Names like Billy the Kid and Jesse James were legendary in their own time. Billy was born Henry McCarty on November 23, 1859. He was a "cherubic juvenile desperado, who boasted that he had killed twenty-one men, not counting Indians and Mexicans" (Current 505). William H. Bonney, Henry McCarty, William Henry McCarty, and Henry Antrim were all names he used (O'Connor, 1960: 22-23). Known as the second most famous "bad guy" in the folklore of American outlaws (Surge 12-14), he fit in with the men around him who defied the law.
Melvin J. Roman Crim-112 Sheriff Magarian Midterm 10/30/2014 Ethical Dilemma Issue. We have DDA Jones that has a personal relationship with a convicted felon, Ice Man that is on probation. There is a conflict of interest in the situation. The DDA wants a music recording contract for his daughter. Ice Man owns a recording company and has many gang members that work for him.
John Montaniz 3-25-12 Robert William Fisher was born on April thirteenth nineteen sixty-one. He is currently listed as a fugitive on the top ten most wanted list in the United States. For three accounts of first degree murder, unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and arson to an occupied structure. That structure was his own house in Scottsdale Arizona. People have said that if not for his temper and controlling ways their lives would have been good.
Due to the death of three of Earl Little's brothers being killed by white men and constant threats from the KKK, Little relocated his family in 1926 to Wisconsin and Michigan. In 1929 their house in Lansing, Michigan was burned down and in '31 Earl Little was “accidentally” struck by a car and killed (Timeline). Although Malcolm Little was one of the best students in his junior high class his eighth grade teacher told him that his dream of being a lawyer were “ no realistic goal for a nigger.” Of course he would laugh about this later in his career (X). After living with a series of white foster he eventually moved in with his older half-sister Ella Collins in Boston. In 1943 he moved to Harlem and
Gabriel Farley Dattoli English 2 honors 14 October 2013 Commitment Kills The name of the book is "The Great Gatsby" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. When reading its realized that, Jay Gatsby a young man, around thirty years old, who rose from an poor childhood in rural North Dakota to become wealthy, however, he aheieved this goal by participating in organized crime, including distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities, Nick Carraway a young man from Minnesota, who travels to New York in 1922 to learn the bond business, and Daisy Buchanan a beautiful young woman from Louisville, Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love, are all viewed as main characters. Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are ready to display thier wealth.
Billy The Kid The number one outlaw in the American Old West by popular demand Legend say he killed twenty one men before his twenty first birthday but according to Time Life Book The Wild West when it comes to the gun fighting legends the truth is much less sensational and romantic than fiction I personal think that mot of these events was blown out of purportion The twenty One men that was suppose to have been killed by The Kid cannot be confirmed Legend say it was only four that fell to the thunder of The Kids gun It was only natural that the people and journalist would hype up or add on
Darry works two jobs and is very strict with Ponyboy. Ponyboy’s other brother, Sodapop, dropped out of school and works part-time at the gas station. Johnny has abusive parents and considers the greasers his family. Dally is the most dangerous greaser and
Brett Favre a well respected man in the NFL commits the crime of harassment to a 29 year old news caster that shocked the football world. The man that has been married for 14 years and had recently just became a grandfather sent racy and sexy text messages to television personality and model Jennifer Sterger. But according to recent stories and investigations it was not his first time with the sexting scandal. From the outside the all-star quarter back seemed to have it all, the family, the career, the success, and the fame until you take one step closer and view what happens behind closed doors. The same goes for the story of Macbeth, a well trusted man of the king plots a way to kill him to in return for the throne.
Little is known about Black Hawks childhood except that he was born a great grandfather of a principal chief of the Sauk (nanamaka aka “Thunder”). Black Hawk showed great promise as a teenager, and as a military leader which would eventually lead to him being considered the only great Indian leader to come out of Illinois. Black Hawk went with his father on a war party against the Osages tribe with the Muscow nation (Could be the more readily known Mascouten nation) because both the Sauk and the Muscow hated the Osages for stealing their hunting lands and crop fields. During the battle between the two parties Black Hawk killed a man, which by the age of 15 had him gain merit and become a young brave (a Native American Warrior) which was a great honor and is stated in his
People who make over $250,000 a year is considered rich. Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the country, wants to pay more taxes and thinks that his super-rich friends should too. “While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our tax breaks,” Buffet wrote in a Sunday New York Times Op-ed (Bingham). Everyone that lives in America should have to pay taxes. Bill Gates, the richest man in America, agrees that taxes should be raised on the rich.