Larry Davis Court Cases

One organization, made specifically to get justice for victims of law enforcement is the Stolen Lives foundation. The Stolen Lives Foundation’s goal is to compile and create a list of people killed by law enforcement agents from the year 1990 until now. Through many efforts over 2000 cases were documents in the second edition of the Stolen Lives book published in 1999. These 2000+ cases are evidence of the true injustice, within the communities and the national epidemic of police brutality. “The Stolen Lives Project aims to restore some dignity to the lives lost.” The Stolen Lives website claims that “though their lives have been stolen from us, we will not allow them to be forgotten”

One thing that struck me while watching this documentar,y was the way that the New York media sought out the information and relayed it back to the public. They created a humungous turmoil against the five teenage boys, who they claimed were out “wilding” running in a “wolf pack” after their “predators”. Mayor Koch stated, “this will be a test of the system”, regarding for the death penalty. The public wanted to see how the system would handle such barbaric acts and whether or not they will give them the death penalty for such “crimes”. Even multi-millionaire Donald Trump wrote a full-page ad in the frontlines, with the headline, “Bring Back the Death Penalty, Bring Back Our Police.” This sparked my attention as to what pandemonium was going on in the city during that time. The amount of discrimination and social tension between classes frustrated me, as I thought, well did the system go under a Due Process

Between the years 1989 and 1992 Ivan Milat, Australia’s most notorious serial killer, claimed the innocent lives of seven young backpackers . Of his victims were three German backpackers, two British backpackers and two Australian Travellers. Milat, a local roads worker at the time, brutally murdered and buried the bodies of his victims in the Belanglo state Forrest after offering them a lift out of Sydney. He was consistent in the way he abducted and buried his victims however when it came to the killing of the young backpackers Milat employed a variety of methods including: Beating, stabbing, shooting, strangulation, decapitation and the sexual assault of both male and females. Although Milat used various methods of killing he had

This case is one that changed the way the United States Police forces will work forever. Every human in the world has natural born rights. Even people who have been arrested have rights, ‘The rights of the accused’. These rights are the main point of this court case.

The first witness shown on the stand in the documentary was James Stephens. He was the husband of the victim, Mary Ann Stephens. Mr. Stephens was the crucial witness in this case, because he was the only witness. He claimed in his testimony that Brenton Butler murdered Mary Ann Stephens three feet away from his face. Approximately three hours after the incident, he was able to identify Butler as the culprit from fifty feet away. However, the defense attorney was able to pick highlight multiple problems during the cross-examination. The entire incident took place within a five second window. The defendant was wearing a t-shirt with a prominent logo when he was arrested. Mr. Stephens did not mention the logo to police, and incorrectly stated that the shirt had a collar. It was later learned when a second suspect was arrested for the crime, that Mary Ann Stephens was shot after she spilled her coffee on the shooter. James Stephens never mentioned once mentioned this.

The justice system’s failure to prosecute police brutality is a hot topic since most riots and acts of public violence surround this issue. One of the obstacles with prosecuting police brutality is a lack of evidence. As stated by Andrew Walter in an overview of police brutality, the failure to prove police brutality cases “stems from...difficulty in

Often, the media is very quick to jump on a story as they want to be the “very first” to bring the news story since they compete with other news outlets. Add the issues of law enforcement sources who leak information to news sources, and you have the potential of someone being found guilty of public opinion. As was seen in the case of Richard Jewell, a man who acted heroically was scrutinized and ridiculed by the media all because law enforcement wanted to question Jewell further. Even though Richard Jewell was questioned and his rights were read to him, he was at no time arrested or detained, and it seems there never existed any probable cause for law enforcement to do so. However, the media painted Jewell as the bomber, called him a “fat,

Robert Davis was an African American man. He was not a “thug,” he was not a “drunk,” he was a retired school teacher from New Orleans who was in his sixties. He was brutally attacked by three police officers. He suffered a broken nose and other broken bones in his face. The incident was recorded and went viral. Davis was arrested but faced no charges. Three police officers were charged but only two went to trial. In the end, two of the police officers were fired — the third never made it to trial because he had committed suicide. Davis was compensated for the assault.

Dred Scott was a slave who had lived with his master in Missouri. He lived in Illinois, a free state, and the Wisconsin Territory for five years. He went to court for his freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. Two state courts made two opposing decisions, so Scott went to the Supreme Court in 1857. The Supreme Court ruled that since a slave was private property, he could be taken into any territory and legally held there. The judge appointed to Scott's case, Justice Roger Brooke Taney, decided that Scott couldn't bring a case to court because he wasn't a US citizen, the law declared slaves as property and owners could move their property anywhere, the Missouri Compromise was unlawful, and Congress didn't have enough power to decide where slavery could be permitted. This decision meant that all territories were able to have slavery and northern lawmakers wouldn't be able to keep it out of the territories.

The Supreme Court is not infallible. At the same time, the Supreme Court can do no wrong. Here is the social paradox that is the Supreme Court. They are supposed to declare an act constitutional or not, but that is fundamentally flawed based on the cultural atmosphere at the time. Each justice is a victim of society, just as every person in the United States and the world is, therefore they are subject to the whims of their culture and how they grew up, leading to some less than optimal results. The Supreme Court is intended to work as a moral compass for the nation, deciding what is good and bad, but society can be fundamentally flawed, as illustrated by many cases brought to the Supreme Court. The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford is a clear

Troy Anthony Davis was the oldest child of four siblings. His father Joseph and mother Virginia Davis grew apart from each other while Troy was still young. Troy grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood considered as the middle class of Cloverdale located in Savannah, Georgia. Troy attended school at Windsor Forest High. He did not successfully complete school and eventually dropped out during his junior year. Troy put that behind him and obtain his GED from Richard Arnold Education Center in the year of 1987. Troy was given a nickname Rah which stood for “Rough as Hell”. Despite the hardcore name he was looked up to as a big brother by his surrounding peers.

In 1993 FBI raided David Koresh’s group. The attack was becuse of what holds Group of violation of the laws in United States examples, men can get more than one wife and, men can be doing sex with underage and carrying unlicensed weapons. The attack lasted for 51 days and the number of dead reached in that clash is 80 persons. The group was attacked because they had their own laws and that contravenes to the laws provided by the United

As humans, we believe in myths that the police, or anyone working for the justice system, will say the truth. This is a given, since they work for the justice system. Nevertheless, the Serial podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig questions this criminal justice system people whole heartedly trust. Serial is about a 1999 case where a Muslim teenage boy, Adnan Syed, is convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee – 17-year-old Korean teenager. I have listened to the Serial podcast and took a significant amount of interest toward it. However, when I continued to listen to the podcast, I could clearly see that throughout Adnan’s trial and the investigation process, there were many flaws in the justice system. This has confirmed the criminal justice system to be flawed and ineffective, which is seen through the defense, investigation team, as well as the prosecution.

The relationship between law enforcement and prosecutors, which goes hand-in-hand, can’t be overlooked. Evidence of a crime that detectives and law enforcement discover is as equally important as a good trial on part of the prosecution. If detectives aren’t able to find good solid evidence – that case usually isn’t bothered in being pursued. Several years ago, in the late 80’s, there was a murder case in Southeastern Oklahoma which now serves as a tragic example to the need for honest, constitutional work in the criminal justice system. Disreputable investigative procedures, fraudulent sources, and bad evidence were the foundation of this case that shattered innocent lives.

Almost everyone who has seen a cop television show or movie has heard the saying “You have the right to remain silent”. In America, people are raised to believe that the justice system never fails, and that no matter what happens justice will always prevail, though for some people this safety net has failed them. Since the late 1980s six studies have documented 250 interrogation-induced false confessions. Police-induced false confessions are the result of multistep process and sequence of influence, persuasion, and compliance. Imagine that a solider of the U.S. military is brought in for questioning, kept locked up for sixteen hours in an interrogation room, constantly threatened with the death penalty if they did not confess to the crime, and the whole time left without representation. In 1997 this was the case for four individuals from Norfolk, Virginia held without representation and forced to give false confessions.