The debate over Aileen Wuornos’ jurisdiction is one that is still open due to how controversial the case is. What accounts a person as a criminal is a person who is well aware of the actions he/she is committing. A criminal has a clear intentions and is aware of the consequences ahead. Whereas, a victim is one who under astounding circumstances can be excused for their heinous actions. An in depth look into Aileen Wuornos’ life can lead to viewing her as a truly a criminal who is responsible for all of her crimes. In explaining Aileen’s innocence, one would first take a look at her upbringing and childhood. From the moment of her birth, Aileen had a troubled upbringing in a dismantled home. Her mother left her and her brother, Keith, when Aileen was a young girl; leading her to grow up under the assumption that her grandparents, Lauri and Britta Wournos, were her parents. On several occasions, Aileen encountered severe beatings from her grandfather, Lauri. Lauri made evident that Aileen was worthless and unworthy of anything. Arrigo says, “… she was required to lay face down, naked, and spread eagle on the …show more content…
Aileen was a pathological liar who’d claim that her acts of murder were often in self defense, where she believed her life was in danger and murder was to protect her life. As Aileen is a female prostitute, one can argue that she is a easy target for men to take advantage, being automatically vulnerable as a woman. Aileen took this presumption to her advantage often claiming that her murders were in an act of self defense. With the case of her first victims, Richard Mallory, Aileen allegedly claimed that he raped her yet her allegation proved to be inconsistent with the forensic evidence given. “Aileen reported that she would fight wither victims about sex and that when they became abusive, demanding that she have intercourse with them, she endeavored to protect herself from being raped.” (Arrigo
Aileen was arrested for murder. She was taken into custody with the cops not knowing exactly how many people that she had murdered. At first, her story was that it wasn’t murder, it was only self-defense. Aileen said that the men had tried to Rape her. She spoke to many psychiatrists over the subjects, and made many different confessions.
On November 19, 1898, Ariel Tritondatter was arrested on the felony charges of first- degree murder and breaking & entering. An arraignment was later held on November 22, 1898, which Ariel Tritondatter was informed about the charges she was faced with. Additionally, Ariel Tritondatter soon entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity Ariel Tritondatter’s criminal trial was set in the Circuit Court with both a jury and a judge called “Syed Ahmed Khan”. The defendant, Ariel Tritondatter, almost didn’t converse throughout the trial, but soon she took a stand to defend herself.
The bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were both found outside O. J’s Brentwood residence stabbed to death, Nicole’s head nearly decapitated, blood everywhere, a left-handed glove, and a trail of blood leading away from the scene of the crime. Orenthal James Simpson, a former NFL player and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was found liable for damages caused by the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in a 1996 civil suit filed by Ron Goldman’s family, however he was found not guilty of the murders in the 1994-1995 criminal trial, despite the vast amount of evidence against him. O. J’s lack of an alibi and witness accounts can place him at the crime scene at the time of the murders. The murders took place at approximately 10:00 pm. Witnesses saw O.J racing through the streets in his white bronco around 10:40 pm.
Lizzie Borden was born on July 19, 1860 and died June 1, 1927. She was an American woman who was tried and acquitted in 1893 for the axe murders of her stepmother and her father in 1892. She lived in Fall River, Massachusetts with her sister, father and stepmother. Lizzie’s mother Sarah Borden was deceased and died when Lizzie was only 3 years old. Lizzie was born into a wealthy family due to her father manufacturing and selling furniture and caskets, and went on to become a successful property developer.
At the age of 11, Aileen was trading sexual favors with anyone that could get her beer, cigarettes, or money. At 14, Aileen fell pregnant with a friend of her grandfather, and as soon as the baby was born they were put up for adoption not even a year later Aileen was thrown out of the house and started to work as a hitchhiker prostitute.
Aileen Wuornos was born February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan to Leo Dale Pittman and Diane Wuornos. Diane had abandoned her children and was never brought up in their household. Her father Leo went to prison before Aileen was born. Leo was a child molester and a psychopath who later hung himself while serving a life sentence in prison after his conviction of kidnaping and raping a seven year old girl. Growing up, Aileen lived with her brother and raised by their grandmother (Biography, 2015).
They were living solely off of Wournos’ prostitution earnings. Both Wournos and Moore were arrested at a Daytona bar for allegedly beating someone with a beer bottle. Event after event is proving that Wournos is unstable of living her own life and making smart decisions. Aileen Wournos was guilty of murdering 7 men who she claimed had raped her. She explains her actions as “self-defense” but were actually the tendencies of a true psychopath.
The Lizzie Borden case will forever be unsolved. It is a mysterious confusing case that will forever interest people. Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her Father and step mother with an axe. Even though she might have been found not guilty, there is a lot of evidence that proves she was was guilty for the murders. To begin with, she had a rough relationship with her parents.
Aileen was only four at the time. Her adoptive parents (her biological grandparents) were not any better than her parents. Lauri was an abusive parents physically and sexually. And Britta was an abusive alcoholic. From an early age she had sexual contact with Lauri and Keith.
The case of eleven year old Mary Bell became one of the first of its kind, but the number of children who kill is dramatically increasing. Most interestingly, Mary had no real reasons behind the killings besides her deeply scarred
We’ve all heard the song, we all know what she did, but does anyone really know Lizzie Borden? Lizzie was spoiled rotten, an axe murderer, and has become a well known name to most conspiracists. Until the day her father died, Lizzie Borden got anything and everything she could have ever wanted. Lizzie’s father gave her the opportunity to continue her schooling even when women were rarely allowed this blessing. Although, he allowed Lizzie he did not allow his other daughter, Emma to attend past primary school.
Killing and raping at large scale could’ve been fulfilling and exciting for the defendant Gacy. Even though killing and raping is irrational, according to the egoist theory; it is morally justifiable because it maximizes Gacy's own self-interest. Gacy is also found morally correct under the ethical subjectivist theory. This theory argues that actions
During her adult life, she would turn to prostitution as a means of survival. Aileen pattern when conducting a murder involved attracting her victims by offering sex in exchange for money. Her history of sexual, physical and emotional abuse directly correlates with her difficult upbringing. Sexual behavior was the only response that Aileen distinguished, so it was the behavior she continuously
Do you know what it feels like to be powerless? A white nineteen-year-old woman named Mayella Ewell Falsely accuses a black man of raping her in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s, and is rendered powerless, due to being recessive in her social class, race, and gender. She does so in hopes of escaping her abusive father, and a chance to have a better life. Although Mayella is white, she has been shunned by African Americans and other white people. Mayella is a very young woman that does not own anything nice, nor clean, besides geranium flowers.
Although some people might argue that Shirley Chisholm does not demonstrate leadership qualities, a closer examination proves that the former congresswoman was a strong leader because of her independence, perseverance,and willingness to take risks. Shirley Chisholm is a great leader because she blazed a trail by being the first African American Congresswoman. For example, “Chisholm indulged her maverick nature in a spectacular gesture. She became the first black woman to run for president” (Morin pg1).This proves that she was the first black individual in her field to run for president so this makes her a trailblazer because all leaders should possess this for the reason that no leader can lead from behind.