On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood. The authorities showed up not long after. The Bodies were discovered on the floor in the front room with head wounds from a blunt force and appear to have been burned in the fireplace. Alexander Smith had three wounds on his head all coming from a weapon that would cause blunt force trauma. The Suffolk County Coroner concluded that two wounds were to the right Auditory Meatus. One wound was along the lambdoidal suture and the hair was driven into the head, and the other was on the Parietal bone, an inch and a half in length. The blunt …show more content…
Anton was a 24 year olds, 5’7”, male, and he was the Smiths new farmhand. His fellow worker, Henry Bawer testified that Geisler complained that Mr. Smith mocked him because he couldn't speak English. Anton got tired of Mr. Smith and snapped and had to take down Mrs. Smith too. Anton was the last to see the Smiths on that Sunday, November 13, 1842. Anton claims to have been at the Smiths house up until 4pm that day then he went and slept in a barn that night. However, Henry Bawer says to have gone to the Smiths house at 2pm the sunday of the homicide and he stayed an hour, therefore, when Henry left Anton was still there for atleast an hour between 3pm-4pm. So, I have concluded from the testimonies that the murder occurred between 3pm-4pm that sunday
She claims she returned to the victim residence the next morning to ask Smith for his assistance starting her car. When he did not answer, she entered the unlocked residence and found the victim deceased at the bottom of the back steps. There is no indication of forced entry; although, the body was found face up and the lividity on the victim’s face and chest indicate he died face down. The victim died at approximately 12:30 am on June 12, 2012, due to blunt force trauma to the back of the head and a broken neck as result of suspicious
On Thursday morning, August 4, 1892, Mr. and Mrs. Borden and John Morse, Lizzie’s uncle ate an early breakfast. Around 9:00 am Mr. Borden went downstairs
Texas Servant Girl Murders - (HDSI) In a Public Service Broadcasting History Detectives documentary, a team of forensic scientists and detectives decided to attempt to solve a case more than 130 years old. The “Texas Servant Girl Murders” are a series of murders that took place in Austin, Texas in 1885. These murders have remained a mystery until modern day forensic scientists look back and may have been able to solve this crime easily today.
The second one is that Mrs. Hall had help when she committed the murder. The Hall-Mills murder occurs on September, 17th 1922. The victims are “Edward Wheeler Hall, age 41, and Eleanor Mills, 34”(Crimes of the 20th century 91). The two are found dead outside an orchard outside the small town of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The victims have both been shot with a .32 mm pistol.
Tom survived the fall and was taken in by the St. Louis Police where he was interrogated and arrested. Shortly after Tom had been arrested, new evidence was found that led the detectives to Antonio Richardson, who eventually confessed leading the police to rest of the group involved in the assault. Throughout the rest of the book Cummins does her best to show the aftermath of the violent tragedy, including the trials and conviction of the attackers and the funerals of the
Perry Smith should not be disciplined with the death penalty. Smith has been through a lot throughout his life and this is not the proper punishment for him. This choice of discipline is not fair and should be overlooked. Smith was not in his right state of mind; he suffered from childhood trauma , and also he is very remorseful. Let's go into depth of why Smith is innocent of the murder of the Clutter family.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are here because one person in this courtroom decided to take law into her own hands. The defendant, Mrs. Dominique Stephens, murdered the man that she vowed to love. This sole act by the defendant is violation of all morals and her husband’s right to live. Afterwards, she even felt guilty about this violation of justice and called the cops on herself, and she later signed a written statement stating that she is guilty of the murder of Mr. Donovan Stephens. Then the defendant later recanted this statement and said that she only killed Mr. Stephens in self defense.
Ron was a black belt and in good shape and when he was taken in there were injuries all over his body including cuts and scrapes on his knuckles that suggest that fought the murderer for ten to fifteen minutes before finally being killed. The autopsy report for Nicole Brown states that “The incised wound of the neck is gaping and exposes the larynx and cervical vertebral column” and “On the left side the left common carotid artery is transected with hemorrhage in the surrounding carotid sheath and the left internal jugular vein is subtotally transected with only a thin strand of tissue remaining posteriorly with surrounding soft tissue hemorrhage”(Nicole) show that Nicole was not murdered in a simple way. Clean cuts made by the murderer suggest that they had some experience with killing since if it had been slightly off blood would have spilled down her throat and it did not. OJ Simpson had no reported knife training and his intolerance to blood make the situation unlikely as blood sprayed everywhere. OJ’s physical condition did not match what happened at
Relationships, lies, murder, conviction. These are all aspects that come into play when talking about the January 13th, 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, Hae’s 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2000. The problem with this is that the only evidence the state had to convict Adnan was the stories told by others, specifically someone named Jay who was with Adnan for some of the day Hae went missing and had possession of Adnan’s car and cell phone. He claims Adnan made him come pick him up after the murder was committed and assist him in burying Hae’s body.
O.J. Simpson was a famous football player and that was accused of killing his ex-wife nicole brown , also her boyfriend Ron Goldman. They were brutally stabbed to death on June 12, 1994 at the resident of Nicole brown condo in Brentwood. Before the bodies were ever recovered Oj had packed his bags and caught a flight to Chicago, later he received a phone call saying that Nicole Brown was murder. The cops wanted to talk to him and later he had lead the cops on a hot pursuit chase and they apprehended him. OJ Simpson should be held accountable for murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
They never intend to kill Mr. Griffin; they just want to scare him. Mr. Griffin, an English teacher, is not well liked by his students. He makes them work for their grades, and one senior even had to beg Mr. Griffin to retake the class because he had failed. A group of four seniors and a junior have had enough of putting up with Mr. Griffin, and they decide to come up with a plan to kidnap him and give him a little fright. Once they put the plan in action, the students think all is going well.
To all the people in this room that have ever been affected by a death; who have been in unbearable pain, both mentally and physically; who have been scared to the point they cannot go on. You know how much that hurts. You know the pain. You know how much stress is put on you. Imagine going through all that torture.
Capital Punishment is the death penalty for those who commit murder. The thought behind this punishment is a life for a life. There has been debate on if the death penalty is right or wrong. Some poeple want the death penalty to be illegal while others argue it is needed to deter crime. There are many valid arguments regarding the death penalty.
Homicide is not imperative when arresting someone. "In the vast majority of such encounters, I was able to peacefully resolve the situation without using force"(Dutta). This is the proper way to handle being challenged situations instead of killing the criminal. Since there are better alternatives to handling criminals who resist, or fight back there is no reason why police officers should have to shoot criminals. In Alton Sterling 's case, he was shot several times while being on the ground.
We all make mistakes or maybe a little naive about how things work in a place I like to call “Life”. Maybe as a teenager, you stayed out too late and once you got home. Your evil parents grounded you for a week. You may have thought it was unfair, but after a week you were free again. Your debt was paid and the punishment was behind you, but is this always the case?