capital punishment
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Final Justice
How old were you in 2005? Better yet, can you remember how great it felt to be nearing the close of another school year and entering into summer break? If you close your eyes for a moment, I bet you could still smell the scent of chlorine-drenched swim trunks and hotdogs fresh off the grill. Such a pairing makes for the beginnings of a fun-filled summer, wouldn't you agree?
By Nakia Palmer5 years ago in Criminal
The Death Row Poet
This is William Richard “Bill” Bradford. This case has been of interest to me for decades. I remember the first time I heard of Bill. It was before I had even decided to pursue my degree in Criminal Justice. The case interested me so much because I had become quite close with one of Bradford’s ex wives. I was even a friend of one of his sons. I do not believe in coincidence. And the timing of meeting these people and pursuing my degree in Criminal Justice was incredible. I had first hand knowledge of someone who had intimately known a serial killer. The only better thing I could think of was if I had been able to interview Bradford myself. I did many research papers on him over the years. Having that personal knowledge was something I could not pass on. Sadly, both his son and ex wife have passed on. But I will always remember them so fondly. But it was obvious to see the devastation this man caused not only to his victims but to those who were close to him.
By Andrea Capitano5 years ago in Criminal
When Stalking Leads To Murder
Kerry Power was a 36-year-old primary school assistant in Plymouth who sadly lost her life at the hands of her ex-partner, David Wilder, 41, in the early hours of the morning on the 14th of December 2013. Her 10-year-old son was asleep, upstairs the whole time and found her body when waking up in the morning. This case was big in my area, not because of the suspect but because this brought up many issues with the police and helped make needed changes in the force.
By YesItsMocha5 years ago in Criminal
The Handless Corpse
The Delph was a stone quarry. Years before, it had closed its gates for the final time and the stone cutting had ceased. In one corner of the quarry, a spring had ruptured out of the bedrock and slowly, over the years, the Delph had flooded. Everything had been consumed by the waters: the stone workings and the office building until all that was visible was a placid lake with sheer cliffs on all sides, except for the end where the access road disappeared into the water. Only a solitary telegraph pole and winding wheel breaking the surface, hinted at what actually lay in the depths beneath.
By Niall James Bradley5 years ago in Criminal
Making a Monster: The Lisa Montgomery Story
Bobbi Jo Stinnett could have come to life straight from a Norman Rockwell painting. She had wide eyes, a wholesome smile, and an exceptionally kind demeanor. She is remembered by her high school classmates as a soft-spoken girl who loved animals and studied diligently. After graduation, Bobbi Jo married her high school sweetheart and settled down near her hometown to start a family.
By Robyn Reisch5 years ago in Criminal
His Name is Mudd
His Name is Mudd (1833-1883) It would be difficult to get through our education system without running across Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, the 32 year old doctor who tended John Wilkes Booth's broken leg at 4:30 a.m. the morning after Booth shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theater. Booth broke his leg when he jumped from the balcony to the stage, shouting " Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged!" From the theater he met up with David Herold and together they rode some ten miles to Mary Saurratt's boarding house in what is now Clinton, Maryland where provisions and arms had been stored for him.
By Cleve Taylor 5 years ago in Criminal
Lisa Montgomery Cuts Baby From Mother's Womb
“It Look Like She Exploded All Over The Place” Desperate for a child, Lisa Marie Montgomery twice faked a pregnancy so when she announced that she was pregnant again, her family did not pay her much attention. She said she would deliver in December 2004.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Behind the clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa
On 10th May 2021, Israeli police raged the Al Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem, leaving a detailed 300 individuals harmed. It went ahead a day Israel sees as Jerusalem Day, and denoted the fourth day of conflicts at quite possibly the most loved and most challenged locales of the Palestinian-Israeli clash.
By Aryan Pandey5 years ago in Criminal
5 Excruciatingly Painful Botched Executions
Executions should take a few minutes once the process begins. Most of the 1,500 executions upheld in the U.S. since 1976 have ended successfully, giving swift justice to the victims of the crime. Sometimes things go horribly wrong during the execution, causing the inmate excruciating pain and suffering. From inmates left gasping for air to executions that caused fire to shoot out of the condemned's head, this list of botched executions may increase your faith in karma just a little bit more. #DeathPenaltySupporter #OopsOhWell
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Lifetime Trial Part 3
The Penalty Phase If we thought that the guilt phase and all of the horrors that were laid out before us were traumatic, the penalty phase made them look like a “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie as opposed to the “Human Centipede” that was to come. Many of the witnesses were the same (from the prosecution). The true contrast came when pictures of the black garbage bags that contained the bodies of the children were brought in front of us to view. The descriptions of the scene at the recovery of the bodies only served to add to the repulsiveness of the treatment of the children. A pathologist gave us the results of the autopsies, which were completed with as much accuracy as one could expect from week-to-ten-day-old bodies that had sat in black garbage bags in the Alabama heat for several days. Even more impactful, however, was a taped telephone conversation that the Defendant had with his family a few months after he was taken into custody to await his trial. In it, he stated that the blame for what happened lay with the children’s mother, that his son was just trying to get to her and that is why the crime happened. He took no responsibility for what he had done.
By Jeremy Scott Mason5 years ago in Criminal
Lifetime Trial Part 2
The Guilt Phase Opening statements had impact, especially for the prosecution. The line about being safe in a father’s arms was the opening line of the prosecution’s opening statement. It was especially impactful to me, as I am a father of four children (all girls between the ages of six and twenty as the trial was beginning). I have a strong belief that fatherhood is a role of discipline, strength and protection. Being a father meant that my children were always safest when with me.
By Jeremy Scott Mason5 years ago in Criminal
