Personal Narrative: This Gruesome Crime

Fifteen year old Conrad Clark just came home from basketball practice where he was absolutely exhausted. He is the best player on his undefeated school basketball team. He lives with just his mom and only sibling Thomas after his father had recently been murdered by an unknown killer. As he approached the front door of his massive three story mansion located basically in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a lake and lots of wildlife, a gut punching feeling went through his body. He was remembering what had happened before he left for practice. He got in a huge fight with his mom about his grades in school, and was regretting some of the things he said. He goes through the front door and goes up to his bedroom on the third story. He lays down on his bed and he sees a note telling him that his mom and Thomas, are at a party and will be gone all night. He puts the note down and closes his eyes. About forty five minutes later he wakes up to his alarm going off. He turns off the alarm clock reading 10:30 p.m and is wondering why his alarm went off for no reason. He lets it go past him and goes down to the first floor and turns the television on. He turns on his favorite show, Criminal Minds, when Bang! At that moment Conrad knew that something bad

Nations can do without the death penalty for heinous crimes committed. The actions of taking a person’s life due to their crimes casts a significant burden upon the person responsible for the convict to meet their maker. Applying the death penalty to someone that stole innocent lives is not justified, one death does not bring back the lives of those already lost. “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”

“Murder begins where self-defense ends.” This quote from Georg Buchner can be used to describe the tragic deaths of three little boys who were rendered defense-less against their attackers. On May 5, 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas, three young second-grade boys, by the names of Christopher Byers, Steven Branch, and Michael Moore, were brutally murdered after being beaten and hogtied by their own shoelaces. A year later, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley were convicted and sent to prison for this heinous crime. Even though the three men were convicted for the crime, there is still great controversy as to who actually killed the three boys. Throughout all this controversy, evidence, testimony, confessions, and more point towards the three men known as the “West Memphis Three”, to be the real killers.

Attorney for the Defense, Charles Darrow, in his closing statement in the defense of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb begs for even the slightest amount of sympathy from the judge. He does so in hopes that the teenage boys may one day live free lives and that their families have a sense of optimism for the future.

In the article “Young Soldier Both Revered and Reviled” (October 4, 2010), William Yardley, a reporter for The New York Times, explains that the case of Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, who was accused of cutting off fingers of the men he killed at war, has two sides. Yardley lists the ways in that Gibbs was seen as a guilty savage, and the way Gibbs was seen as innocent. He wrote this article in order to inform readers about how Gibbs can be seen as guilty, but also not guilty, and for those interested in finding out more about the case. Yardley’s audience appears to be anyone interested in following the case of Calvin Gibbs.

What if you were sent to jail for a robbery that excelled to a murder that you didn’t commit. Well this event happened to a young black boy, named Steve, that was influenced by his environment. The crime that Steve was a part of was robbery and first degree murder.The reason he took part in these events are unknown, but one thing that is certain is he will be charged and have to be proven innocent or guilty. What do you think? Will Steve be proven innocent or guilty of the crimes he was charged with? In all honesty Steve should be held accountable for the robbery with his associate’s James King and Bobo Evans but not for the charge of first degree murder of Mr. Nesbitt (the drug’s store owner). After reading all the evidence it can be proven

Today my mom was murdered. Our doorman, Stuart, found her in our apartment. It was strange to hear someone was murdered in New York but when it's your mom it is even harder. My sister, Maria, doesn't even know, and I don't want to be the one to tell her. I had to drop out of college to take care of Maria and not having someone else to help will be a challenge but I am willing to face it.

Simon Baatz, an associate professor of history and historian has written an exceptional masterpiece “Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder that Chicago”. It was a crime that shocked the nation. It is a book based on a brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child, by two wealthy students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience.

When I was little, most kids my age pretended to be Buzz Lightyear or a classic Disney Princess like Snow White for a day; me on the other hand … I was a little different. My imagination crossed the line when I believed for months that I was a living, breathing werewolf when I was 7 years old. I was not pretending however, and I tried to keep it a secret from everyone. I wasn't one of those flesh-eating murderous werewolves, but a werewolf that would run around at night exploring and wake up the next day not remembering what had happened.

As I was leaving work this week, I saw my wife racing the other direction trying to flag me down on my motorcycle. Once I reached the house I called her cell. She said, "DeWayne, Sophia just drowned in the pool." I asked if she was alive and she said, "Yes Ashley gave C.P.R. and the neighbor has Olivia." Our old granddaughter is Sophia and Olivia is our newborn granddaughter. Something inside me for weeks has been preparing, As my son-in-law and I were building the swim deck, something inside said, "Sophia is going to jump in the pool soon and drown." Normally I would have been completely stressed out. However, something inside said it is okay go see how you can help the kids not feel guilty.

In 1962, James Moore raped and murdered a 14 year old girl. He was not sentenced to death, but instead life imprisonment. Twenty years later, due to a change in our system, Moore is eligible for parole every two years. It is criminals like Moore, who do not deserve the right to live, certainly not amongst innocent communities. In 1868, in a debate before England’s Parliament one man stated “It is better that the murderer should parish than that innocent men and women should have their throats cut.” (Opposing, p57.)

It was over now! The egregious act was done. I had killed this woman. The round and flabby corpse lay there stone-like. Her dead face looked as obnoxious as when it was living. But I had a smirk on my face for she was gone forever.

Since Rafael purposed, I couldn't be loving life more. Everything was fitting together perfect and I couldn't wait to actually marry the man.... Or actually I could. No date has been set yet, no plans made... The engagement was set more open ending at the moment. Because niether of us wanted to rush it. Life was going amazingly well, almost to good to be true seeming as our job were sex crimes... Then came this case.

Execution duty. I had been assigned to execution duty. I had always feared that this day would come. Removing my hand from the assignment device, I reluctantly accepted my fate. Walking through the blank white hallway, I passed a group of engineering guys installing ceiling lights. The outpost was still under construction, and had been since before I was stationed there. Seeing the blue hologram floating above my head, they stopped their work and stared at me sympathetically. A few even gave salutes. They knew as well as I did that I would walk in that room a man, and leave a monster.

I, Amadeu Candido Moreira Junior, single, holding the National ID M2133038, Taxpayer ID 396.885.186.-20, resident at Rua Das Hortencias, 50, affirm that I have been an eyewitness of violence suffered by Elizabeth Katia Maria Leao Silva on August 22, 2012; the attacker, Marcelo Moreira Da Fonseca, her ex-husband; the next morning, on the 23rd, there was the necessity to succor her because same had a cardiac infarct, she was asking for help, as we were neighbors, where, I myself, afraid of revenge, as the attacker is a military man, being able to provoke problems for me and my family. In Brazil it is not possible to trust the police, however since what this lady had suffered, I was not able to deny help because the lady was so injured and with