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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.

The Murder of Zymere Perkins
Zymere Perkins, better known as ZP to family and friends, was like other 6-year-old kids. He liked to play with his friends, liked video games and cartoons, and wanted the approval of his mother. Sadly, the woman who should have protected ZP did exactly the opposite. The woman allowed her boyfriend to relentlessly abuse 6-year-old ZP for years until his body could not hold on any longer. Experts estimate the abuse began at around age 3.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Pakistan Safe for Women?
I am a 30-year-old woman from Pakistan. People know me as a journalist with feminist ideology and, of course, that makes me the target of a lot of hate and abuse. Whenever I write on women related issues, the common response I receive is doubt: “Who you are talking about?” critics ask, or “where does this happen?” Or they will accuse me of being a “Western agent” who just wants to bring a bad name to the Islamic Republic.The severity of comments increases on my write-ups about sexual abuse, harassment, and torture targeting women. I received rape and death threats for writing in support of the annual Aurat March, arranged by feminist organizations and women rights activists on international women’s day in Pakistan. The organizers of the march also received similar threats for organizing the march and supposedly damaging the culture of the country.Ironically, some of my colleagues are now receiving rape threats for their comments on the recent gang-rape case, for which the entire nation is demanding justice. A senior journalist, Sabin Agha, was invited on a TV show to talk about the rape case and ongoing conversation around it. When the clip was posted on Facebook, most of the comments contained abuse toward Agha. One user also issued a rape threat.
By dhamu4 years ago in Criminal
English Teacher Killed and Disposed of in Tub of Sand
The unbelievable and whirlwind story of 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi and his meeting, raping, killing, and disposing of the body of his 22-year-old English teacher Lindsay Hawker, remains one of the most well-known murders of a foreigner in Japan to this day.
By S.A. Ozbourne4 years ago in Criminal
The Tragic Murder of Sherrice Iverson
Sherrice Iverson was visiting the Primadonna Casino resort (now called the Primm Valley Resort and Casino) in Primm, Nevada with her father LeRoy Iverson and her 14-year-old brother, Harold. Her father was drinking and gambling in the casino, unwilling to watch his daughter, he left her in the care of Harold.
By Armchair Detective4 years ago in Criminal
Sons Beat Down Mother’s Killer at Sentencing Hearing
The two sons of a woman killed at the hands of her ex-boyfriend gave the man a much-needed beat down during his sentencing hearing. The men were each charged with assault after they jumped over court seats and tables to get to Dale Williams.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
That Time I Was Drugged With a Horse Tranquilizer
Finals are over. Thank God. That was my last exam before graduation. And I nailed it! I release a big sigh of relief. My brain is fried! I’ve been overwhelmed with stress and anxiety, but I did it. I finally finished my bachelor's! It’s definitely time for a much needed break and celebration.
By Alex Blackstone4 years ago in Criminal
Parents Abuse Kids to Death After “Terrified” Social Workers Ignored Abuse
Ainlee Labonte died from severe abuse inflicted by her parents AFTER the Department of Children and Family Services received over 55 complaints against the couple in the 18 months leading to the toddler’s death. Thirty-two of the complaints came after concerned neighbors reported domestic violence in the home. On numerous occasions, neighbors heard Ainlee screaming and noticed she was malnourished.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Cowboy Bob: The Unlikely Bank Robber
Cowboy Bob knocked off bank after bank for a one-year period beginning in 1991. Wearing an oversized, 10-gallon hat and pair of black sunglasses, the bank robber with the thick mustache and Santa-like beard committed five bank robberies without a trace before leads led police to Peggy Jo Tallas, a middle-aged woman described as grandmotherly by loved ones. Police never suspected a woman was underneath the disguise. Peggy Jo spent time in prison and went under the radar for years until 2005 when she struck again, this time ending the story of Cowboy Bob after she died by suicide by cop.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Murder of 5-Month-Old Raymond Porfil Jr.
In 2010, eight years before Joann McLeod murdered her 5-month-old son Raymond Porfil Jr. by “extreme abuse and neglect,” three of her children were removed by the Department of Children and Family Services due to child abuse, drug use, and neglect. The children ranged in age. All three went into foster care.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Window Washers
by: Dennis R. Humphreys “Hey Julio. We have some wind today,” his partner, Lance Tannhauser observed. Julio didn't like the window. The height didn't bother him but being up fifty stories outside of a high rise on scaffolding where the wind was even worse, coursing between other high rises, was scary. To make matters worse, he had a partner that would suddenly start shaking the scaffolding and screaming 'we're gonna fall', thinking it was funny. Julio used to be a cliff diver in his home country of Mexico, entertaining the tourists outside of Cancun. He was used to the heights and he was used to the winds there. You could have, to a certain degree, control over both on the cliffs. It seemed here you had no control over the winds or what your partner might do. You had to trust someone else. In Mexico, it was just yourself and nature.
By Dennis Humphreys4 years ago in Criminal
Mom's Head's on the Concrete...Over There
“Mum's head is on the concrete over there? Can they sew the head back on?" Jessica Camilleri asked police this question as she stood in the front yard outside her home. Moments earlier, Jessica attacked her mother, Rita, with knives in the kitchen of their St. Clair home.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Woman Convicted of Murdering Infant Son Complains Inmates in Prison "Bully Her"
When inmates at the Correctional Institute for Women in Iowa learned why Cheyanne Harris was incarcerated, they took action. In an interview for a docu-series titled “Locked Up With Lifers,” Cheyanne says inmates at the prison make her life “a living hell.”
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal