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
It is said she died shortly after a violent argument with Robert Kennedy, attorney general of America. It has been speculated as to what happened with Monroe’s death through a top secret CIA document that was released. This document was dated the 3rd of August 1962, which was the day before Marilyn’s death; it established that Monroe's place of residence was placed under electronic surveillance by the Central Intelligence Agency. She was anxious about her "trysts with the President and Attorney General", The private CIA document states how Monroe had a "diary of secrets", a book in which she kept her secret discussions with both Robert and John Kennedy, and that she was sharing private knowledge to government secrets in which were closely guarded. The official story was that Bobby (Robert F. Kennedy) was in northern California the
LOCAL RESIDENT WINS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT In November 2008, a local resident, Mrs. Louise Mallard, was awarded $11.5 million in damages in the retrial of a libel case she brought against a local television station after a news report identified her husband as the victim of a mob beating at a local Reading Railroad Terminal. In May 2002, WCCS-TV, a Selma television station owned at the time by MultiMedia Communications, falsely reported that railroad employee Brently Mallard, husband of Louise Mallard, was the victim of an abduction and beating by organized crime figures. The actual victim was later identified in a broadcast by a rival television station. The misidentification arose when
He killed his family and quite a few harmless townspeople because he went insane, because why else would you kill harmless people? Ronald Gene Simmons was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 15th, 1940, to Loretta and William Simmons. Ronald’s father passed away on January 31st, 1943, just five months and a few days prior to his son's third birthday. His mother married not to long after to a man named William D. Griffen, who was a civil engineer for the U.S
The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story From Early America Written by John Demos Published by Vintage Books in April 1995, in New York Book report by Meg Murphy After reading this book I think the thesis is about finding out who you are through the experiences you have in your life. John Williams and his family were abducted in the beginning of the book by Indians. Two of his children were murdered before the journey happened right in front of John. Then during the journey his wife grew too weak and her Indian master “at one stroke” (Demos 29) killed her. The book talks about the Puritan's stereotype views of the Indians and how the only way to 'redeem' oneself if captured was by escape or by being freed.
Since they were all lies, he couldn’t remember what he said before. Joe also signed the confessions paper and was now convicted of Michelle Moore-Bosko murder as
Based on the testimony of James McParlan, he was convicted along with four others of the shooting death of Thomas Sanger and William Uren. Hung on June 21, 1877 in Pottsville. Buried in Pottsville, PA. [1] Since the dawning of the industrial revolution, producing the stratification of socioeconomic status into a competitive class hierarchy never before seen, conflict theorists have appeared to define the unjust. From William Blake’s poetry to Karl Marx’ manifestos, from Bethlehem steel strikes to the current Labor Party, from Fidel Castro to the Mexican Zapatista movement, from Lenin to Mao Tse Tung, from the Molly Maguires to Jimmy Hoffa, the desire to upgrade the conditions of the working class have had a continual role in justifying violence, providing an equilibrium to keep capital interests in check, motivated whole countries to gain newly instituted political leaders and formats of rule, even in offering some form of purpose for, identity with, and release of violent rage inside the tribal nature of humans in a world of disintegrating, or disintegrated, tribes. The question of the new millennium might very well be whether or not humans can live without enemies.
Celia was bought at the age of 14 and was first raped on the way back to Robert Newsom’s home. For the next five years, Celia was a slave and a victim, helpless and trapped. Newsom purchased Celia for the sole purpose of having a sexual partner; a replacement for Newsom’s wife, who passed away. McLaurin states that, “Newsom seems to have deliberately chosen to purchase a young slave girl to fulfill this role, a choice made the more convenient by the ability to present the girl as a domestic servant purchased for the benefit of his daughters.” (page 21) As Celia was forced to “play the role” of Newsom’s mistress for the next five years, Celia became sick and tired of this cruel treatment. Although the majority of slaves had no legal protection against rape, Celia took a stand to protect her own vulnerability.
The plan was part of a larger conspiracy intended to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting. Booth had two accomplices, Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt, who had plotted to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward and Vice President Andrew Johnson respectively. Booth’s plan was to simultaneously strike down the top 3 in command of the Union government in order to throw it into disarray. Booth succeeded in his part of the plan by shooting President Lincoln while he was watching Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died the next morning. Powell only managed to wound Secretary of State Seward and Vice President Johnson was
He sets up to have everybody accused of a murder meet at Indian Island for either a job or visiting old friends. When they arrived at Indian Island Justice Wargrave killed them one by one along with the “10 Little Indian Boys” poem. Vera Claythorne is a young lady who used to be a nanny for her boyfriend Hugo’s nephew, Cyril Hamilton. Vera was in love with Hugo and she was middle class. She also used to be a teacher.