the wrong man is attacked by a group of men, severely beaten he is sent to the hospital. The police had put a $10,000 reward for information to catch this criminal; because of mistaken identity an innocent man was beaten. The mob decided to be judge and jury. Amanda Cunningham of Knoxville, Tennessee was raped by her uncle when she was just nine years old, and again a couple months later. For five years this girl held this secret because of the uncle threatening her family.
But since she is white it is taboo for them to desire her in any way. Some white men felt the need to “protect” their white women but many also used this as an excuse to harass black men. Such as the “Scottsboro Nine”, who were arrested and convicted to hang, in the 1930s, on charges of rape based of the word alone of two white women. Luckily the news of this injustice spread and the men were eventually freed. But many southern black men were not so lucky.