Maria Everson Zaborsky Infamous Crime Cases An infamous case that was solved by forensic evidence was the Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy case. He was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile. He assaulted many women and girls killing between 30-40 people throughout seven different states, which Ted Bundy confessed to. He also cut the head of 12 victims off and kept the head in his house as a memory to always have, he would also kill women and later return to the crime scene to have intercourse with the body until it began to rot or was destructed by wild animals. In 1975 Ted was arrested in Utah but was released due to the little evidence, Two years later was convicted of kidnapping and escaped.
Criminal Liability of Dot for the Children Actus Reus of murder “Murder is when a man of sound memory, and of the age of discretion, unlawfully killeth in any county of the realm any reasonable creature in rerum natura under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either expressed by the party or implied by law, so as the party wounded, or hurt, etc. die of the wound or hurt, etc. within a year and a day after the same." Dot was the reason for the children’s death as it was under her care that the children ate the poisonous mushrooms. However, this fault does not necessarily mean she is actually criminally culpable of murder.
New York: A.A. Knopf :, 1998.] The Nanking Massacre, also called the rape of Nanking, is considered to be one of the most tragic and brutal event that has ever happened in the human history which took away thousands of lives. The encounter of two different groups of people could lead to a war, an alliance, or a mutual beneficial relationship; a brutal massacre happened in the case of the encounter between the Chinese and Japanese. The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe is a collection of the author’s, John Rabe, diaries that he kept with him during the Nanking Massacre; the book gives readers a detail accounts of John Rabe’s experience and the realistic description of the incident. John Rabe was an international businessman who spent almost thirty years of his life in China; throughout the thirty years he spent in China, though he did not learn any Chinese, he learned their lifestyle, their culture and traditions, and he also learned to think like a local Chinese[ Foreword, xiii].This dairy of John Rabe’s lets readers have a deeper understanding of how the Chinese, especially those in Nanking during the massacre, felt when they were under Japanese’s ferocious attack.
Facts about Serial Killers -A serial is someone who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than month. -According to the FBI, more than 70% of serial killers experienced problems related to substance abuse. -Most serial killers suffered child abuse. Neglect and child abuse not only impairs a child’s self esteem , they also interfere with his or her ability to function in society. -Former FBI Special Agent Robert K. Ressler (1937–2013) is the man credited with coining the term “serial killer” in 1971 -Almost all serial killers admit that they started by acting out their fantasies on small animals before they moved to humans and that animal torture brought them a great source of pleasure.
Reflection Paper 2: Gun Control As a country we have witnessed a great amount of tragedy. Sandy Hook, Columbine, and Virginia Tech all have one thing in common: young, innocent students killed by gunshot wounds. Some would say “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” while others disagree. There are two large interest groups that have drastically different views on the growing issue of control. Those two groups are the Brady Campaign and the NRA.
Module 1 On 2nd June 2010 Derek Bird rampaged through the Cumbrian town of Egremont and the surrounding countryside. He killed 12 people and wounded many others (between 11-25 according to different newspaper reports). Using the internet and newspaper reports gather as much information as you can about this incident then using your learning from study of the preceding module answer the following questions. What type of murder did Bird commit? (mass murder, spree murder, serial murder).
The Columbine High School massacre is recognized as the fourth deadliest school massacre in the United States history, 13 people were killed (12 students and 1 teacher) and 24 students were injured at the hands of two senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. After embarking in the massacre, both students had committed suicide. This gruesome massacre provoked discussion on a number of issues including the nature of high sc hool cliques, bullying, as well as the role of violent movies, video games and music. Eric Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas on April 9, 1981. Growing up Eric's family often relocated, because Eric's father was a U.S. Air Force transport pilot, while his mother was a homemaker.
Srebrenica genocide The Srebrenica massacre that happened during July 1995 killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims mainly boys and men during the Bosnian war. The mass murder was filled out by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) who were commanded by General Ratko Mladić. The Serbian group called the Scorpions also took part and so did Greek and Russian volunteers. The UN deemed it the worst killing since the Second World War. The UN stated that Srebrenica was a ‘safe place’ as it was under UN protection however the 400 Dutch peacekeepers did not do anything to prevent the capture and massacre of Srebrenica.
stretching from the leaders of countries all the way down to local security guards. The most common of type of abusive power holders is the police. Cases of police brutality can be traced back to centuries ago. A very well known case would be the beating of Rodney King in witch the 31 year old African-American was killed, due to unnecessary acts of several police officers. Police violence is an unnecessary act carried out all over the world.
History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing” Allowing people throughout the country to own a weapon will cause utter and complete chaos. Firearm casualties are one of the most leading causes of death in the United States number seven to be exact (10k deaths), right on top of it is drug abuse (25k), suicide (29k), motor vehicle accidents (42k), alcohol abuse (107k), medical malpractice (195k), and the number one leading cause of death, tobacco (529k). Murders, and accidents from fire arms account for an astonishingly 1% of deaths in this country per year; that one percent annually, will one hundred percent be