Corruption In The Film 'Making A Murderer'

Pamela Colloff’s “The Innocent Man,” is an eye-opening, gut-wrenching essay in which Colloff beautifully takes a high complexity prejudiced case of a guilty murder verdict and successfully brings to light her inspiring character Michael Morton’s true innocence in a flawed justice system. Suspense, sadness and frustration are effectively provoked from the reader about Michael’s tragic nightmare which persists for over two decades of time. A nightmare which begins when Michael returns home from work on August 13, 1986, to find out his dead wife was beaten to death in their bed. This is only the beginning of what Colloff unfolds in her writing of Michael’s twenty-five-year agonizing battle behind bars. Step by step Colloff’s marvelous writing

Is there some way to say to say the word “murder” respectfully? Some way to make it sound dignified or peaceful? I guess not, I’ve been trying for years.

In the video “The Confessions” presented by Frontline, a murder of a women that was committed by one man, quickly resulted into a false gang murder-rape scene committed by eight men. The victim, Michelle Bosko, was seen to be raped and killed in her apartment in Norfolk, Virginia. From the video, it has been proven that seven out of the eight men that confessed were innocent, but somehow they all received an unequal punishment. Because the innocent men admitted to a murder that they didn’t commit out of fear, they were all sentenced to some time in prison. The head detective, Glenn Ford, intimidated the men so much that they either were convinced that they were at the crime scene or they told him every detail that he wanted to hear.

I arrived on scene and observed several persons on the sidewalk. A male by the name of Kevin Simmons came up to me and stated "Thank god your here officer, I was over at the Turkey Hill and scene this big tall guy attacking these two women. I came across the street to help because he is twice their size and he was really beating on them." I located victims TINA LEWANDOWSKI and AMANDA LEWANDOWSKI, along with them was several other witnesses, all were standing on the sidewalk. The male actor/defendant JOSEPH LEWANDOWSKI had left the scene, going into his apartment before my arrival. TINA is JOSEPH'S wife and AMANDA is JOSEPH'S daughter.

Nubia, the main witness in this case calls Nashua, New Hampshire police department to report the case after seeing Perry, standing next to a parked car near her apartment. After responding to her call, law enforcement officers request her to point out the suspect and she positively identifies Perry. Following her identification, Perry is arrested and brought for trials at the state's local court.

The other Wes Moore deals with the many situations of public humiliation which are explained in detail by the author through the use of tone and imagery. After being caught and arrested by police officers in Philadelphia, the other Wes Moore faces criminal charges for murder. When Moore was put into prison, Baltimore City police officers were overjoyed after the arrest of the man who murdered their colleague. Author Wes Moore describes the contrasting feelings, of the police officers and Mary Moore’s feelings after the other Wes Moore was arrested. While newspapers and news networks ran coverage of the arrest “civic leaders held press conferences praising the work of the police officers” (Moore 155) whereas “at home, Mary wept” (Moore 155). The tone of this situation is solemn due to the serious situation that is present, and author Wes’s use of sad emotions. By showcasing the two varying emotions of Mary and the police community, author Wes Moore uses tone to

“I just know it’s a dark side of me. It kind of controls me. I personally think it’s- I know it’s not very Christian, but I actually think its demons within me” (Wenzl et al. 308). Dennis Rader, infamously known as BTK, commented about what he called his “factor X” above, which he claimed was his motive for killing. The demons within Rader supposedly caused him to murder four members from the Otero Family leaving the youngest daughter hanging in the basement nearly naked and gagged (Wenzl et al. 10). We now know that these demons within and “factor X” that Rader was referring to was his psychopathology, but we cannot ignore that these traits were triggered by early childhood experience. His early childhood experiences as in many other

Near the end of the book, Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz are Exonerated from the murder of Debbie Carter. They had been in prison for the crime for 12 years due to the crime. This story illustrates the result of poor police work, junk science, lying witnesses, bad defense lawyers, and arrogant prosecutors. On December 7th, 1982, in Ada, Oklahoma, Debbie Carter was horrifically raped in murdered in her apartment in Ada. The police were under enormous pressure to solve the crime, the result being what i said above. Ron Williamson, and Dennis Fritz were framed for the murder, but were not arrested until five years after the murder, after Ron’s alibi witness was dead. The trial, which was littered with junk science, lying witnesses, poor defense

The case is centered on Angelique Lyn Lavallee. Lavallee was in an abusive relationship with her husband, Kevin Rust. Lavallee was in an abusive, emotional, and physical relationship with Rust for nearly four years. Lavallee often visited the hospital for injuries and she lied to the hospital staff when questioned about her injuries. On August 31st, the couple hosted a party at their home and got into an argument. Rust threatened Lavallee’s life and in fear Lavallee shot Rust as he exited the room, killing Rust immediately. During the trial, many witnesses came and provided testimony that Lavallee was being abused by Rust severely. Dr. Shane, a medical psychiatrist diagnosed Lavallee and concluded that she has symptoms of BWS. In the end, the court concluded

Facts of the Case – On March 27, 1967, Leslie Taylor Morrin, a 37 year old Millwright worker in Oregon Ohio, killed William Abell, a 53-year old male with several blows to the head with a pair of tongs taken from the back seat of his car. The defendant, Morrin, met Abell a stranger (victim), at a nearby bar in Toledo, Ohio where he stopped to call the union’s business agent. While the defendant was on his way home (Monroe, Michigan), the victim, Abell asked for a ride, stating that he (Abell) was stranded and was going in the same direction. During the trip, the victim pulled out a knife on the defendant who immediately volunteered to give up all of his money. William, who is also the victim demanded that Morrin perform oral sex upon him.

A woman by the name of Debbie Sykes became the victim of a murder and rape. she was found behind an apartment building located downtown. She was a copy editor at the twin city sentinel. She was recognized by the chief editor who called in saying she did not appear for work. She was considered fight for her life however, she was stabbed and killed. The lead in her murder was a simple raspy call on a pay phone. He stated that he was Sammy Mitchell . By then they put up the photo of Darryl Eugene Hunt. He had been quickly taken in for the charge of rape and murder and stated that he didn 't commit the crime.

During the interview Tillman Freeman III demanded information from his wife pertaining to her have multiple affairs. It appeared to me he wanted to make her suffer emotionally. Tillman Freeman III continued to ask Candice Freeman about who she was sleeping with. During the interview he asked Detective J. Figueroa to call an individual suspected of sleeping with his wife. During the phone call Tillman Freeman III told the male Serenity Freeman was his child. After the phone call was completed Tillman Freeman continued to accuse Candice Freeman of having an affair. After Candice Freeman left from the interview room, Detective J. Figueroa continued to talk with Tillman Freeman III. During the conversation Tillman Freeman III agreed to take Detective J. Figueroa to where the children were, which was somewhere in Hoke County.

“‘Just plain medical doctors. Medical doctors in general practice. That’s all the law requires. We have sanity hearings in this county every year for the purpose of committing people to the institution. We never call anybody in Larned or psychiatric institutions of any kind. Our own local physicians attend to that matter Its no great job to find whether a man is insane. Or an idiot or an imbecile… It’s entirely unnecessary, a waste of time to send the defendants to Larned’” (267).

REPORTER: The reporter/ neighbor (Joseph) called to report Abuse for the victim, Norma Jean. Norma Jean is disabled, and she receives social security; she can perform her daily ADL’s. According to Joseph, Joshua (husband) calls the victim names and threatens her (“24/7”) the victim “he was going to kill her, the family, track her down, and kill himself” (unknown when). Joshua through a cup coffee cup (with coffee inside) at the victim because she wanted to go see her children at her sister’s home (“visitation w/DHS”), Joshua was jealous. There were bruises on her arm that took about 3 weeks to heal, according to the reporter. Last month (didn’t specify), Joshua bit the victim on her back (unknown marks/bruises). The reporter said Joshua “demands

REPORTER: The reporter/ mother (Brenda) called with concerns for the victims, Timothy and Jaden. According to the reporter, on New Years Night, the children went with their father for the weekend. The reporter said the children told her Tim (father) had to work, and she told them to let her know if they were going to be home alone. Tim picked the children up from the reporter’s sister’s home and transported them to a gas station. Tim’s girlfriend (Tracey) picked the children up. The reporter said Tracey “allowed the 14 year old to drive from the father’s home to her home”, while she was in the vehicle. When they arrived to her home, Tracey’s children were home alone unsupervised (a report will be sent to Walthall County regarding the children).