Amy Phillips English 111 April 18, 2011 Dean “The Candy Man” Corll Have you heard the story of the candy man? Unlike the movie, that came out in the 90’s; it was actually a true story that occurred in 1970’s. It took place in Houston, Texas in which Dean Corll and two of his accomplices, two younger boys, David Brooks and Elmer Henley, had committed the worst crime ever in history earning the title, “The Houston Mass Murders.” It was such a horrific tragedy that I feel the story had not been given enough attention to the public, as the bodies of several young boys are still being found today. What provoked these men to do these crimes? What were the early signs that could’ve been caught early enough to prevent these murders?
Activity 1 Derrick Bird committed Mass Murder through Cumbria on 2nd June 2010. From the evidence it seems as if the reason for this spree was money related, his father had recently deceased and he wanted everything in his will killing his brother and his lawyer. He was also going through a tax investigation at the time. His motive seems to be personal at first mixed with financial and then turns into a mental disturbance as he kills those at random. His first 3 victims experienced high levels of risk as he specifically targeted them and the rest were of low risk as they had not done wrong or even know Bird.
Based on the childs death, the defendants ( Davidsons) was charged with reckless second degree murder by the appellate court because they refused to keep their dog in the fence which later cause Chris life. Which leaves Sabine with 12 years in prison. Legal Question: Can a murder conviction be based on mere neglient conduct? The court's decision(holdings): The reasoning for their decision: The defendants was charged with reckless second-degree murder. Based on information given from the previous experiencing with the Davidson family knew about their dogs behavior but never took the chance to fix it or see for themselves.
Still others asserted that he made no advances at all, that he whistled habitually to control a speech defect. A Brutal Murder Roy Bryant considered his wife's honor tainted by the incident. Several nights after the episode, Bryant, his half brother J. W. Milam, and possibly other accomplices kidnapped Till from his relatives' home in the middle of the night. The two men beat him severely and, apparently enraged that he had a picture of a white woman in his wallet, shot Till and threw him in a nearby river. Several days later the body was found, and Bryant and Milam were charged with murder.
A newcomer named George Crawford age 22 is trialed for first degree murder without the possibility of parole. Crawford admits “I ain’t no perfect child, I have sold drugs, I have stolen things, I have lied, I cheated but I’ve never killed anyone I ain’t perfect.” He dropped out of school when he was in 8th grade. The reason he dropped out was because he thought he could get material things faster. On October 4, 1959 Eugene “Bishop” Tannehill was only 24 years old when he first entered Angola Prison and was accused of murder. He said, “There
Months later, Unexpectedly Joe Dick, Daniel William’s roommate is now suspect number two. Ford immediately started his cruel interrogation, pushing the death penalty on him. Joe was now asked to take the same poly graph test, his results were never released. He said during his interrogation he was mentally drained as well. Once again another man in fear of dying tells detective ford that he and Daniel were both at the crime scene.
/Adrien Ruiz Monday, October 5th 2015 Criminal Law/Sociology Essay #2 Jeffrey Dahmer was a notorious serial murderer. He drugged and raped 17 men, and was convicted on 17 murders. The first sentence was later dropped to 15 due to his not succeeding in the murder of Tracy Edwards. He attempted pleading insanity but it didn’t follow through. The trial was a very short one.
Bundy was a necrophiliac who admitted to beheading 12 of his victims. Biographer Ann Rule described him as "a sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human's pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after". On June 7, 1977, after being convicted for his crimes Bundy escaped jail and was on the FBI’s top ten most wanted fugitives. He was later found and put back on death row where he admitted to his crimes and took full responsibility for his crimes. Ted Bundy was executed on January 24, 1989 in
“Good by mr wigin tell them im strong tell them im a man”(234). Jefferson was at the wrong place at the wrong time when two other black men tried to rob a white man’s liquor store. After the death of these men, instead of calling 911 he steals some money out the register and a bottle of wine off shelf. After Jefferson has been sentenced to death by execution, his godmother, Miss Emma, requests that Grant Wiggins teaches him to be a man before he dies instead of allowing him to die as a hog-which is what Jefferson’s defense attorney refers to him as. Although Grant initially doesn’t want to help Jefferson, he gradually changes throughout this book and accomplishes his goal of transforming him into a man.
Jefferson was put on trial because he just happened to be in the convenience store at the wrong time. When the convenience store clerk was found dead, and Jefferson was there collecting the money from the register, he was automatically accused of the crime without a fair trial. During the trial, not only was the entire white jury against him, but his lawyer who calls him a hog, as well. Just because Jefferson is an African American at a time of segregation, he is sentenced to death, causing the inevitable. Racial injustice is a huge wrong of our judicial system in the past, and continues to be in some cases.