Why Is Edgar Welch Wrong

Recently in Alabama a man by the name of Anthony Ray Hinton was exonerated from death row after already spending thirty years in prison. Hinton was convicted of two separate fatal shootings of fast food restaurant managers in Birmingham, AL. One on February 25, 1985 shooting a John Davidson, and the second occurrence was on July 2, 1985 making Thomas Vason the second deceased. The evidence brought against him was a revolver that somewhat matched the one Hinton had in his home. There was no physical evidence, no fingerprints and no eyewitnesses linking him to the crime. Also, the revolver was questionable at best due to the fact the gun belonged to his mother who he lived with. Ballistics could not accurately tell if the gun Hinton had was even the weapon used in the shootings because they could not tell if his gun had been fired out of recently. They also could not conclusively say that all the bullets used in the two shootings were fired from the same gun. All in all, Hinton was convicted by a possible bullet match to his gun; and an eyewitness’s testimony from a person who was present at a similar, but different crime that Hinton was never accused of. Hinton coming from an underprivileged area only had a $1,000 to hire a ballistics expert to disprove the allegations. Thus leading to a person whose proposed allegations were questionable. Hinton was found guilty and put on Death Row. After sitting in a jail cell for thirty years he was released after firearms experts

On November 3rd in Marksville, Lousisana a 6-year-old boy was shot to death by two marshals. His name was Jeremy Mardis, who is autistic, was shot five times in the head and chest who was sitting in the front seat of Chris Few, the Father, pickup truck. Chris was also struck by the marshal, but was said to be in fair conditions. The two marshals Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, and Derrick Stafford, 32, were the two officers that shot around 13 to 18 rounds that led to Chris Few with losing his son Jeremy Mardis. This event led to an enormous discovery of problems in this small town of 5,500 residents.

In a very tragic moment in the year 1999 It was said that a man named Larry Gene Ashbrook ran into a church and started shooting. He was carrying a 9mm, and a 380-caliber handguns and a pipe bomb. Larry killed 7people and himself after this and wounding 7 others. larry was being accused of other crimes and he was said to be very violent to his father after his mother died nine years before the shooting with all this on his shoulders it drove him mad and he wanted people to feel his pain of being alone and accused of doing things he didn 't do.

“Better to be the poor servant of a poor master, and to endure anything, rather than… these false notions and live in this miserable manner” (“The Allegory of the Cave”, The Republic). This famous quote by Homer proclaims that it is far better to face the truth and harsh reality than to entertain false notions that simply appeal to one’s own desires. In The Republic, by Plato, Socrates stresses the necessity of questioning and thus, pressuring oneself and society as a whole in order to obtain truth wisdom, and success. This method of asking and analyzing questions to discover the objective truth, or the truth that pertains to all people, was created by Socrates and known as the Socratic method. When stationed in Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther

In August of 2013, 13 year old “Joey”, whose name was kept concealed because of the policies of the YCJA, shot and killed his father with a 30/30 Winchester rifle on a remote reserve in northern Alberta. Joey claimed to have given his father three seconds to leave, or else he was going to pull the trigger and kill him. Joey then shot his father in the leg. This proved to be futile, as his father was still alive, who was rolling around, blood-soaked and became very angry. Joey fired another shot. This time, it would hit his father in the abdomen, finally killing his father. At first glance, this seemed to be the case of a psychotic son with the intent of killing his father just because. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case, as Joey claimed that it was in self-defense.

The article, “During Sermon on Violence, N.C. Pastor Confronts Man With Rifle” written by Carma Hasssan talks about how a young man in about his 20’s comes into a church and confesses his wrongdoing. A couple days ago it was a celebration for us all as we celebrated another year gone and for this church it was no different. The pastor in the church named Larry Wright was giving his speech 20 minutes before midnight. All at once a man walks in with a rifle as the pastor is talking about gun violence. Larry described gun violence as senseless and purely devastating. The man was already sitting down and in one hand was his rifle and the other was a magazine filled with ammo. The pastor was one of the first people to recognize the man and what he was carrying, which lead to Larry walking back to the man to start a conversation with the gunman. The

In my eyes, this quote to me means to be kind to everyone , even if they are going through a bad time or not. It'll always make someone's day sad or happy! The gentleman that wrote this quote was Wes Fesler and he wrote this quote between 1928-1989. If anything happened at that time that is related to this quote, it has to be when Mt. St Helens erupted, killing fifty-seven people and Washington's economy lost nearly $3 billion. After that tragedy happened, Red Cross was very kind to help these people who lost almost everything. Without them Washington State would

Almost two days later another shooting took place killing a total of four people in a Maryland food store. The Police Force refused to release the killer’s name only said “The Mad Gun”. A older gun left his home with the intent to kill hundreds as was written in his journal, along with other acts of terror. “I laugh at myself at the thought that this new control law could ever make a difference, I will show them. Hundreds will fall to me” - The journal of The Mad Gun. The gun entered the store and demanded the doors be locked and everyone get to the floor. With the chance of death on them, ten people fell to the floor, while a cashier locked the doors. The gun proceeded to fire at the Cashier shooting him dead. The shot was heard by nearby bystanders, and the police were quickly alerted. In either panic or anger the gun loaded himself and proceeded to kill four people around him before taking his own life. No one will ever forget these two most heartbreaking days. Though one elderly man escaped certain death. Alex Glue was alone in his New York home on a late friday

Anyone can make a large difference by the smallest act. Many authors find ways to use their writing to help make a large difference in the world. Marge Piercy does this in her poem “What’s That Smell in the Kitchen?” This poem was used to help boost the feminist movement for equality. Her poem engulfs the idea that one small act can help to make a large difference in the feminist movement, and she does this using several poetic techniques.

Early on the morning of August 22, 2010 in rural Port Colborne, Ontario, three masked men were captured on a surveillance camera, shouting death threats and attempting to set ablaze a farmhouse while the owner was trapped inside. Fearing for his life and the destruction of his property, owner Ian Thomson, a licensed gun safety instructor and firearm expert, fired several warning shots in the direction of his assailants with a legally owned .38 caliber revolver. The perpetrators, who were known to police, quickly fled the scene and only a while later faced criminal charges and imprisoned. Ironically, while the evidence corroborated that Mr. Thomson acted in self-defense, when police arrived at the scene instead of being commended for

Writers have a huge affect on society with what they write. We must all learn to put aside the fear of things that we cannot control and learn again the troubles of the human heart. We must see, hear and surround ourselves with good and positive things so that we too can help lift others out of fear and make the world a better

It is important to help others in need. First, if we do not help, then people may not help us when we are in distress. For example, a man just fell down. If we do not help them, the man may not even care to help us when we are in need. In addition, the person may suffer lethal injuries. For example, a teacher is going down the streets, broke his leg and started bleeding. If someone does not take him to the hospital, he will not be able to survive, if something dangerous happened to him. Furthermore, if we do not help, we may feel guilty that we did not help them. For example, someone lost his hat. If we do not assist them, we may feel guilty that we did not help them. Consequently, helping people in need is crucial for everyone.

This quote is important because it has a lot of meaning about life and how human react to the world. For example, people can donates money to help the foster kids; or donates clothes to the homeless people. With these funds, it is another ways of giving hopes and chances. In other words, working together as a team, a group, a community can change the hope of people's life. During my 4-years of high school, I’ve been doing community service hours in many other places. However, one of the community service, I feel like I’m helping my community is being a translator, English to Vietnamese because I can use my knowledge of knowing two different languages to help others. Being a translator, my job is to translate what the teacher is saying; helping

“Freeze! Put your hands in the air!” I yelled as a bullet whizzed past my ear and into my partner’s chest. “Niko! Are you ok?” I cried as I shot the shooter in the hand, making sure that he couldn't hurt me. As I call dispatch he tells me: “Ryan, tell the chief that I died bravely” “Ok.” I said with a tear falling from my eye. “You're under arrest! You have the right to remain silent, anything can and will be used against you in a court of law. If you can not afford a lawyer the city will provide one for you!” I said putting handcuffs on the man who shot my partner.

Each contact with a human being is so rare and precious which one should preserve. This means that every person one comes in contact with has an influence on his life. One should never forget the people who go out of their way to be nice to them. Influences others have on my life are the most important details of my life. There have been many influences on my life, three of which stand out the most, my laws of life. My laws of life are to pursue my goals, to love, and to face challenges with positivity.