Dr. Jones, a court-appointed psychiatrist, asks the two to write their life histories. Smith's is rambling and detailed, revealing more about his dreadful childhood; Hickock's is succinct and generic. Extensive, detailed psychiatric profiles of both killers, written by Dr. Jones, appear in full text. The two killers are not able to utilize the insanity plea to their benefit, because Kansas applies the M'Naughten Rule in its death penalty cases, which states that if the accused could distinguish right from wrong at the time of the crime, that person is legally sane. The two are ultimately found guilty at trial and given the death
Andre shares that the hardest thing about being in prison is being away from his wife and children. He talks about times when he has been so alone that he has cried him self to sleep at night. Andre also talks about the lasting effects that his incarceration has taken upon his children. His daughter suffered from severe anxiety and eventually ended up pregnant at the age of thirteen, and his son, a former honor roll student, now makes Cs and Ds. Despite the hardship Andre has faced in prison, he puts his faith in God and admits that he thanks God for what he has
The reality of evil however is relative, based on prejudice and point of view. At the conclusion of both films the main characters are painted, very questionably so, with an air of heroism. How is Travis really a hero for going on a psychotic killing spree? Should society be pleased to have him survive and rejoin life in their still troubled city? Ethan's treatment, on the other hand, seems a bit more just.
Offenders can be a combination of any of these three classifications. However, there is an issue with blanket statements because each hate is an individual case, as every individual has had a different life and different incentives. Ironically enough, the most severe Offenders of “hate crime” are victims themselves. Sullivan comes to the conclusion that hate crime is an unnecessary classification under “crime’ and shouldn’t carry a different sentence than crime itself. He ends with a general statement that hate can only be overcome by the success of the victims, and their being unaffected by “ignoring the bigot’s
He is baffled by Mr. Chiu’s remarks, “If only I could kill all the bastards,” and thinks to himself how “ugly” his professor looks. (Jin 185) This is a clear sign that all the morals and principals are now gone in the character. Having refused on principle to sign a false confession, he has been consumed by sickness and negativity that he has no qualms about what he just did, but is still aware of what is going to happen. This is his way of punishing the province and the police that falsely accused him of sabotage, but ironically ended up creating a bigger demon that anyone could have
His sense of justice was stronger than his fear for himself, so he sat with Tom, prepared to defend him from whoever would punish him for a crime he didnt commit.Another example of courage was when Boo Radley rescued Jem and Scout. He was stuck inside the house for years, but when he saw his children being attacked he left his house and did what he needed to do to save them. Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird shows how
Andy is sentenced to two life sentences to be served one after the other at Shawshank state prison, a fictional penitentiary in Maine. Once Andy arrives a the prison he meets, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding, a convict who gets” things’ from the outside for a price and considers himself the “only’ guilty man at Shawshank. At first impression Red thinks Andy is soft and won’t last long inside the prison wall, however as time goes on his theory is proven wrong and two become close friends. When Andy first enter Shawshank, all the older inmates put out bets on which new prisoner is going to cry about not belonging there. Red of course bets on Andy but to his dismay, it was another newbie whose time was short lived.
He is a forceful, intolerant bully who sees the case as simple and believes the accused is absolutely guilty. He is quick to lose his temper. His desire to convict and punish the defendant is directly related to his feelings of anger and betrayal
The judges made it seem obvious that the narrator’s life was coming to an end. The fear that the judges put into the narrator is used to help him realize the fate that awaited him. The judges are the most villainous from the chosen stories because of their evil conception of torturing and killing the narrator. The short-stories villains are arranged from least villainous to most villainous. Okeke would be the least villainous because his actions were not as extreme as the other two villains.
Vengeance Roger Chillingworth is an evil man that feeds on the sin of others. When Chillingworth is first introduced in the story, he seems like a respectable, knowledgeable man. However, as the story progresses Chillingworth becomes filled with an overpowering feeling of vengeance towards Reverend Dimmesdale. These feelings consume his inner being. His vengeance actually becomes a crazed obsession that will never cease.