Barry Gibbs Criminal Case

Between 1979 and 1981, Wayne Williams of Atlanta, Georgia, was accused of the murder of over 20 children but was convicted of the murder of two adults. The victim had officers that were an identical match to the fibers in Williams home and his vehicle. The case was called the Atlanta Child Murders, in which Williams was arrested. Williams was believed to be responsible for the murder involving two adults because of the evidence, but not any of the children. The evidence also proves that Williams is the culprit behind the children murders but the doubt was too compelling to be prosecuted any further. There were law enforcement officers who testified to hearing a slash near the

The high-profile case that I chose was regarding a lady name Jodi Arias. Arias who was convicted on first degree murder. Jodi Arias killed her salesman ex- boyfriend Travis Victor Alexander on October 4, 2008 in his home in Mesa, Arizona. She was convicted on May 8, 2013, and was sentenced to life in prison. Jodi stabbed Travis multiple times with a knife, cut his throat, and then shot Travis in the head. Arias killed her ex-boyfriend Travis in the shower, after have a romantic time with him. While Travis was in the shower, and his cell phone rung and he had an incoming message and Jodi went through his phone. In regards to this after seeing the incoming message was another female; she then reacted in a violent outrage. Arias proclaimed to

The Scottsboro Trials exposed the racism of a courtroom when nine, young, innocent men were falsely accused of raping two white women and unjustly sentenced to death. The teenagers were sentenced to death after facing an

A very significant case in Cook County Courts was the Bridgeport case, known as a “heater” case because of the publicity that surround it, and the racial overtones (Bogira 181). The Bridgeport case involved three white teenagers, Michael Kwidzinski, Jasas, and Caruso that were accused of brutally beating two young black boys who were riding their bikes in the predominantly white neighborhood. The entire summary of the case, in Courtroom 302, was based around the fact that one of the boys, Michael Kwidzinski, was most likely innocent. The question then turns to the boy himself, Michael Kwidzinski; if he was innocent, why did hid then accept a guilty plea bargain?

How does the case of Ossian and Gladys Sweet reveal the racism of the 1920s and affect other African American people?

Evidence:Two men who robbed the agency were William Robinson and Terrance Stewart. License plate number was given. A note was found and latent fingerprints.

Police Officer Jones, in full uniform, was walking the midnight shift in a high-crime area at approximately 2:00 AM and is approached by a civilian who told Officer Jones she had been robbed and beaten by someone wearing a red shirt and white pants. The victim’s shirt was blood soaked from a severe laceration to her head and lip. She said the perpetrator was wearing a ski mask so she was unable to determine the gender/sex of the individual, as well as the race/ethnicity. However, she was able to inform Officer Jones that the perpetrator was approximately 5’8” tall and had a gun. The perpetrator stole her wallet and was

During the Scottsboro Boys Trial, nine african american boys were accused of raping two white women.(The Trials of “The Scottsboro Boys”: An Account) They had four trials for the case and for the first trial they spent two years in jail.( The Trials of “The Scottsboro Boys”: An Account) Local newspapers were making accusations about the Scottsboro Boys before the trial started.( The Trials of “The Scottsboro Boys”: An Account )While they were in jail, they would only be released from their cell once or twice a week.(The Trials of “The Scottsboro Boys”: An Account) The nine Scottsboro Boys were pending an appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court but while that was going on, the girls admitted that they were not raped by the Scottsboro boys.(The Scottsboro Case: A Timeline) By the time this trial was coming to an end, the all of the Scottsboro boys passed away.(The Scottsboro Case: A

Upon my arrival, I observed a white male standing outside, Officer Welch then order the suspect to ground who was later identified as Kevin George Plato (Suspect). Mr. Plato had a moderate odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath at this time.

Technology in the late 60’s was insufficient to collect DNA samples from suspects, however, in 1998 Riverside Police collected skin samples from their only remaining suspect in the case. The results of these tests have not been released to the public.

Imagine walking down your neighborhood block on a beautiful Sunday morning. All that is at the forefront of your thoughts is getting to Blockbuster and turning in a work application, for purposes of purchasing your favorite musician’s new album. But now you are stopped by a police officer accusing you of murder, placed in a cop car, and driven to the scene where you have been identified as a killer. This is precisely what happened to the young, 15-year-old Brenton Butler depicted in the Academy Award winning documentary: Murder on a Sunday Morning, which details the trial of Brenton v. Florida.

I chose this case because it is located in Regina, Saskatchewan and it is Regina’s first serial killer case and that it is a shocking news for Regina to hear the news that there was a serial killer in their city that was walking around. The interesting thing is that it took the Regina Police Service three years to be able to catch Clayton Bo Eichler and that was not able to be found in this years. His technique of killing them and getting rid of them without any trace for three years was surprisingly advantageous for him to not to be arrested.

African Americans only make up 13% of the population. Half of all those convicted of murder are African American, outweighing the dominance of Caucasians who make up 64% of the population. Based on over turned convictions, African Americans are seven times more likely to be convicted of murder than Caucasians (Martelle, S. (2017, March 7). In a turmoil cycle, race crimes is an influence on sending innocent blacks to prison. It is believed that 84% of white murder victims and 93% of black murder victims are killed by members of their own race (Gross, Possley & Stephens, 2017,March 7). African Americans convicted of murder are more likely to be innocent than any other race convicted. Also, African Americans who are convicted of killing a

Walsh defines a serial killer as a “person who kills three or more individuals in sperarte events and who is motivated by various combinations” (429) Other killings that are not included in the definton are revenge killing, hitman, political/ religious killing, etc. To show African-American serial killer Walsh used data from encolyodiea, newspapers, and the itnert. In total thr data provided 90 African American serial killers and 323 White serial killers who operated in the same time frame (429). The data is from the year 1945 to the year 2004.

Timelines and storytelling are two of the important aspects of any trial which occurs in the American Courts. The story of “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote’s original publication in a four part article in The New Yorker, In Cold Blood was turned into a movie, some would say a documentary of the mass murder, it mirrors the crime O.J. Simpson was accused of in many aspects as being brutal and deliberate but as in both instances the stories appear to bring humanity and humanize the villains, whether it be a dirty cop, a murdering husband or just two ex-convicts who go on a murdering spree.