America dived into the Red Scare, fearing that thousands of communists were roaming the streets hoping for another revolution. The famous case of Sacco and Vanzetti, 5th May 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bartolommeo Vanzetti were arrested on suspicion of robbing a shoe factory in South Braintree and murdering 2 men. The thieves got away with $15,000. The trial was placed 22nd June 1920, there was heaps of evidence proving Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent, yet the jury didn’t listen. 61 people had identified them as the murderers yet 107 people said that they were somewhere else.
Several people experience horrific traumas in their life times. Some people are fortunate enough to overcome the stress and the emotional wounds marked on them; other can’t. For instance, in the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, the father undergoes Post Traumatic Stress disorder due to the trauma he experienced for the last four years. The father is taken away from his family by government officials late at night and brought to the station where he was interrogated by them, who believe he is a criminal. ‘He must be an undercover spy working for the Japanese Emperor Hirohito’.
The family was split up amongst various foster homes; this was the foundation of anger against the white race from Malcolm’s point of view. Malcolm was involved with drugs, gambling and prostitution. Later on, he was convicted with his friend “Shorty” with burglary charges. His sentence was 10 years in prison, serving seven years. After the release of the prison, his brother Reginald discussed his recent engagement with the Muslim religion.
Critical Thinking Analysis: Mental Disorder and Social Control CRMJ 415 Dr. Cheryl Reyes December 16, 2012 In November 2006, The New York Times reported a story with this headline: “Man obsessed with trains again runs afoul of the law”. Daniel McCollum, age 41, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, had already been arrested many times over the last 25 years for train-related offences including impersonating transit workers, taking busses and subway trains for joy rides, tripping emergency brakes, entering subway control towers and trying to steal a Long Island Railway locomotive. In June 2006 Mr. McCollum was conditionally released from Sing Sing Prison where he was serving a term for burglary and forgery to live with his
In 1932, after aviator Charles Lindbergh's son was kidnapped, 200 or so stepped forward to plead guilty. Nowadays, DNA technology can prove or disprove a suspect's story, making it easier to spot a false confession. But even with modern technology, finding out a confession is a lie can take time. In the 1989 case of the Central Park jogger; a woman raped, beaten, and left for dead, within 48 hours five boys had been arrested. The boys were interrogated, confessed, and then sent to prison.
A few years later he started dating thirteen-year-old Caril Ann Fugate. After his father kicked him out of the house for crashing his car, he became a garbage man(he was later sacked). Believing he was doomed to a lifetime of drudgery and poverty, he started plotting bank robberies and developed his guiding belief that “dead people are all on the same level.” His first murder took place on November 30, 1957. He had tried to buy a stuffed toy for his girlfriend from a gas station, but had been refused credit. He returned at three in the morning with a 12-guage shotgun, robbed $100 from the till and, after a scuffle, he shot the attendant in the head at point blank range.
FBI files states on November 24, 1971 shortly after take off from Seattle, Washington, a man in seat 18c of Northwest Orient Airlines handed the flight attendant a note that started one of the most famous causes in FBI history. The man’s name, at least according to his ticket, was Dan Cooper, and the note claimed that he had a bomb. He told the airlines unless his demands were met he would detonate the bomb. Cooper demanded $200,000, four parachutes, and stated, “no funny
On May 20th 1927, Charles Lindbergh Sr. became the first pilot ever to fly solo across the transatlantic. After taking off from an airport in Long Island, he travelled thirty three and one half hours and 3,500 miles to Paris, France where Lindbergh landed his plane to cheering crowds. Five years later, and still famous, Lindbergh Sr. had a wife and a twenty month old infant son named Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. Tragically, on March 1st 1932, Lindbergh Sr.’s son was abducted while sleeping in his nursery, held for ransom, and subsequently found dead. Through an exhaustive investigation, evidence was found that lead to the capture of the culprit, Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
First of all, the Sheppard played a big role because he took Oedipus from the mountains when he was a baby and gave him to the King and Queen of Corinth. Also, the people of Corinth spread rumors when they heard information about Oedipus that may or may not of been true. In addition, Oedipus causes trouble himself when he runs away from his adopted parents and ends up killing his real dad in an accident on the highway. In conclusion, there can be one or many people that cause a person to go downhill, and sometimes it can even be caused by the same
September 11, 2001 Terrorists of Middle Eastern origin crash three hijacked airliners into New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth hijacked airliner crashes in rural Pennsylvania on its way to a target. Almost 3,000 people are killed in the attacks. Timeline of Events xxi October 2001 Congress passes the USA Patriot Act, giving law enforcement officials more power to combat the threat of terrorism. 2002 Criminal investigation of the bankruptcy of Enron, one of the nation’s largest corporations, begins, leading to several convictions over the next few years on securities fraud