Herbert Landry was convicted of first-degree aggravated arson on August 16th, 2006 in Provo, Utah. Based on people who testified against him as well as the dog handler, Landry was initially found guilty of aggravated arson. Prior to conviction, Landry had been displaced from his home in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina. Since the hurricane, Landry then moved to Shadow Woods Apartment complex; where the fire was taken place. Landry sent his family to Texas while he lived in Utah. After saving enough money to go visit his family in Texas, he stayed there for three months. After three months of visitation, Landry’s landlord assumed he would not be living in his apartment anymore. As a result, Landry was evicted. After Landry had packed his belongings, …show more content…
The dog handler identified Landry’s shoe and his sock. As evidence was sent to the lab for testing, Landry’s shoe and his sock were the only two pieces of evidence that were tested. Based on the lab results, no flammable liquids were found on the floor or on his clothing. In defense, at trial, the dog handler testified that the dog, “was more sensitive and accurate than laboratory testing equipment.” Herbert Landry was then sentenced to five years to life in prison based on evidence that a dog retrieved. Eventually, Landry was exonerated after several appeals. Thanks to Landry’s attorney, a petition was created that emphasized how poor the evidence was. Unfortunately, the petition was dismissed. Though it was initially dismissed, it was reversed by the Utah Court of Appeals. At trial, an arson expert defended Landry by testifying that the fire should have never been classified as an arson because the evidence was invalid and unreliable. Landry was then granted a new trial where his attorney explained how the evidence should not have been accepted as admissible proof of arson without legitimate laboratory
As forewoman of the jury we believe that Mr. Harmon was the look out for the robbery. Two witnesses stated that Mr. Harmon was to go into the drugstore before the robbery was supposed to happen and see if there were any cops or probable witnesses to the crime that ended Mr. Nesbitt’s life. Mr. Harmon’s own journal he stated that he participated in the robbery. These reports of the actions lead us to the conclusion that Mr. Harmon participated in the crime.
Christopher Wallace murder case never came to a end !! Christopher Wallace was actually a great student who lived in Brooklyn where violence was always the answer . Christopher started to sell drugs when he was in middle school . Then is where (Biggie Smalls )was made, selling on the streets selling weed, cocaine, and pills he rapped in rap battles in the streets. Christopher went by (Biggie Smalls)winning against the best everyday( Puffy) was introduced to (Biggie)
Introduction Today’s criminal justice system is made up of many processes that work together in removing criminals from our streets and rehabilitating individuals to be functioning members of society. Though our current system has shown success in many areas there are still many ways that it could be improved. Through Brandon Bledsoe’s case progression, the strongest and weakest links in our criminal justice system will be highlighted.
Phillip Perez was incensed when he walked in the small apartment. He made his presence known by slamming the door open with an immense strength fueled by drunken rage. He has received some upsetting news that is the cause of this inappropriate entrance on this late night. His girlfriend, Melanie Krizek is flirting with another man according to a friend he was with at the club earlier. His unreasonable response to this rumor is to loudly enter the small apartment and wake the two ladies occupying the home.
The Innocence Project illustrates and explains how someone can be imprisoned for many years, and then, suddenly be set free. Randolph Arledge was accused of murdering and raping 21-year-old Carolyn Armstrong on August 30, 1981. She was found on a dirt road in Navarro County, naked from the waist down with 40 stab wounds in the chest and neck area. Her car was also found a couple of miles away with a partially smoked joint and a black hair net in it.
They convicted him based on information that they had that wasn’t reliable and accurate. On the windows there was cracking that resembled a web and many of the arson detectives believed it was due to there being accelerant used
Evicted Discussion Three In the third reading of Evicted, the book continues to tell the stories on both the north and south side of Milwaukee. On the south side in the trailer park, we continue to read about Larraine and her struggle to keep a roof over her head. I still struggle to sympathise with Larrine because of how careless she is with her money.
In this case, Theodore Robert Bundy a notorious American serial killer began his murderous rampage around 1970s. In 1974, witnesses saw a young man, who introduced himself as Ted, approach two young women at Seattle State Park and ask for help with his sailboat. They were never seen alive again and became his first known victims (Corner, 2017). Around this time, numerous women in the Seattle region and nearby Oregon disappeared. Stories circulated about some of the victims last being seen in the company of a young, dark-haired man known as "Ted."
Both men were successful in their appeals as a verdict of guilty could not be settled upon as the case was based on improbabilities and circumstantial evidence that could not lead to a definite
Depriving someone or a suspect of their rights is illegal. Title 18 of Section 242 makes acting under and color of law to deprive a person of the privilege or right protected by the Laws of the US or the Constitution (Deprivation Rights Under Color Law). This shows that the police can not keep someone from their civil rights. If people under any color of law deprives a suspect of their rights they will be consequented, and if any damage done to the suspect the consequences are worse. If any one conspires to deprive the suspect of their rights, immunities, or privileges protected by the Laws of the US or the Constitution, will be imprisoned for no more than a year or fined, if not both.
I am writing to you to request a deviation on behalf of my client Philip Reynolds. The current plea offer is for Mr. Reynolds to plead guilty to DUI Impaired to the slightest degree, and under other terms to serve three days in prison. Based on my client’s background and the circumstances of this case, Philip is respectfully asking that the State amend its current plea offer and allow him to serve only one day in jail. Philip is a single father of three minor children. His wife abandoned the family in 2011.
Len Musgrove first began his law practice with a traditional IT setup. He thought this was his only option. However, the hassle of buying hardware with maintenance and continual upgrades left him feeling perplexed. He became all-ear when an IT company suggested the Cloud to him.
Case No. CV-105412 claims against the former Deloitte Tax LLC. , Arnold McClellan and his wife Annabel McClellan for violating the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct. Arnold McClellan who is former partner at Deloitte Tax LLP has openly talked about the confidential merger and acquisition deals on which he was working for his Deloitte clients to his wife, Annabel McClellan. This conversation has put McClellan's family life in a nutshell.
He found that Police procedures with regard to evidence referencing, police chain of custody and overall collection of evidence. He stated that the Queensland Police Force failed the most rudimentary collection protocols and this lead to confusion in the labelling of exhibits and their actual obtaining from the accused. He further pointed out that searches were conducted in a manner that exposed the primary and secondary crime scenes to contamination. A video of the Police search showed that none of the officers involved wore protective clothing, gloves or booties; that swab testing of the car showed that the officer involved in collection conducted the Sangur strip test and actually allowed his fingers to come in contact, thus providing a false positive indication for human blood, when it was noticed that he had a small cut on his finger; fingerprint collection was done before testing for human enzymes which also could have produced a false positive due to the chemical makeup of the powder used (the force used Magnapowder which has a metallic composition and this reacted with the test strips); photographs of the boot floor showed that none of the items were laid out on white protective paper. This would also have prevented cross contamination and enabled the collection of any evidence that fell from the boot.
Eye-witness testimonies did not all sound the same, as some people said the fire started in the palm tree and others said they saw flames light the cloth covering the ceiling. Tomaszewski was not found guilty due to all of the other possible ignition sources and the unanswered questions that came with them.