Glowatski was convicted of second-degree murder and given a life sentence. Because he was 16 at the time of the murder, he was eligible for parole after serving seven years. Ellard was initially convicted in March 2000 for second-degree murder in Virk's death. In February 2003, this conviction was overturned
A series of mass murders, for example, the Columbine High School mass murder in Colorado in 1999, which left 13 students dead, widely reported and debated in the Medias, help expert gun laws in the past 20 years. Despite Republicans hesitancies, Congress has been working on bills that would extend the probation period, prior the purchase of guns, that would better control sales to minors and would reduce speedy sales. The debate is still raging on, between defenders of gun control and protectors of individual freedom. The Government
The Supreme Court put the authority back in the sentencing court’s hands to eliminate the vast disparity between crack and powder cocaine in the sentencing phase. Kimbrough was indicted in federal court in September 2004 in Virginia on four drug-related counts: conspiracy to distribute both crack and powder cocaine; possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute powder cocaine; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Kimbrough pleaded guilty to all four counts. Under the statutes that define these respective crimes, Kimbrough faced a sentence of between 15 years and life in prison. Based on the facts Kimbrough admitted the district court computed the applicable range under the federal sentencing guidelines at 228 to 270 months in prison.
Bennett Barbour In 1978, a man named Bennett Barbour was convicted of rape and spent 4.5 years in prison until finally proven innocent by DNA testing performed by The Virginia Department of Forensic Science’s post conviction testing project. On February 7, 1978, a student that was 19 years old, that attended William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, was raped in her fiancé’s apartment held at gunpoint. Soon after the rape happened, the victim alerted the police. When investigators arrived at the apartment, the victim described the assailant as 5’ 6” and weighed about 145 pounds. After a week had passed since the crime, the victim was shown photos that had possibly matched the description that was given to the investigators.
Apparently I was wrong. On Thursday FBI agents busted about 100 suspected mobsters on accounts of murder, drug trafficking, and money laundering. All the mobsters that were caught came from the Gambino and Colombo crime families. It took eight hundred federal agents and police officers in different stated to make the huge mobster
Clark v. Arizona Jeremiah Norton CJA/354 August 27, 2013 Daniel Inserra Clark v. Arizona The United States Supreme Court has heard thousands of cases across the country. The case of Clark v. Arizona brings to light the mens rea of a mentally ill individual’s state of mind. This case is interesting and challenges the state of Arizona’s due process when conducting psychiatric tests on an individual charged with a crime. The prosecution found Clark was criminally liable for his actions and all elements of the crime were present. Summary of the Case Eric Michael Clark was charged with murdering an Arizona police officer.
This caused him to be one step ahead of everyone. Capone was finally found guilty on June 16, 1931 due to tax evasion. He was then sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. After he was released he was diagnosed with syphilis dementia and later died on January 25, 1947. Body Paragraph 2: Bonnie and Clyde was a well known criminal couple who went on a two-year crime spree during the Great Depression.
CASE STUDY Court document (United States vs. Sathajhan Sarachandran) NAME DATE Introduction to the case In January 22, 2010, in at District of New York City, and Madrasa Yogarasa and Sathajhan Sarachandran was convicted to 25 and 15 years in prison, respectively, once they were found and pled guilty to charges involving to their determinations to attain high power-driven weapons for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil terrorist group. the defendants appealed guilty to providing, contriving to provide, and attempting to make available material as well as funding
After reading Chapter 10 of our text concerning “Payroll Fraud Schemes”, I began to think about a recent scandal that took place in our local town’s city council. Alonzo “Lonnie” Bates, 68, a former Detroit city councilman and Detroit Public Schools board member is currently serving a 33-month sentence after being convicted of theft and bank fraud charges related to placing “ghost employees” who did little or no work for the city, on his City Hall payroll. He was convicted August 2008, I found a recent article titled “Past Legal Troubles”, published by The Detroit News, on March 25, 2008. The article describes the indictment and many charges that were filed against the former city councilman concerning the “ghost employee’s payroll fraud”.
After a two day trial the Michigan jury found Kevorkian guilty to second-degree murder and was charged with 10 to 25 years in prison. Kevorkian was later released from prison and died June, 3 2011 at the age of 83. Should we allow people to end their lives and “die with dignity?” I believe that the United States should legalize assisted