guilty
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.
Corrupted
Have you ever been forced in to a situation where you knew what was right but in choosing it you would loose an opportunity to gain something more? Something for yourself? From an early age i had been plagued with this notion of right and wrong but today is the day that I would know whether my dreams off being a person good by nature were an illusion I had built for myself. When I was younger I would play so many games where good and evil were simple choices to me, the hero fought to save everyone and the villain to destroy. It is only now that I’m an adult with a family and real responsibility that I see the shades of grey that embody our world. Now I’m faced with this decision I’m less inclined than ever before to see the heroic point of view.
By Lachlan Hellyer5 years ago in Criminal
Roots of Crime
Pedro Rodrigues Jr was born on July 17, 1954 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. One of 14 children – 10 boys and 4 girls – Pedro, or Petey as he is still called today, lived with his family in a grass hut made of clay and straw where Pedro Senior would inflict drunken beatings upon his wife Manuela. The only place the children felt safe was outside.
By Luiza Araujo5 years ago in Criminal
Drowning in Grief
There's only one thing in the world I'm afraid of, losing my mother. The mere thought of losing her always gave me goosebumps, a shiver just ran down my spine. I’ve always been quite emotionally dependent on my mom, I simply cannot imagine a world without her. I never wanted to share my grief, I’ve heard it comes like a rhythm. I feel no rhythm in my grief from the death of my father when I was just 13, and now finding out my mother has lung cancer. I had always felt like I lived inside a bubble in which I see my reformed world. Outside the bubble is a world of clatter, inside is the stillness and a silent chime.
By Samrah Ahtsham5 years ago in Criminal
When will being a gang banger stop being cool?????
The neighborhood I grew up in always had gangs around. I have family that use to be down with there gang. Still have some that associate with some of those gangs today. But my family took a look at there lives and asked themselves"what the Fuck am I doing' These so called members claim they are your family and they got your back till the day they die???? Yeah that's why when shit would hit the fan, they are the first to snitch you out, throw you under the bus and get you caught up in jail or prison . Does that still sound cool? Then if you get caught up and get locked away, where them homies that said they would look out for your familia, put money on your commissary icomaccount so you can eat? Shit there long they don't know you. Sadly it be like that. You dont need to be a thug to be a real person. To be a cool person. All these gang bangers nowadays are young ass kids that will not even think twice about pulling up on you and your children while walking home from the store(happened to m)I live in a diverse community in michigan, I grew up in the 90s where it was ok to walk home from school, to walk to the store without needing an adult, to hang out at the park without having to worry if there are gang members out there that are jumping(beating up) some innocent kid. Now that I am an adult and have kids of my own, I worry about my kids just being outside in the front yard because you don't know if something will happen to them so I never let them out of my sight! Its sad and makes me angry. Most these kids that wanna join a gang are having problems at home, whether its a absent parent, its abuse physical or mental. Its peer pressure from friends or older relatives telling them to join . I've seen this happen a bunch of times. I almost lost my spouse to gang violence. Thankfully he survived the stabbing.
By Alyssa Zuniga5 years ago in Criminal
Nightcrawlers
Some people live precariously, others vicariously, and still others spend the vast majority of their existence with one foot in the grave. The woman who existed under the rather unimaginative pseudonym of Jane Doe was one of the latter sort…literally.
By Jacynthe Yeo5 years ago in Criminal
Naïve
*WARNING* THIS CONTAINS STORIES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE* It breaks my heart seeing all these young girls aged 13 to 16 actively seeking out guys who are aged 18 or over and thinking it is okay. It isn't. It is so dangerous and I'm talking from past experience. This is my story.
By YesItsMocha5 years ago in Criminal
So Tired Of All These Scammers
I am so tired of those who think that it is great to steal someones idenity, and then decide that because of the name of the type of scam they are pulling, that it is okay to go ahead and help themselves to what does not rightfully belong to them.
By Linda Cloud5 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Southside Strangler-Timothy W. Spencer
DNA evidence is a two-way street. On the one hand, it can demonstrate that someone in lockdown should be freed. On the other hand, it can damn someone to the electric chair. Both instances are acts of justice. In Timothy W. Spencer’s case, it was both.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Bike Path Killer- Altemio Sanchez
For the murders of Linda Yalem (22), Majane Mazur (32), and Joan Diver (45), Altemio Sanchez received a 75 year prison sentence. Also known as the “Bike Path Rapist,” Sanchez left a dozen or more girls and women in his horrific trail of blood and fright.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Criminal
The West Houston Daycare Fire
February 24,2011 will always be a hard day for me and my family. A life changing day that I replay in my head over and over again going over that day reliving it as if it was a horror movie. As a mother from the moment I birthed my children I had the strongest feeling to protect and do everything in my power to keep them safe. In one day I failed them.
By Tiffany Richardson5 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Death Nurse- Genene Jones
Killing babies who are absolutely defenseless and have no clue about the world is particularly heinous. What Genene Jones of San Antonio, Texas did from 1981 to 1982 was to spike the amount of infant deaths in the hospital she worked. As a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), she was supposed to take care of these young children in desperate need. Instead, she subverted that call to action and pumped the infants full of lethal doses of drugs, causing them to have heart attacks, or stop breathing.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Criminal
