Cody Metzker-Madsen's Crime

The justice system is best known as a pursuit for the truth. It is managed by humans so, it is inevitable not to make errors such as ones that will lead an innocent to be wrongfully convicted. Such a scenario is the David Milgaard case where he supposedly raped and murdered a woman named Gail Miller but really, the foundations of justice were tampered with. The Canadian justice system failed terribly, dismissed millions of dollars and banished the citizens certainty in the system. Most importantly, this even diminished 20 years of a man’s life.

The Missouri State Superior Court sought after the death penalty even though Simmons was only Seventeen years old at the time. Simmons’ was seventeen at the time of the crime and that placed him out in the criminal Jurisdiction of Missouri’s Juvenile Court system

Jarrell Milton was initially charged as a juvenile with first-degree murder, but the prosecutors said “that they did not believe Jarrell Milton was the shooter, and his charges were reduced.” The Judge ordered Jarrell to be held at the youth center in secure placement for as of now. The Judge also said “if he was found guilty he would not go to prison, but he would go to a facility known as Boys Town or a rehab center in Kearney and remain under the court’s jurisdiction until the age of 19.” As for the Jamar and Shuntayvious Primes-Willis they were both charged as adults with first-degree murder. Jamar’s attorney requested that his case be moved to juvenile court, but his request got denied mostly because of his age. Primes-Willis also made

Romarr Gipson, at the early age of seven, is the youngest boy to have ever been charged with murder. Gipson along with his eight-year-old friend named Elijah Henderson were charged with first-degree murder of the eleven-year-old Ryan Harris. It was later determined after the boys claimed they murdered Harris, that she was found to be murdered and raped by a 37-year-old man named Floyd Durr. Gipson had already shown signs of psychological issues as a young boy. A psychiatrist determined that he had “cognitive disabilities.” The boy did not speak well and would lose his train of thought easily. Gipson’s family received a $2 million settlement from the city of Chicago from a claim that the boy was framed and psychologically damaged. Roughly eight years after the Harris case, Romarr Gipson found himself before a judge yet again. At this point he is fifteen years old, and facing aggravated battery charges. It appears that a child wrongfully accused of rape and murder will forever be traumatized by such an impactful event that it could easily lead to such problems as post-traumatic stress disorder, social and emotional complications, learning disorders, and behavioral problems. I believe that the “Psychological Theory” along with its sub-theories the “Psychodynamic Theory” and “Behavioral Theory,” help define and

Facts: Kyle John Kelbel was convicted of first-degree murder, past pattern of child abuse, in violation of Minnesota state statute section 609.185(5) and second-degree murder, in violation of Minnesota statute 609.19, subdivision 2(1). He was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Kailyn Marie Montgomery. Kelbel appealed, and argued that the district court failed to instruct the jury that it must find that the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the acts that constituted the past pattern of child abuse and he also argued that the evidence against him was insufficient to prove past pattern of child abuse

In cities like Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, the worst cities for urban youth, teen crime is not extraordinary. The poverty-ridden towns further provide reason and excuse for crime. Now this can be caused by many things, but the key ones are for money to provide basic needs and a way to obtain material goods that could not be obtained lawfully. In “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, two impoverished teens growing up in Baltimore experience very different lives, one will find himself on top of the world, and the other far below in a state prison.

In 1981 Steven Steinberg was accused of murdering his wife Elena Steinberg by stabbing her twenty-six times in Scottsdale, Arizona (Guy, 2015). At the time of the murder, Steinberg was the one who called law enforcement to report an attempted break-in at his home, even though no signs of force entry were found at the scene. During that time, the case drew a lot of publicity in the state of Arizona; not only because it was a horrifying crime, but because it was a case that involved a murder while sleepwalking. When the police linked him to the murder of his wife, Steinberg did not deny killing his wife but argued that he was not responsible for her murder because he claimed that he did not remember what happened and that he was sleepwalking at the time he committed the crime. Despite inventing the story about an attempted break-in at his home, the jury found him not guilty on the basis of being temporarily insane at the time of the murder, and walked away as a free man (Guy, 2015).

In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” the author states “My youngest sister was the joy of our close family. When a teenager murdered her and her husband in 1990 in suburban Chicago, she was pregnant with their first child. She begged for the life of her unborn child as he shot her. He reported to a friend, who testified at his trial, about his “thrill kill” that he just wanted to “see what it would feel like to shoot someone.” This teen was charged as adult by the JLWOP ( Juvenile Life without Parole) his problem was he was believed to be a serial killer in the making. In the article Jenkins states “ After a series of other crimes, he planned the murders for months, carefully and privately. He did not act on impulse of peer pressure…” This quote means the teenager had other intentions of killing more people his problem was he just wanted to understand how it felt to kill someone and the consequence after the crimes were done. Maybe he believed since he was underage he would not get charged as an adult.

Michael Kingston’s “Creating a Criminal” Discuss a new law known as Section 598b of the California Penal Code. 598b states Every Person is guilty of a misdemeanor who possesses, import into the state, sells, buys, gives away, or accepts any carcass of any animal traditionally or commonly kept as a pet/companion with the sole intent of killing and using the animal for food. Kingston brings up a good point on what exactly is constituted as a pet? In America cats and dogs are traditionally regarded as pets. However people who traditionally eat dogs or cats as food are Vietnamese. He also explains that “ A Vietnamese-American family, canine-eating family is no more a threat to the pet-trading industry than a family of European

FACTS: Douglas E. Metzger lived in an apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska. About 7:45 a.m on April 30, 1981 a residence of the apartment complex was parking his vehicle directly in front of Metzger’s apartment window. Metzger was standing naked with his arms at his side for five seconds. At 8:00 a.m two officers had arrived to the apartment, they observed Metzger standing naked in front of the window eating cereal. The officers said that Metzger was nude from mid-thigh on up and he was standing a foot of the window. Douglas Metzger had violated the Lincoln Municipal Code which stated, that it was unlawful for a person in the city of Lincoln to commit any indecent exposure in the presence of another person.

He assumes that drug addiction originated by younger years adversity in major cases; like many women who are addicted are victims of sexual assault in childhood years. Similar, he tells that males suffered “series of abandonment or severe physical and psychological abuse” (Maté 274) in childhood memory would easily be involved in addiction. According to Mate, drug addicts are usually in a state of unawareness; they can self-harm without feeling pain (274). Maté’s patient, Carl, thirty-six year-old native, angrily hurt himself with a knife as punishment for using cocaine (274). However, people misunderstand that addiction will not happen in families that raise children with a “secure nurturing home” (Maté 275). He argues that it still exists in those secure homes, even though they do not recognize it. In brief, Maté describes the mental factors such as stress, anxiety, and depression which are saddled “from family problem, or from outside circumstance” (274); this pressures can emotionally affect to the process of “endorphin-liberating interaction with their children” (Maté 275). He thinks children would rely on opiates to comfort their deepest emotions; it would be a best solution to escape their lonely world. For that reason, Maté confirms addicts usually blame themselves for “stupid decision” (Maté 275) after being suffered of drug starvation. In the last paragraph, Maté concludes his essay by stating “that is the great wound of all” (275),

In the case of Georgia vs. Schmidt, this is an interesting juvenile case. Lacey Schmidt who was 15 at the time of the attack murdered his 14 year old girlfriend at the time in her Miles Road home. He was charged with theft, possession of a firearm and murder. Lacey is accused of shooting and murdering Alana Calahan by shooting her in the back of the head while inside her home in Harlem Georgia. Lacey was sentenced to life without parole. The crime happened in January of 2011 in the neighborhood of Harlem where Lacey and Alana were from. Lacey was then convicted of malice murder, felony murder while in commission of aggravated assault in February 2011 where he received life in prison without parole. Prosecutors say that Lacey had planned the

Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said" Jaden Jordan was a young innocent child who was unable to defend himself from the vicious assault and there is no excuse for anyone to attack a child. The accused beat the young boy so badly that he later died. We are determined that justice will be done and that the accused is held responsible."

Nic Sheff was 18 and collage bound when he discovered crystal meth. At first his father had no idea. Then came a call from his school, the late nights, the lying, the ghoulish pallor and the wasting away. David’s life became an eternity of waiting, for the phone to ring, the door to open, or

It was March 30th when Harrison had left his own home and left for his buddy's house, Damarious. Harrison and Damarious are great buds together, and they love to play baseball together. So later that day they decided to go to Four Seasons park and played America's favorite game. The two boys put a grandma into tears because they played the game perfectly and she exclaimed that “It was the best baseball she's seen since ‘1992.” Later that night the boys enjoyed their slumber party by doing typical boy things; Eating pizza rolls, staying up late, and of course, you guessed it, pillow fights! The next day (March 31st, 2016) Harrison's mom, Sarah picked up the little boy and informed him that he would be going to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Once Harrison