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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.
Reason First: Ideation Was the Case- The Virginia Tech Shooter
For a student to want to recreate the horrors of Columbine means that he had ideas. These ideas did not consist of studying and excelling at courses in pursuit of a degree. No. This student killed 30 people and wounded an additional 25 because of his ideology.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Owed No Mercy- Michael McDermott
Michael McDermott opened fire on his workplace on the day after Christmas in 2000 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He claimed that he was instructed to kill Hitler and six Nazi generals by the Archangel Michael. This, of course, was all bunk. Upon further investigation, authorities found that McDermott had drawn up websites directing people on how to mimic mental illness. His whole idea to mow down people has to do with the conceptual scapegoat: money.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Roots of a Massacre-The Columbine High School Murders
In the over two decades since two teens entered their high school committed wickedness, the United States has sustained over 230 school shootings, excluding universities and colleges in a study in 2019 according to the Washington Post. Feature films have been inspired, Oscar®-winning documentaries have been shot, and dozens of talk shows and current affairs programs have covered this case. Psychologists have dissected the reason behind the carnage of that day in April 1999.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Is She a Murderous ‘Karen’? -Susan Smith
The lies ran rampant throughout this case. Susan Smith blamed a phantom black man (surprise, surprise) for hijacking her burgundy Mazda protegé. This did not happen. In fact, she was responsible for strapping her two infant and toddler sons to their carseats and pushed her vehicle into the John D. Long Lake. How much of a murderous Karen is she?
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: No Purpose, No Life-Andrew Cunanan
The story of Andrew Cunanan may have put a damper on the LGBTQ movemement. Much like black men who actually rape, rob and murder, groups find it hard to chant slogans in support of races and orientations. But this is only a might. Gay men especially have been able to revolutionize the culture and the actions of just one person should not be the be all and end all in the story of people who live that LGBTQ life. Instead of clumping people into groups, the goal ought to be to view everyone as individuals.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Suicide manslaughter
I want to start this post off by saying I mean no disrespect to the family or friends of the victims of this nor do I mean any disrespect to the victims themselves. I also don't want to encourage someone to do this, you will go to jail for this. I just want to bring attention to this as an issue.
By Lena Bailey6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: A Damned Man- Timothy McVeigh
What more can be said about the deadliest terrorist attack against America carried out by an American citizen? Objectivity. One must hold Timothy McVeigh alongside some of the worst figures in modern day history. His selfless, self-destruction led to the demise of 168 people, 19 of them children.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Amish Perdition- Murderer Edward Gingerich
The Amish are some of the most peculiar people in the United States of America. They occupy pockets of over 22 states and abide by strict guidelines according to their faith. But the strangest thing to happen, perhaps, by an Amish person was to murder.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: How Calculating can One Smart be?-The Killer Pamela Smart
In the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in New York State, a high profile inmate serves her time. That inmate is Pamela Smart. Found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole, Smart made a disaster of her life. By hiring three young men including Billy Flynn to dispatch her husband Gregg, Smart knew what she was doing.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
The Zona Heaster homicide
In 1896, a young woman from Greenbrier County, West Virginia named Zona Heaster, 23, met a handsome blacksmith named Trout Shue, 35. Whether it was simply love at first site or lust, the romance between the couple wouldn’t last long or end well. Zona didn’t really know enough about the man who had captured her heart. It would be a fatal mistake.
By Marc Hoover6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Murderous Menendezs-Lyle Bought a Porsche, Erik Hired a Full-Time Tennis Coach
Patient-professional confidentiality only goes so far. On Halloween 1989, psychiatrist Jerome Oziel listened to his patient Erik Menendez divulge a shocking and bloody secret. He and his brother had committed parricide. Oziel knew that this type of information must be handed over to law enforcement officials.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Why Forgive a Monster?-John Albert Taylor
Philosopher and author Ayn Rand once said that, “If one does feel compassion for the torturers, it is an act of moral treason toward the victims.” This can be applied to the case of John Albert Taylor. Even at his execution by firing squad, Taylor wished to troll the state of Utah because the action would be “embarrassing.” In June 1989, the body of Charla King appeared before her mother. Taylor had garrotted her with a telephone wire.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
