The Lindbergh Kidnapping

The New Jersey police became heavily involved in a battle over the jurisdiction of the case. Another questionable problem with the evidence was that the child was pinned into his crib so that he wouldn’t move at night and somehow, when the child was abducted, whomever took him, didn’t move the pins or even touch the pins to get him out of the bed. There were no fingerprints on the ladder, not even where the person that made the ladder would have left fingerprints, showing that everything had been wiped clean. Then there was the ransom note that was written with grave misspellings and horrible Germanic construction.

Crimes happen all the time. But when it happens to young children who have no way of defending themselves, and hasn’t lived their life to the fullest, it becomes a whole other thing. 
Kids are innocent, and nobody ever wants to see them hurt. That is why it was such a big shock, when the crime of the century was a kidnapping and murder of an infant.

His first murder is believed to have occurred in 1974, when a young woman was kidnapped from her basement apartment in Seattle. The only evidence that remained was a few blood stains (Salem Press, 2008). Upsurges in abductions of young women, in their college years, around the King County area in Washington followed suit. As time progressed, skeletonized remains of those missing women were later discovered amongst the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. After kidnapping his victims, Bundy would often rendered them unconscious, take them to a remote location where he would then strangle and assault them (Salem Press, 2008).

It is official; Richard "Bruno" Hauptmann has now been executed by an electric chair. The man hated all around the world is now gone for a crime that has been dubbed "crime of the century". I am just an average citizen of the USA and like many others, I was very curious and passionate about this case. On the night of March 1, 1932, Richard Hauptmann became infamous for the brutal kidnapping and killing of Charles Lindberg's 20-month-old son Charles Lindbergh Jr. How could he have done something so evil to the most loved family in America?

There are many theories on what happened to Amelia Earhart but which ones are true? Nobody really knows for sure what happened to her but there are many theories on what happened.

The Eichmann trial reveals a lot about the strengths and limitations of the “the trial” to achieve justice in such cases. The reason of a trial is to render justice; even the ethical of underlying motives, as mentioned in the novel, “the making of a record of the Hitler regime which the withstand the test of history… Nuremburg Trials, can only detract the laws main business: to weigh the charges brought against the accused, to render judgement, and to mete out due punishment” (253). The judgement in the Eichmann case, whose first two sections had been written in respond to the better cause idea as it was changed into expanded both inside and outside the out room, could not have been clearer in this respect. As proven in the novel, it states

During the time period in which the Lindbergh Kidnapping case took place, there were various speculations that occurred affecting Hauptmann’s chance to an unbiased and fair trial. As stated earlier, the case had taken place around the time of contention with American and German relations. Charles Lindbergh

Just imagine a baby laughing and playing with their toys. Now imagine that being taken from you. Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Lindbergh were robbed of that pleasure. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was found guilty for this disturbing crime. Although critics would argue that Bruno was innocent, they are incorrect. It is absolutely obvious that Hauptmann was guilty because of the evidence of the ransom money, the ransom note, and the ladder.

The United States criminal justice system have been known to be one of the most injustice system in the world. Criminal justice is known as the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment (Dictionary.com). One of the most heartbreaking things that happen in the United States every year is innocent people being condemned for crimes that

The 1920s was a decade of drastic change in the United States, with many new conflicts, leisure activities, and heroes to worship (Nash 374). Charles Lindbergh was one of these heroes. Born in 1902, he was trained in aviation and worked as an airmail pilot (Bishop). Later, he made history by becoming the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone (Nash 388). On May twenty-first, 1927, Lindbergh traveled from New York to Le Bourget field in Paris in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis (James). He designed this plane himself, working to make it as small and lightweight as possible (Kessner “Charles Lindbergh, A New Hero”). Known as the “lone eagle”, Lindbergh became one of the biggest celebrities of the era (Chamberlain). His flight caused more excitement than any other event of its time (Nash 388). Approximately 25,000 people were at Le Bourget field to watch Lindbergh land (James). Upon returning to the United States, there were numerous parades and dinners to honor his achievement (“Lindbergh Visit Ends”). Charles Lindbergh was the most influential hero to emerge from the 1920s, making an impact by transforming aviation, as well as acting as a role model for the American public and encouraging a return to the old way of American life.

The justice system's major components are: police, courts, and corrections. Police are public officials whose purpose is to maintain order and enforce the criminal law. Police officers work in the community to prevent and control crime within their jurisdiction. This includes, but is not limited to: speeding, illegal use of drugs, violence, and disruptive behavior. The police cooperate with prosecutors in criminal investigations and help to provide evidence to obtain convictions in the courts. In the Lindbergh case the police gathered evidence and investigated the disappearance and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. Charles Lindbergh Jr. was a twenty

Once the plane landed Eichmann was immediately put in jail with guards watching him 24 hours a day. Once Eichmann had been identified by a Jewish agency representative Israel announced that they had captured the notorious SS officer. He was soon tried and convicted of 15 counts all having to do with genocide and sentenced to death.

The case was taken to trial where Bruno Hauptmann was denied bail but was found guilty and was charged with extortion in September 1943 by the Supreme Court Bronx County, New York and was tried and charge with murder in the first degree in New Jersey. As Hauptmann stood trial on January 3, 1935 which lasted for five weeks; the circumstantial evidence that was brought forth by the prosecution e.g. ladder marks on the window sill, wood shaving from Hauptmann attic, important address and numbers, most substantial

Did you know that the kidnapping of a toddler was once considered the “Crime of the Century?” Charles Lindbergh was an aviator well known for his transatlantic flight in 1927. He and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, lost the life of their son Charles Lindbergh Jr. Due to the Lindbergh’s baby being taken, “the next four weeks witnessed the most massive and publicized manhunt in American History” (Campbell 254). The abduction and death of the young Lindbergh baby singlehandedly helped make kidnapping a federal crime.

Immemorial, governments and individual citizens have had to walk a thin tightrope between the two ideals. This controversy was the catalyst that sparked the first ten amendments of the Constitution that we know as the Bill of Rights and, how in addition to these rights secured by America's forefathers, a number of institutions have arisen to ensure the protection of individual rights in an increasingly complex world. In order to add balance to this equation, the criminal