Research Paper On Kitty Genovese

Her trial, which started 10 months after the murders, was lead by what towns’ people called the “dream team” of lawyers. The jury had 12 men on it that believed that she was not guilty because after they showed her the skull of her father in court, she fainted, and because she was a girl. They thought that no girl was capable of committing such a crime.

On March 13th, 1964, in New York, a young woman by the name of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was just coming home from her late shift at work. It’s three a.m., and as she’s walking to her apartment building, she notices a suspicious, hooded man some distance away. Rightfully concerned, she goes to the phone booth, aiming to call the police, but never makes it in time. She’s stabbed in the back, and then in her gut. When her screams cause the neighbors to turn the lights on, all they do

The assailant came back to further hurt Kitty a total of two separate times in over half an hour and no one called the police. Martin Gansberg does an extraordinary job of capturing the scene of the murder and those who aided in her death. Gansberg further captures this through powerful displays of diction, tone, repetition, and appropriate use of dialogue. Gansberg’s diction throughout the passage is one of extreme formality as he is writing for the New York Times and must stay neutral. However, this formality also comes with an undertone of passive aggressiveness. For example, he writes about the thirty-eight who could have saved her, “Twice their chatter and the sudden glow of their bedroom lights interrupted and frightened him off...Not one person telephones the police during the assault” (Gansberg 120). While Gansberg is being professional and formal, he is showing hints of emotion through his tone. He is berated that many people didn't help and yet doesn't actually express his uneasiness. Additionally, another characteristic of the article is how Gansberg repeats the time, “This is what the police say happened beginning at 3:20 A.M.” (Gansberg 121). Again recalling the time, “The assailant got into his car and drove away. Miss Genovese staggered to her feet...It was 3:35 A.M.” (Gansberg 121). Further recollection, “It was

eight months pregnant at the time of her death. The crime of murder is always repugnant, but these acts were savage beyond belief. Investigators struggled to come up with motives and suspects linked to the crimes, Los Angeles Police Department did not think the crimes were connected at first.

I would have yelled while calling the police at the same time. I can’t imagine me having that on my conscious for the rest of my life. “I could have done something, I could have called, and I chose to do nothing and now this lady is dead.” How the 38 people still sleep at night, I have no clue. There was a window of opportunity for Kitty to still be alive, and the fact that no one could even call the police disgusts me. It took the police 2 minutes to arrive. Winston stayed in his car for 10 minutes. I would have called. There is no excuse why any of these neighbors didn’t

Most of the cats were hiding deep in their cages, as if they were ashamed of being in the humane society at all. But little Vin, he stuck his paws out the bars of the cage, begging for attention. As I crouched down to look at him, I was greeted by his big, pastel green eyes. And then a meow, of course. He was tiny, not just in the fact he was just a baby, but he was skinny. Now, I had seen slim cats, but I could see poor Vincent’s ribs even through his black striped fur.

In 1959, Steven Murray Truscott was sentenced to death in 1959 for murder. He was originally to be hanged on December 8, 1959; however, a reprieve postponed his execution. After a few months, Truscott's death sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment. He was acquitted of the charges in 2007.

A family of four were living on the second floor of a building in Leeward. During a normal Saturday night, the father and daughter who was just 14 years old went to a party. The mother and baby were left alone in the apartment. As the mother was in the yellow tile kitchen with a spoon in her hand and the small baby in the large white bed, there was a loud hysterical scream in the air. The mom jumped up and rushed towards the square shaped window. As she looked out the window there was a domino effect of people turning on their dull yellow light bulbs. The sound of a wailing siren was heard throughout the neighborhood as an ambulance and police cars came rushing over to the crime scene. She wored her slippers on and carried the child outside in the chilling cold night. She saw everything: red and blue lights being shined through the cars. The two lifeless bodies on the hard black road, a man and a woman. Police officers were scattered all over the street with yellow tape in their hands that read “Do not cross”. The yellow tape was put all around the neighborhood, not letting anyone in or

[As their] murder [can be] thoughtful, deliberate and cunning in it planning and execution” (Weir 13) as this is cruel and an unusual punishment for the victims. We need to keep in mind that the victim could be a daughter, cousin, sister, mother, a loved one that’s why they need justice. Who know how much pain they were going through as they were getting attacked by a victim they thought was an average person like them. The worries about if they might live or not to see their loved one they thought would be able to see forever. This is why criminals need to take responsibility for their actions they

Most just stared and asked if the experimenter was ok but did not have an urge to help him out. A similar situation happened in New York City, when Kitty Genovese was struck down right outside her apartment. She was repeatedly stabbed by Winston Moseley under the eyes of 37 people, no one stood up to help, they just simply stared from the safety of their apartments. They chose to ignore the tragedy because it does not have an emotional affect or physical affect on them. In other words, they are not connected to the victim whatsoever so they feel less responsible and thus, some might even questioned themselves during the tragedy of why should they even help when others does not? However, according to a study research, gender also plays a role.

Darley and Latane begin their essay by using solid examples of when the bystander effect presented itself, and why people were harmed because of it. They explain why nice people do not help in certain situations, and why someone can pass by a person in distress when others are around, and why more people respond when no one is around. Darley and Latane show what it takes for people to respond; they have to actually realize that it is an emergency and not a ruse or a normal occurrence. Sitting idly by while a dangerous situation is happening does not make someone a bad person, it just reveals their humanity.

people” did not call the police, because they figured someone else would call. This is called

How could someone possibly let her off the hook of such a crime. They said it would be just as bad for her to be in that cell alone because of her depression, but does it justify her cutting short the lives of the two children who had no idea of their oncoming death. "All grandeur, all power, all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears." Says Joseph de Maistre, a eighteenth century French diplomat. He is right, if we give up our punishing a deadly criminal, then we throw our society into chaos and let the criminals freely do as they please. I would know I was safe if anyone that tried to fatally harm me would be put to death. But in this society when someone can kill someone, get sentenced to life, get paroled and then freed to go about and do the same crime again frankly scares me. Another thing that scares me is the fact that this country has softened up on criminals. It's hard to think that now a days everyone has a right, even though when you go against the law and are put in prison, you are suppose to be stripped of your rights. Not so anymore. Justice in the nineties has slacked up a bit.

Batwoman didn't think much of it so she went back on the rooftop of the motel. When she reached the top the door at the top of the motel was open when it wasn't earlier. Batwoman turned on her flashlight and went in to see if someone tried to break in. There was multiple floors of the motel she was on the top. She slowly walked threw the dark as night hallway looking for anything suspicious. Nothing caught her eye till the bottom floor the hallway was light up now with candles. There was many broken windows in the hall. 3 cats that must have crawled through the windows sat in the middle of the hallway. When Batwoman got close they all danced and ran in different directions. These cats acted very weird so she ran after one to the parking lot outside of the

Lets come together as a strong union and come together and never let tragedies like this ever happen again and be an example for the future generations. If we can find a way to stop this before it affects other generations, then this world would be a lot safer teaching the youth as they girl and learn from your actions and beliefs and it is important that you to teach the youth this because one day they are gonna be the future and are gonna make the difference in this world. We need to make an example of people like Catherine, who were victim of these inhuman acts of stubbornness and lack of effort we shall treat everyone the same and change our ways in the end that's what's gonna make the difference. Our sincere forgiveness should go out to the victims who have fallen due to this and we should never forget no matter who the person they are still like you they have a family that they love many people would do the same thing for you and be a great pedestrian they will change the world and help you and the people you love (¨Bystander