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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.
Reason First: Less than Dust-Murderer Richard Speck’s Worth
Hatred is a mighty emotion. If applied objectively, it can be one of the most fruitful emotions to express. If left unchecked and subjective, then the only application can lead to the evil kind of bloodshed.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Monster Behind Sylvia Likens’ Murder
The notions of sex and death pervade the culuture. The corruption of and the force associated with both seem to be conceptually entwined in some crime stories. With the case of Gertrude Baniszewski, the inversion of sex and the presence of death at her hands led her to torture and eventually murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1965.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Freedom Summer Murders
What ought to be addressed about the racial issue is not just social but mystical. In the murders of civil rights workers Earl Chaney, 21, Michael Henry Schwerner, 24, and Andrew Goodman 20, all sought to aid the construction of a Freedom School on Mount Zion Union Methodist Church that had previously been firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: A Dream and a Nightmare in the Same Day- The Career Girl Murders
Years before the “Central Park Five” black and brown young men saw their exoneration, a black man named George Whitmore Jr. would eventually see freedom. The case dubbed “The Career Girl Murders” left New York reeling on August 28, 1963. The day remained fraught with both terror and promise as this also marked the day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. But just over two hundred miles away in Manhattan, New York City, the horrific slayings of Janice Wylie, 21, and Emily Hoffert, 23, occurred.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders
A drawing of Jesus hung in display in the chapel for more than two decades. The portrait had looked so refined and accurate that the chaplain decided that the artist warranted some kind of slice of redemption for a minor crime compared to the reason for his future execution. The artist was Perry Smith, one half of the murderous duo with Richard Hickok who brutally dispatched the Clutter family.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Murderous, Ugly Souls of Dr. Raymond Finch and Carole Tregoff
Adultery should be blasted away by just being upfront with romantic partners. If one person or both people in the couple choose to seek out extramarital relations, then they should just have the integrity to tell their significant other.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Charlie Starkweather’s Weapon of Choice was the Firearm
Some people say that sometimes people just like to kill. But what is at the psychological root of such a transgression? With the case of Charlie Starkweather, his ill intelligence did not contribute to his murder spree along with accomplice Caril Ann Fugate.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Soldier involved in love triangle loses his head
What would you would do if you learned your spouse was cheating and became pregnant by another man? How would you handle the news? On December 7, 1993, Sergeant Stephen Schap (U.S. Army) found himself facing such a dilemma. He became enraged and used brutality against his wife’s lover. The U.S. Army had sent Sergeant Stephen Schap and his wife Diane to Sickles Army Air Field in Fulda, Germany.
By Marc Hoover6 years ago in Criminal
The Eyes of the Devil: Stephanie Lazarus
Who is Stephanie Lazarus? She was a Los Angeles police officer working in departments from patrol, starting the private investigation company, and then making her way to the homicide department before finally landing a high position in the LAPD art theft department. The main question is, how did Stephanie Lazarus get away with murder for over 20 years?
By Nia on Air6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: John Gilbert Graham Selflessly Dynamited United Airlines Flight 629
Just before the Christmas season in 1955 swung into full gear, United Airlines Flight 629 exploded over Denver, Colorado airspace at 7:03 in the evening. 44 people perished in the explosion. From where did all of this stem? The alleged poor upbringing of a vicious monster named John “Jack” Gilbert Graham. He felt that along with his mother, 43 other souls had to die.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Ceely Rose
During the 1800s, David and Rebecca Rose had a successful gristmill business and lived a wonderful life. The Rose family settled in a two-story home in Lucas, Ohio. The couple had a son named Walter. While in their 40s, the couple welcomed their only daughter Cecilia “Ceely” Rose into the world on March 13, 1873.
By Marc Hoover6 years ago in Criminal
Why Did Barbara ‘Bloody Babs’ Graham Ruin Her Mind?
The gas chamber as capital punishment in America saw its first case in Nevada against Gee Jon in 1924. Law enforcement officials pumped gas into his cell but this yielded no desired effect. Authorities used cyanide to execute him. Until 1999, sulfuric acid remained in a pail at the inmate’s feet. The mixture of the two chemicals produced hydrogen cyanide gas. This is not his story, though. And this isn’t an expose on different forms of execution. This is the sad, sweet tale of Barbara Graham.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
