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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.
Reason First: Henry Colin Campbell and the Case of the Alleged Forgetful Murderer
Amnesia became a point of contention in the trial of Henry Colin Campbell. Actually, judge Clarence E. Case shot down this defense. All of this stemmed from the murder of Mildred Mowry on Saturday February 23, 1929. Police discovered her burnt body with a bullet in her skull along a roadway in Cranford, New Jersey. It took multiple weeks before investigators identified the remains as Mowry’s.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Ruthless Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray
The fascination with the cases of murder will forever inspire painters, playewrights, novelists, screenwriters, and non-fiction authors. In a case like Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, the two culprits would inspire all of these artists and writers to paint the grim picture of a sour marriage and a forbidden tryst.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Leopold and Loeb and the Power of a Vicious Morality
The power of philosophy is at the basis for all human action. From the most primitive jungle-dweller to the most advanced doctor in the field of physics, they must rely on the tenets of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, especially. Nathan Freudenthal Leopold and Richard A. Loeb found no impotence in Nietzsche’s support of the ubermensch.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Earned Agony of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Singer Joan Baez and composer Ennio Morricone recorded a song entitled “Here’s to You” in 1971 commemorating the lives of two of crime history’s most notorious figures, Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The lyrics aren’t much. There exist only four lines. But the repetition of “That agony is your triumph” drives home the idea that these two criminals were somehow folk-heroes.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Sexual misconduct, sexual assault, rape, etc.
So I wanted to write this post to clear up what all these me too terms really mean. These terms are known but the definitions aren't known that well. I will be going by the definitions that are legal, found on dictionary. com and some other definition sites. I will also get into the misconceptions. So let's get into what all these means.
By Lena Bailey6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Self-Broken Wings of Murderer Robert Franklin Stroud
If you’re a murderous criminal locked behind bars and one of your consumers of patent medicines and caged birds was none other than FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, you must’ve made an impact. Now, in the case of Robert Franklin “The Birdman of Alcatraz” Stroud, this dastardly waste of human life could have found achievement in the field of ornithology.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Why did Dentist Dr. Arthur Warren Waite Commit Murder?
In his selection for his last meal before being electrocuted in Sing Sing, did Dr. Arthur Warren Waite request some typhoid, pneumonia and diphtheria? Did he ask for an arsenic soufflé for dessert? While there are no records of whether Waite asked for such arrangements, it is clear that he used such substances to dispatch his mother-in-law and father-in-law. As a prosperous dentist before his murderous ways, Dr. Waite had become familiar with various bacteria and chemicals.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Tale of Murderous Crooked Cop Charles Becker
A dedicated woman can still hold out and show support for a corrupt cop…even in his death. Charles Becker received a sentence of the death penalty, won an appeal, and then the state rejected that appeal and Becker rode the lightning in Sing Sing.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Thomas Jennings and the Power of Fingerprints Forensics
Like a dramatic scene from a play, Chicago is regarded as the first city in the United States to recognize the practice and convict a man based on fingerprints as evidence. The night of the murder of Clarence B. Hiller would shake anyone to the core. A weird sound aroused Hiller and his wife from their slumber. In a struggle, Hiller and the anonymous figure tumbled down the staircase like two dogs wrestling.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Chester Gillette and the Murder in the Adirondacks
On Big Moose Lake, in 1906, the water rocked the boat in a steady motion. Two young people who had become smitten with each other but had their own demons enjoyed each other’s company. Chester Gillette looked at the comely Grace Brown and smiled. It appears as if the two had fallen in the most profound and sincere kind of love. He carried with him a tennis racket. He withdrew the tennis racket and whacked her in the face in the head with it like an axeman chopping at a tree. Grace lost consciousness and fell overboard. Under the assumed name Carl Graham, Gillette journeyed back to the shore with supreme confidence.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Story of Selfless Murderer Albert T. Patrick
Greed did not drive Albert T. Patrick to commit murder. Greed is about producing and creating more and possessing ambition to always want more...morally and legally. With the aid of Charles F. Jones, Patrick defrauded and murdered cotton, land, and railroad tycoon William Marsh Rice.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
