The State Police in Oklahoma humiliated an Army General Gerald for two hours and his son because they were African American. They were told to get out of their car and they were handcuffed without the police having a reason to. The police also asked if they can search Gerald’s car and Gerald said no. The police didn’t respect what Gerald had said and they searched his car anyway. The police brought drug-sniffing dogs since they were African American they expected them to have drugs in the car.
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, who was supposed to be meeting up with a friend to go fishing, ended up being convicted of murder. He was too ignorant to know that it was a bad idea to get into the vehicle with them and and ended up being accused of murder. Jefferson’s defense attorney defends him by calling him a hog. He says that Jefferson should not have been convicted of anything but stupidity.
Torrance is a recovering alcoholic at the commencement of the novel, but his past is one shrouded in hardship reeking with liquor. Torrance has a young son Danny not yet in grade school and a stable relationship with his wife, Wendy. However, a drunken incident threatens to shatter their lives forever when Torrance enters the house severely intoxicated and breaks Danny’s shoulder while reprimanding him. As the novel progresses, the threat of a relapse with Jack is looming like a dark cloud. The point is that an alcoholic not in recovery should be nowhere near a young child or in any committed relationships until sober.
Arthur “Boo” Radley, is the most glaring outsider in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Boo Radley is a man who had some problems with the law when he was a teenager. Ever since then, his father kept him in the house. Readers never encounter Boo throughout the whole novel until the final chapters. They do hear plenty of rumours though from characters in the novel, building an aura of mystery and fear around Boo.
He walked because they said he felt threaten from the argument he had started. They seem to fail to realize you can’t prove self-defense if one party is dead. So many people are misusing this law that the government has written to justify a situation. Third, stand your ground law should be outlawed because of the inability of common individuals to make life and death decisions. I have researched a few stories behind the stand your ground law and its amazing how so many people have got away with murder.
OJ had written a book called "If I did It" Where he lays out how he would have committed the murder. Why would anyone even want to write a book about the crime if you really had nothing to do with it? Simpson is protected by double jeopardy, he can't be put on trial for the crime again. He pretty much confessed everything about the crime in the book, but the cops can’t do anything about it now. The problem that made the prosecution lose the case was the fact that the police mismanaged the evidence and made the jury have enough doubt not to convict OJ
The story of Andre Rand is a very sadistic, haunting, and heartbreaking story. From working at a mental institution to being locked away in prison, Andre Rand’s life has not been a very happy one. Known as the Hannibal Lector of Staten Island, Rand made himself infamous with the alleged kidnappings and murders of various little girls. But the thing that made Rand the most suspicious was that he was never caught in the act. There has been no physical proof that Rand murdered anyone, but his disturbing persona has all fingers pointed at him.
Bryan James B. Apostol PS1013 Clyde Shelton witnesses the murder and rape of his wife and daughter at the hands of Clarence Darby and his accomplice Rupert Ames. During their trial, prosecutor Nick Rice informs Clyde that DNA evidence incriminating Clarence has been deemed inadmissible due to botched forensics because, according to Nick, the actions of the police at the crime scene affected its solidity in court, and that Clyde's testimony alone is insufficient to prove either suspect's guilt. Nick, interested in maintaining his high conviction rate, strikes a deal: Clarence gives testimony that will send Rupert to death row, and in exchange Nick allows Clarence to plead guilty to third-degree murder, for which he will only serve three
In order to avoid the death penalty, the defense tried to have Chase found guilty of second degree murder, which would result in a life sentence. Their case hinged on Chase's history of mental illness and the lack of planning in his crimes, evidence that they were not premeditated. On May 8 the jury found Chase guilty of six counts of first degree murder. The defense asked for a clemency hearing, in which a judge determined that Chase was not legally insane; Chase was sentenced to die in the gas chamber. Waiting to die, Chase became a feared presence in prison; the other inmates (including several gang members), aware of the graphic and bizarre nature of his crimes, feared him, and according to prison officials, they often tried to convince Chase to commit suicide, too fearful to get close enough to him to kill him themselves.
The Confessions The course of events that led to Dan William’s confessing that he had raped and killed Michelle Bosco started with Michelle Bosco’s husband returning home from sea and finding his wife dead. He then ran over to his neighbor Dan William’s house and told him what he found. After the police were involved one of Michelle’s friends named Tamika Taylor tells the police that they should look into Dan William’s because “he seemed interested in the victim”. So the police asked William’s to go to the police station to answer some questions and sort out information, however, the police actually wanted him because they thought he was the one who raped and killed Michelle. Once he was in the police station they started accusing William’s