Martin Gansberg’s article “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder and Didn’t Call the Police” discusses the murder of Kitty Genovese and the 38 witnesses who did not report it to the police. Martin Gansberg argues that the witnesses’ inaction was due to the bystander effect, which is when people do not take action in an emergency situation … Read more
It’s one of the oldest debates in psychology: nature vs nurture. Does a person’s environment or their genes have more influence on their behavior? When it comes to serial killers, this debate takes on a whole new level of importance. On the one hand, you have those who believe that serial killers are born, not … Read more
Jack the Ripper is one of the most infamous serial killers in history. Between August and November of 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered five women in London’s Whitechapel district. The police were unable to catch Jack the Ripper, and the murders remain unsolved to this day. There are several theories as to why the police … Read more
Sociology is the study of human social behavior. Sociologists examine the ways in which people interact with each other and how they use and maintain power within society. One area of sociology that has received a great deal of attention in recent years is the study of serial killers. Serial killers are individuals who kill … Read more
A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, in two or more separate events over a period of time, for primarily psychological reasons. The United States FBI asserts that serial killers commit crimes (the unlawful killing of one or more human beings by another) to satisfy some abnormal psychological need for … Read more
At 2:23 a. m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 there was a 911 call received from a man, Tom Robbins, who claimed his wife, Suzy, had never come home from work, and he had not been able to find nor contact her in any way. They lived in a small town, Eureka Springs, with a … Read more
Is it your husband, wife, annoying teen, insane in-laws, or teacher? Or all of them like it was for me. Whoever it is you want gone, can vanish in a series of simple steps. Over the years; after countless evil deeds and the police catching onto my trail, I made a fool proof guide to … Read more
There was a very unlucky man who would do anything to change his fortune around. He sold his soul to the devil and he knew there was no coming back from that. Even having good fortune and life could not shake the fact that he would have to answer to the devil soon. Good thing … Read more
JURISDICTION AND VENUE: Pursuant to International Code ratified by all member countries of the United Nations, this Court has jurisdiction to hear the present case in special session at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. INTRODUCTION: The prosecution pleas, Victor Frankenstein is found guilty for violating “The Prometheus Article” as well as for committing … Read more
The West Memphis Three Trial is a Trial that involved three eight year old boys that were murder. These boys names were Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore. The murders of the three boys are suspected to be by three teenage boys. The suspected teens that supposedly committed the murders were Damien Echols, Jason … Read more
The body of Deanna Ogg was found in a secluded wooded area near an old logging road on September 27, 1986, in Montgomery County, Texas. The cause of death was determined by autopsy to be blunt trauma injuries to the head and multiple stab wounds to the neck. The victim was also sexually assaulted. Roy … Read more
“#BlackLivesMatter” is an expanding movement that fights for freedom and justice for all black lives. It started in 2012, after Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman while walking unarmed in his neighborhood. Zimmerman was later acquitted of all charges. This create a nationwide outrage in which the public felt that there was a total … Read more
2. The petitioner, Timothy Hurst, was convicted of first degree murder and the jury recommended the death penalty to the judge in Florida, who then sentenced Hurst to death. Hurst appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and was granted resentencing. The Florida Supreme Court rejected Hurst’s argument and reaffirmed his sentence. The Supreme Court of … Read more
The death penalty is an archaic procedure which operates on a rampant racial bias. Its use is not only tremendously expensive but also ineffective in complying to its purpose : deterring crime and controlling criminal behavior. The courts have struggled to define” cruel and unusual,” because the term is ultimately vague and the definitions applied … Read more
Richard Ramirez was a California-based serial killer who operated from 1984 to 1985. He was born in El Paso, Texas, but eventually moved out to California. He was known as the “Night Stalker” because he would break into homes at night, raping and killing his victims. Ramirez got his start early, as he (unsurprisingly) had … Read more
Could a Lizzie Borden really have taken an ax and ended her parents lives committing a double murder, its been 120 years and this is still a continuing question? On August 4, 1892 a double murder was committed. Abby Borden was discovered dead upstairs and her husband Andrew dead downstairs. Both were axed to death … Read more
Road to Perdition is a crime drama released in July 2002 following the life of a father and son during the winter of 1931. The movie begins with Michael Sullivan Jr. witnessing his father, Michael Sullivan, commit murder as an enforcer while working under the mob boss John Rooney. Connor Rooney, son of John Rooney, … Read more
The story “A Jury of Her Peers” was first published in 1917 and was based on a authors one act play “Trifles”. “Trifles” was written in 1916 by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell wrote the play after an experience she had while working for a Des Moines newspaper. The significance of the title of the play, “A … Read more
Capital punishment is an issue that has been used to handle severe crimes in nearly every country either now or in the past. Even though I understand both sides of capital punishment, I can not morally say that it’s good. Though many say that the death penalty is the only way to go , it … Read more