innocence
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Prison Time for Man Convicted of Reckless Eyeballing
Matt Ingram, an African American tenant farmer living in North Carolina, was accused of and prosecuted for the crime of “reckless eyeballing,” or improperly looking at a white person with sexual intent, in June 1951.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Playing Devil’s Advocate with the Voices in My Head
It's easy to drill a hole in someone else's mind and come up with your own good idea, but as a satanic advocate, you can succeed in fulfilling your responsibility to be obedient. To answer the demonic worship downwardly, assign someone who will be asking difficult questions when making important decisions. Two nominees attend Cabinet meetings to play the devil's lawyer, or, militarily, the "red party," in political talks. \
By Diya Kumari4 years ago in Criminal
Kelly
It was Kelly’s 10th birthday on that eventful day. Her mother, Betty, was a single mom, and they lived in a small single wide trailer, which they were lucky to have. Betty’s only source of income came from State Disability. She was not a beautiful woman, quite average in looks, and extremely overweight. But that was not always the case. Ten years ago, she was a beautiful, full figured woman with long red hair and pouting lips. Now, she is 30 years old but looks more like 40.
By Jim Patterson4 years ago in Criminal
A Stone's Throw
Part 1 Michael Perez sat alone at the end of Packy’s bar, a dark, dingy dinosaur of a public house near the docks in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Except for him and Sam the bartender, it was empty on this spring afternoon. He was hunched over, uncomfortable in his Gucci black suit, and was swirling the rest of his amber colored whisky in a stout glass that had probably been used to celebrate the end of World War II. Sam was absent mindedly drying some beer steins, while his eyes flitted back and forth from the door to twisting gray rag.
By Noreen Violante4 years ago in Criminal
Released from Jail into a World of Pandemia!! pt. 5
Let's see the last one of these I wrote just after we moved into the apartment in North Austin. Luckily during the February freeze we were fortunate that an old friend from San Antonio graced us with her presence to help with the move and thusly ended up stuck at our house and couch surfing for the duration of that freeze. I say luckily because life literally stopped for most the Southerners here since snow weather is obviously something they rarely ever have to deal with. Especially not 3 or 4 feet of snow and completely frozen bridges.
By Rachel (Rage) Schuyler4 years ago in Criminal
Why the Judge Rotenberg Center Should STOP Skin Shocks
The image above is a drawing of a student of the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, the JRC, getting painful skin shocks from a former employee there. Sadly, these images and stories are not made up. This is really happening. For decades, the JRC has used a device called the Graduated Electric Decelerator, or GED to send painful skin shocks to students with disabilities and students of color. This device has been deemed by The United Nations to be a torture device. This has a huge negative affect on the Autism community, because the JRC still continues to use harmful and hurtful shocks as behavioral modification. Survivors of this cruel practice will all testify against it, because the trauma they endured will stay with them forever.
By Sunny Dolen4 years ago in Criminal
Desperate Measures
“There is a fixed and pale composure upon the features; she seems sad and stricken down in spirit, yet the despair thus expressed is lightened by the patience of gentleness … The lips have that permanent meaning of imagination and sensibility which her suffering has not repressed … Her eyes, which we are told were remarkable for their vivacity, are swollen with weeping and lustreless, but beautifully tender and serene. In the whole mien there is a simplicity and dignity which, united with her exquisite loveliness and deep sorrow, are inexpressibly pathetic.” – Shelley on Guido Reni’s portrait of Beatrice Cenci
By Kathy Copeland Padden5 years ago in Criminal
Almost Hanged
I am 19 years old and on the trip of a lifetime to Tunisia. I know nothing about it before departure. I have signed up for this Spring Break excursion with my study abroad program in Spain. If I have been break dancer on a stage of ballerinas as an American in Spain, I am now about to break dance my way onto a stage of soldiers.
By Heather Lopez5 years ago in Criminal
