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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.
"Where’s That Motherf*cker At?" Dad Armed With Shotgun Ready to Protect Daughter by Any Means Necessary . Content Warning.
It was October 18, 2019, a warm and sunny day in Prescott, Arizona. Amber felt uneasy when her 15-year-old teenage daughter did not get off the school bus. Her telephone rang; it was her daughter, Mariah. “I’ve been kidnapped,” Mariah cried on the other end of the line. She gave her mother the address to the neighbor’s house where she had been hiding for the past hour and hung up the phone.
By Criminal Matters11 months ago in Criminal
South Dakota: The Death of Lawrence Brown
In the small town of Pierre, South Dakota, the murder of 22-year-old Lawrence Brown in 1943 remains an eerie and unsolved chapter in the area’s history. The cold January night that marked the end of Brown’s life also left behind a deep, unresolved sorrow that still lingers in the community. Despite years of investigation and several attempts to find new leads, Brown’s tragic death has never been explained, and the murderer has never been brought to justice.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
Tennessee: The Murder of Miranda Barfield
The state of Tennessee was rocked in 2018 by the tragic murder of 15-year-old Miranda Barfield, a high school student whose life was taken too soon. Miranda’s story, while heart-wrenching, also sparked a community-wide push for changes in law enforcement and youth protection policies.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
South Carolina: The Charleston Church Shooting
An anti-black mass shooting and hate crime occurred on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and one was injured, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the Southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. All ten victims were African Americans. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in U.S. history.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
Pennsylvania: The Flight 93 Tragedy
"United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C. The mission became a partial failure when the passengers fought back, forcing the terrorists to crash the plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, preventing them from reaching al-Qaeda's intended target, but killing everyone aboard the flight. The airliner involved, a Boeing 757-200 with 44 passengers and crew, was flying United Airlines' daily scheduled morning flight from Newark International Airport in New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport in California, making it the only plane hijacked that day not to be a Los Angeles–bound flight."
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
Oregon: The Oak Grove Jane Doe
"Oak Grove Jane Doe is an unidentified murder victim found dismembered in the Willamette River south of Portland, Oregon near Oak Grove over a period of several months in 1946. The first discovery consisted of a woman's torso which was found wrapped in burlap, floating near the Wisdom Light moorage on April 12, 1946; this led the media to dub the case the Wisdom Light Murder
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
Oklahoma: Tulsa race massacre
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, attacked black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history. The attackers burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighborhood—at the time, one of the wealthiest black communities in the United States, colloquially known as "Black Wall Street."
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
Ohio: The Case of Sierra Joughin
Sierah Joughin (February 11, 1996 – July 22, 2016) was an American woman who was abducted and murdered in Delta, Ohio. She disappeared on July 19, 2016, and was found dead three days later. Her assailant, James Dean Worley, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder and over twenty years in prison for the kidnapping, assault, and other related charges. His execution is currently scheduled for May 20, 2025.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
North Dakota: The Murder of Sophia Eberline
Sophia Eberlein, (1889–October 2, 1931), was a German from Russia emigrant beaten to death by her second husband Jacob Bentz in her home in Harvey, North Dakota. According to author William Jackson, the ghost of Sophie might be haunting a library built on this location.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
North Carolina: The Chapel Hill Tragedy
The three victims of the 2015 shooting were Deah Shaddy Barakat, a second-year student in the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, who was set to enroll in UNC to study dentistry the fall after the shooting and Razan Mohommad Abu-Salha, a sophomore at the North Carolina State University College of Design.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
New York: The Subway Incident
"On the morning of April 12, 2022, a mass shooting was committed on a northbound N train on the New York City Subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States. At approximately 8:24 a.m. EDT, a 62-year-old Frank Robert James[2] put on a gas mask, threw two smoke grenades, and fired a handgun 33 times. The shooting occurred as the train was traveling between the 59th Street and 36th Street stations."
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
New Mexico: The Farmington Incident
On May 15, 2023, the town of Farmington, New Mexico, was thrust into the national spotlight by a tragic shooting incident that left several civilians dead and multiple others injured. This event, known as the Farmington Incident, raised critical questions about mental health, gun safety, and the challenges faced by communities when dealing with sudden acts of violence.
By Sandun Nayanajith11 months ago in Criminal
