Gary Doton Aggraviction

Introduction The book that I selected is called “Getting Life” by Michael Morton, who is a man that was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife in Texas in 1986. This book takes us from a happy young couple to the day of the murder, through the investigation into his wife’s murder, Michael’s trial and conviction, 25 years in prison, appeals, release from prison, and reintegration into society. One unique fact about this case is that is the first case where the prosecutor in a wrongful conviction case was subsequently convicted of prosecutorial misconduct, stripped of their law license and sentenced to serve time in jail.

The case involved an individual by the name of Danny Escobedo, who was arrested on January 19, 1960, for the murder of his brother-in-law. Escobedo was arrested without a warrant and interrogated; he did not make any statement to the police and was released after contacting his lawyer. On January 30, Benedict DiGerlando, told the police about Escobedo’s involvement in the crime that Escobedo “had fired the fatal shots” (Escobedo v. Illinois- Supreme Court Cases: The Dynamic Court, 1999, pg.2). He was later arrested a second time and taken to the police headquarters. Soon enough Escobedo requested to have “advice from my lawyer”

The Jaycee Lee Dugard case contributed to the overhaul of assessment of risks, needs, and management of offenders within California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation program. Specifically, the role, importance, and connection to risk and needs assessment of offenders in community based correction (Bayens, pg. 91). Phillip Garrido was charged with kidnapped and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard over 18 years span (1991-2009). The aggravating details arise from the incident is that Garrido was under parole supervision as a sex offender since 1999. During those years, Garrido was hardly supervised due to improper classification as low-risk sex offender and failure of background research.

Title Countless of people are arrested for crimes that they havnen’t committed. People are being sentenced to jail for life or are being put on death row. In an article called “ 8 Famous Faces Who Were Falsely Accused Of A Crime” has a case of a man named Dewey Bozella, who is a boxer, was accused of murdering a elderly woman in her apartment at the age of 18. He spent 26 years in jail before a group called The Innocence Project helped him prove his innocence.

In today's era, when a criminal is charged for various crimes their given a shortcut to justice by simply accepting a plea deal. In this case, Larry Servedio faces multiple felonies: first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, third-degree rape, third-degree criminal sexual act, third-degree criminal mischief, criminal impersonation, second-degree grand larceny, and second-degree strangulation. Servedio was also indicted for several misdemeanor charges: first-degree harassment, second-degree aggravated harassment, second-degree menacing and torturing and injuring an animal. If Mr. Servedio goes to trial and is able to prove his innocence of the charges pressed against him, then he is a free man and all charges get dropped. Yet, if Mr. Servedio

The question then asked before the justices was whether or not capital punishment for the crime of rape was “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. The Court found that the death penalty was not invariably cruel and unusual punishment when referencing the Eighth Amendment. However, in the case of Coker v. Georgia the Court did find that the sentence of death was grossly disproportionate and is an excessive punishment for the crime; therefore, it is forbidden by the Eighth Amendment as cruel and unusual punishment (Brody & Acker, 2010, p. 55). At the time of the case in question, the majority of States had ever authorized the use of death for the offense of rape (Brody & Acker, 2010, p. 55). In the case of Furman v. George, under that ruling most of the capital punishment statues in the United States had become invalidated, including rape

To the public, we hardly understand or realize what really goes on once a person is arrested for a crime they allegedly have committed, and the processes that occur from their arrest to the point where they are found guilty or innocent. In this book we are able to see from Lowenthal’s point of view how he handles his case as a prosecuting attorney, as well as the views

In 1959, Robert Brady was charged with kidnapping, which inflicted capital punishment if convicted by the jury. Brady first pled not guilty, but once he learned that his partner in crime agreed to plead guilty and testify against Brady, he later changed his plea of not guilty, to guilty. Brady’s plea was accepted, after being questioned on his voluntariness of the plea, and was sentenced to 50 years in prison, which was later lessened to 30 years. Afterwards, in 1967, Brady requested post-conviction relief stating that under 28 U.S.C 2255, “his guilty plea was not voluntarily given because 1201 (a) persuaded his plea from his counsel… also that the trial judge had not complied with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Brady v.

The Texas prison systems have many pros and cons that can be easily observed. A beneficial thing about the prison system is that they provide an added level of protection for the public. Every single day there are a variety amounts of criminals who are incarcerated to not only serve their time but to also keep them all under one roof so that they cause no harm to the public. The crime rate in Texas has risen up; from un-resolved homicides to sexual assaults; therefore, when they are incarcerated they will be locked up and the public’s safety will be at ease. Another factor that contributes to the pros of the Texas prison system is the satisfaction that the interests of the victim’s family and members of the public are happy with the result

For the Application of the Criminal Justice System project of the Criminal Justice course, I chose the arrest of John Burke. This case is about the arrest and sentencing of John Burke who had shot and killed Joseph Ronan. Twenty-five year old John Burke agreed to meet with 22 year old Joseph Ronan at Ronans home, in Reading, Massachusetts on Monday, August 15, 2011 around 1pm, with the intent of purchasing Percocet pills. (Boston.com, 2013) However, shortly after entering Ronans home, Burke opened fire (News, 2011), and after shooting Joseph Ronan several times, with the belief that Ronan was involved in a robbery at Burkes apartment in April 2011 (Boston.com, 2013), fled the home.

On page 22, line 149, a Ballerina on television speaking for the news bulletin stated “‘Harrison Bergeron, age fourteen,’ she said in a grackle squack, ‘has just escaped from jail where he was held on suspension of

An incident occurring between Kaitlynn Kelly and Calvin Smith is a prime example of the court system’s failure. Kaitlynn met Calvin one night and invited him up to her room for casual sex. Once she noticed that her roommate was in the room asleep, she withdrew her consent and said they would just lay there and go to sleep. As Kaitlynn slept, Calvin began to rape her and woke her up in the process. [1] She became upset with him.

Gary Leon Ridgway better known as the “Green River Killer” was born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was the middle child of three boys Gregory being the oldest and Thomas being the youngest (Lakey et al. 2005). Growing up in Salt Lake City the Ridgways’ were not very social with their neighbors since his parents would often fight for hours, and it would sometimes turn violent (Lakey et al. 2005). An ex-wife of one of Gary recalls that while she was over at the Ridgway’s home she witnessed the parents fighting and when they were fighting his mother Mary broke a plate over her husband Thomas’s head (Robinson, 2001). After eleven years living in Utah the Ridgways’ moved to Washington State, and five years after the move Gary commits his first crime of stabbing a six-year old boy to where he was in critical condition, but when the boy claimed that Ridgway had done it the police ignored the incident (Lakey et al. 2005). As well, while living in

Today our justice system has a multitude of options when dealing with those who are convicted of offenses. However, many argue that retributive justice is the only real justice there is. This is mainly because its advantage is that it gives criminals the appropriate punishment that they deserve. The goals of this approach are clear and direct. In his book The Little Book of Restorative Justice, Zehr Howard (2002), illustrates that the central focus of retributive justice is offenders getting what they deserve (p. 30).

On the morning of April 2, 2013, my family received phone call from the local county jail. My brother, Brian, older than me by two years, had been arrested for "Accessory After The Fact To Burglary. " My mother, who had answered the phone, talked with him about five minutes before hanging up with tears rolling down her face. My brother had declared his innocence and my family set out to help him; thus began my interest in the law.