Martin Bryant Is Responsible For The Port Arthur Massacre

Arthur Shawcross is a man that committed his life to killing people. He was born on June 6, 1945 in Kittery, Maine. “Serial killer Arthur Shawcross was born on June 6, 1945, and died on November 10, 2008 while serving a life sentence for the murder of 11 women” (Arthur Shawcross 2015). Arthur is what is called a serial killer/murder. The term “serial murder” from our class notes means, “The killing of several victims in three or more separate incidents over time (separated by weeks or more)” (Miyuki 2017: Chapter 9, 27). Soon after Arthur was born, his family moved to Watertown, New York. Shawcross claims when he was a child, he was abused by his mother and the relationship he had with his father was not much better. Also, he claimed that this

One of the most infamous serial killers and sex offenders in America and around the world is Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer is widely known for his killing, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism. He killed seventeen males between the ages of 14 and 33. He was so well known the was even mentioned in a Katy Perry song. Fortunately his brutally gruesome killings were put to an end in 1994 when he was convicted and sent to prison.

The trial was long and was delayed numerous times due to Kunstler’s busy schedule with other demanding trial cases. The delays were also part of Kunstler’s defense strategy. There was an abundance of evidence shown throughout the trial among which was the ballistics test. These test showed that of the five shots that Skagen endured only two were from Richardson’s gun. After a yearlong trial the prosecutor and the defense gave their summations and the jury deliberated. The deliberation took several days. In the end Richardson was convicted with three of the original seven charges; manslaughter in the second degree, possessing a weapon as a felony, and criminal possessing of stolen property in the third degree. The judge sentenced Richardson to a term no more than ten years for the conviction of manslaughter in the second degree. No more than seven years for the conviction of felony possession of a weapon. The criminal possession of stolen property was unconditionally discharged and the sentences were to be served concurrently. Kunstler appealed this sentenced and Richardson was allowed to stay out of jail on bail. On April 13, 1976 the Appellate Division reversed the manslaughter conviction and the felony gun conviction. The case was sent back to the original court and Richardson was resentenced to three years

It held many struggles and disagreements, which lead to many retaliations, from both the Indians and the settlers. The Indians had been alliances with the white men until the massacre, which stated the settlers betrayal to all tribes.

United States for his violent crimes. The Boston news stated that “with a verdict of guilty on 31

Australian career criminal and convicted armed robber Stephen Asling, 56, has been convicted of the murder of respected underworld figure, Graham ‘The Munster’ Kinniburgh by the Victorian Supreme Court after more than a decade (Fox Koob 2017). In 2003, Asling and his accomplice, Terrence Blewitt, ambushed and gunned down Kinniburgh, 62, outside his home in Melbourne. The murder was by a contract with late underworld kingpin Carl Williams, who wanted Kinniburgh dead due to his tie-in with the Moran clan. Williams detested the Moran’s after he was shot and wounded during a dispute and it lead to a rivalry during the Melbourne gangland war (Deery & Murphy 2017). Asling and Blewitt was offered $150,000 to execute Lewis Moran however if they were

I believe Jeremy Bamber fits the Dangerously Antisocial parricide offender type. In Table 8-3, there are three required characteristics of this offender type: Killed to serve a selfish purpose, Intentional killing, and history of defiant behavior. Bamber demonstrated all three characteristics; he intentionally killed his family selfishly for the inheritance he would receive and prior to the killing, Bamber went on a rampage of behaving odd and in a way that he knew his parents wouldn't appreciate. There is another characteristics that Bamber displayed after the killing; he went on a buying spree. After the death of his family, he was partying nonstop until the money dwindled away.

After reading the intense story of Emmett Till in the Mississippi Trial, the romantic, yet engaging Pride & Prejudice, and depressing, yet confusing story of Hamlet, have taught me that you really need to look twice before you completely understand what’s happening in the novels. Thought my essay you are going to see reasons why I’m choosing to write about the three stories I listed above and how they have influenced my life and how I gained more of a perspective on the different times throughout the centuries and how they have evolved going from Emmett Till’s segregation age to Pride and Prejudice’s romance during the renaissance age to Hamlet’s Medieval Times.

Although no trial had taken place, both men were put “on death row before trial to create additional pressure,” with Myers’s offering more information to incriminate McMillian, Myers’s was moved over to county jail (Stevenson, 52). McMillian was subject to cruel punishment curtesy of the U.S. justice system. He was thrown into a “windowless concrete [building]” where prisoners are left to suffer in unbearable conditions (Stevenson, 53). With few privileges and far from home, McMillian was not able to have contact with his family or know what was happening surrounding his case.

The judge instructed the jurors on every possible verdict available on the evidence, which included murder in the first degree on the ground of

Bryant and Milam had done an interview only a few months after the trial, in January of 1956, with Look magazine, for $4,000. In this interview they had confessed to the entire murder and exactly what and how they did it. However, since both men were protected by double jeopardy laws, they could not get tried again (Biography 4).

John L. Brady and Donald Boblit were on trial for the murder of William Brooks. Both men were found guilty and sentenced to death, their convictions being affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Boblit and Brady had separate trials, Boblit being tried first. On trial, Brady took the stand and admitted to his contribution in the crime but demanded that Boblit was the one who committed the crime of murder. Brady’s counsel agreed that he was indeed guilty of murder in the first degree but asked that the jury return the verdict to without capital punishment. Before trial, Brady’s counsel requested that the prosecution give all of Boblit’s statements. Most of the statements were received except for the confession of the murder that Boblit

On Saturday the 28-29 of April 1996 a killing spree occurred in which 35 people were killed and 23 wounded. Marin Bryant, a 28 year old committed a shooting at the popular tourist site, Port Arthur former prison colony, and was found guilty and given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole. Byrant took the life of his first victims David and Noelene Martin who he choked and then shot due to possibility that they triggered his father's suicide. His father had tried to purchase a bed and breakfast property called Seascape but the Martins brought this property before his father could ready his finances. This disappointed Byrant's father who believed the Martins "double-dealed" to secure the purchase. Byrant offered to buy another property

John Wayne Gacy was a very dark and perverse man. He is one of America’s most notorious serial killers, with over 30 victims. All of his victims were young teen boys. His sexual assaults were uncovered in 1968 and in 1980 he was convicted and found guilty of his crimes, where he was then sentenced to several life and death penalty sentences and in 1994 he was finally executed.

concerned about pinning the murder on someone and they really didn?t care who it was. Interrogators literally forced Williamson to make his dream confession and this was the basis for the entire prosecution even though the defendant was obviously mentally incompetent The prosecution team used other unreliable sources of evidence, mainly hair samples, and ?jailhouse snitches? who received reduced sentences as a reward of testifying against the defendant. Eventually they manipulated an inexperienced jury into believing their insignificant evidence and Ron Williamson was sentenced to death. His friend Dennis Fritz was sentenced to life in prison, mainly for being the only friend Ron had when the murder occurred.