Susan Smith

Abstract The following paper reflects on the life and crimes of Susan Leigh Vaughan (Smith) with details based on crime scene investigations and court appearances. The acts of Susan Vaughan (Smith) demonstrated an act of Filicide, which in short, is a murder of a parent killing their own child. Susan was married to David Smith and their two children were Michael Smith and Alexander Smith. After their murder, Susan became a major suspect after she was caught lying about their location during a polygraph

of Brutal Imagination, The Gathering of My Name and Hardheaded Weather. Brutal Imagination is based on a true story about a mom named Susan Smith from Union. South Carolina. On October 25th, 1994, Smith told police “she’d been carjacked by a Black man, who forced her out of her car and drove away with her two young sons still in the back of the vehicle” (Susan Smith Biography.com. 2014). She then blamed the death of her sons on this “man” but later she confessed and was convicted of the murder of

Cornelius Eady is not an exception. Cornelius Eady’s collection of poems in Brutal Imagination focus on issues such as racism, family crisis, internal conflict, and death. The first part of the collection circles around a servant who works for Susan Smith and is the caretaker for her children. The story centers around the perspective of the servant who is also the overarching narrator. The story describes old version of United States when racism was still bluntly present and affected individuals

It is almost unbearable to imagine the one who gave life to another individual taking the lives of their own children in a cruel manner. In the cases of Susan Smith and Medea, the mothers took the lives of their children in cruel and unspeakable manners, seeking power and control for their own wants. Through the analysis of Medea and Susan Smith, the psychology behind their heinous crimes deals with the women’s insecurities about themselves as well as seeking revenge onto the ones that have caused

A Modern Medea Susan Smith, deceived a nation to believe she was a loving, caring mother searching for her missing sons. However, she couldn’t keep up with her lies and let a smile slip and people began to believe that she had something to do with her son’s disappearance. Many people would classify Smith as a modern Medea, going mad and deviously killing her children and destroying her family for love. Medea and Susan Smith were both women corrupted with love who did the unthinkable to benefit themselves

On a cool October night in South Carolina, Susan Smith strapped her two sons to the back of her Mazda Protege and rolled it into the lake ending her children’s lives. On July 25, she signed a confession explaining exactly what happened. 20 years later, Susan Smith is claiming different reasons behind her motive that night. However, all evidence still points to her cynically murdering her children to be with a man she was having an affair with. Sources reveal that “Smith's childhood was quite painful

her memory. Smith is describing the idea that are is made not encountered. Throughout the poem Smith is referring to a image of a man lying on the ground. He is surrounded by blue and red accents of color. In Smith’s poem, she refers to the man lying on the ground as a roman candle. He was nothing more than a dim light in a dark room. This shows that Smith’s tone is condescending at the begging of the poem. She displays little to know admiration for the photo in front of her. Then Smith describes the

Khin Pont Pont Kyaw Professor Shay Clamme Criminal Justice 302 24 July, 2015 Susan Smith: A Murderer Americans hear about all sorts of murders on the news almost every day. It is not strange for us. However, murder of two young children by their own mother is astounding news. In the case of Susan Smith, no matter how she claims she was not in her right mind that night she murdered her children, she is definitely not a victim. There are many alternatives to relieving your duty as a mother. Murder

survey Smith should contact the individual from Russia with the issues of the product if there is any and if possible or deciding if prices should be lowered to make customers more interested. Smith should access the product sales from each region and look at how many frames are sold at each place where the frames are

Part 4: Be A Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment • Principal 1: Begin with praise and honest appreciation. o People long for appreciation and praise in all they do in life. Using praise and appreciation when approaching someone will make them feel appreciated, capable, and valuable. o Example: A teller trainee was on the verge of being fired for being slow at her job and not picking up many of the techniques explained to her. The trainee’s manager noticed