The Murder Case Of Stanford White

After the ballistics team had come to the conclusion that the gun was probably shot from four blocks away, Detective Healey and Doug Boyle start to go on an investigation. They had went door-to-door to question others to see if they knew anything about Charlie Ward’s death. When the police stopped at Michael’s house, they had asked the McKenzie family if they owned any firearms. Michael’s dad responded with a yes and was asked if he can show them. Michael then responded that he did not currently have his Winchester and said that his friend, Joe, borrowed it. A few days later, Doug Boyle and Detective Healey came back to Michael’s house with metal detectors to search the backyard for any evidence. While searching, Doug Boyle finds an empty casing

Simon Gittany was a male perpetrator. In almost 4 out of 5 intimate partner homicides the perpetrator was a male (Australian Institute of Criminology 1998).

Scott Lee Peterson was once married to Lacy Peterson in California. They were expecting their first child together when Laci disappeared on December 24th, 2002, Laci was 8 months pregnant. Scott was not immediately named a suspect in Laci’s disappearance. Scott told detectives that he was out fishing that morning 90 miles from their Modesto home. The detectives were thrown off by how calm Scott was and Scott’s lack of questioning within the first few weeks of Laci being gone.

On the 2nd of March 1998, a 10 year-old boy, LMW, was charged with the manslaughter of Corey Davis, a 6 year-old boy. Corey Davis was drowned in the Georges River when the defendant, LMW, dropped him in with what was thought to be the complete knowledge that the victim was unable to swim.

The online documentary filmed by Frontline, The Killer at Thurston High, goes into the life of Kip Kinkel, leading up to him killing his parents, two fellow classmates and injuring 25 more. This film examines Kip Kinkel’s life, looking for clues that lead to him committing this mass murder. Areas that were explored such as his upbringing, social life, his hobbies, and events that led him to seeing a psychologist for depression. All of these areas that the documentary covered show a gradual, consistent build up in concerning behavior. This documentary shows that there were precursors leading up to these tragic events like the Thurston High shooting and the list of troubling behavior that can lead to this.

From approximately 8:15 to 8:30 a murder occurred at the Ellis household and Paul Dudden is the victim. Paul was ruthlessly murdered with a knife. He abruptly left dinner and walked right out the front door. After reviewing all the evidence it is clear that Miss Pettigrew committed the act.

On July 12, 2005, Liana White, wife and mother, disappeared in northern Edmonton. At 5:45 am that morning a woman called to report an abandoned car, left open with personal effects, including Mrs. White’s licence, scattered around it (Edmonton Journal, 2007, para. 2, 4). The next day her husband, Michael White, made a public plea for his wife’s return as they continued searching for her whereabouts (Harding & Shaw, 2005, Timeline of Events, para. 3). By July 14, Michael had become a suspect and the police were all too happy when he decided to lead a search party of his own, in the hopes that, if Michael was in fact the reason for Mrs. White’s disappearance, he would lead them right to her (Edmonton Journal, 2007, A Turning Point., para. 14).

Vanessa Vermont, a gorgeous woman found dead in her own kitchen, laying on the floor with a fatal head wound on the back of her head. Just recently she bought a new broiler and need and outlet over her kitchen counter, something her husband could do. And it is right where she was murdered. There is also a woman’s briefcase on the floor near the kitchen. Which means Mrs. Vermont was leaving, which in turn could’ve enraged the husband.

Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941 in Chicago. His parents were Mamie and Louis Till.When his father became abusive, his mother separated from him. She remarried twice and divorced once and they moved to Detroit where her father lived when Till was nine. When Emmett was fourteen, his great uncle invited his cousin Wheeler to go to Mississippi; he begged his mother to allow him to go along too. She agreed and explained to him the Jim Crow laws.(“Emmett Till”1)

What did the judge do wrong? Which judicial selection option—either appointment, election, or merit—would help to reduce instances of judicial misconduct?

This is where the trial of millionaire Harry Thaw for murdering Stanford White. It was center of attention throughout the entire nation in 1906 because of this trial. This case is known as the “Girl in the Red Velvet Swing” case. Harry K. Thaw was the heir to a coal and railroad fortune. He was trialed for brutally murdering Stanford White. White was one of America’s foremost architects. Thaw committed his crime due to jealousy.

The murder of Dr. R. W. Brown was a case dealt with changing the court's laws forever. The polygraph test was being implemented as evidence in court by the help of two attorneys; settled on the idea that Mr. Frye was not guilty of the crime committed. At this time, “Dr. William Moulton Marston had barely discovered the systolic blood pressure deception test in 1915" (Weiss). The way the test would work is measurements of the blood pressure would describe a certain trait like fear involved with lying versus a composed demeanor associated with truth. The courts automatically dismissed the idea of using the polygraph test as evidence because of the information that it was unknown within society. Thus leading the court into the Frye Decision.

For my independent analysis, I will be focusing on the reporting of racism within America, with particular focus on the case of Sandra Bland. This will be done through analysing three different reports of racism in America - a Fox News interview between a reporter and an activist for rights for people of colour (9/6/15), an LA Times opinion piece titled "Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland abused his authority" by Robert S. Henry and Steve Campbell (24/7/15), and a Sydney Morning Herald article titled "'I will light you up!': Texas officer threatened Sandra Bland with Taser during traffic stop" by Abby Ohlheiser and Abby Phillip (24/7/15), all with reference to the AJA Code of Ethics and the IFJ Declaration of Principles on the Conduct

The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the practices conducted by law enforcement during the investigation of the murder of Ashley Smith. The following pages will discuss the crime scene investigation, the evidence collection, the investigative steps following the initial crime scene investigation, the interviews of witnesses and suspects, and other strategies performed by the acting case investigators. Constitutional challenges have surfaced regarding specific pieces of critical evidence and a section of this paper will analyze the admissibility of this evidence. Lastly this case’s law enforcement processes will be contrasted with textbook processes in an effort to determine the validity of the case’s outcome.

This article is about the youngest convicted killers who were relased this week from prison. In 1999 at age 12 and 13, Curtis Fairchild and Catherine Jones murdered their father's fiance. Now more than 16 years later, they are set free. They had also planned to kill their father and a relative. The article also states that there was evidence of abuse on the children and that they claimed they were being sexually abused by the relative they had planned on killing. Even after evidence of abuse was discovered by investigators, none of it was used in their trial when being convicted. The article brings up points which show the implications of what is being read. "There was no trial, there was no testimony.There was no opportunity to present the