Paul Gregory House was charged in the death of Carolyn Muncey in 1985. Carolyn body was found hundred feet from her home badly beaten with abrasions and partially strangled. House was recently on probation for sexual assault from Utah. His probation was switchover to Tennessee and started living with his girlfriend a few miles from where Carolyn stayed. On the day of discovery of the body, the witness told sheriff that they seen House coming from the area where the body was found. After the body was recovered autopsy report shows that body had abrasions consistent with assault and sexual assaulted because the recovery of semen and foreign fibers. Along the time of recovering the body deputies pick up House and question him about the disappearance and murder of Muncey. House denied knowing …show more content…
House was tired in Union County Court and prosecutor link the stain and fibers found on Carolyn’s clothes for the characteristics to House. As a result, House was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death. After the trial ,House immediately petition appeals for the verdict House’s lawyers argue that House deserved a new trial not only because the new evidence showed he didn’t commit the murder but it also shows her husband was really guilty of the murder. Upon this argument, all courts in the state level reviewed the case and confirmed that even with the new evidence it wasn’t essential to the guilty factor. Moreover, courts showed because of not properly citing certain constitutional claim in Tennessee court. Legally, this meant House had defaulted on these claims. Therefore under state law may not be granted federal habeas corpus review unless the petitioner provides a sufficient explanation for the default and demonstrates that the asserted error prejudiced his or her trial. After several motions, House’s lawyers was able to be heard in U.S. Supreme courts and the court granted the motion of
A 17-year-old male, Joseph Lopez, a junior at Spring Valley High School murdered the 28th of April of 2008. Lopez's body was found in a drain tunnel under Tropicana Avenue, west of the I-215 less than a mile from his home. I would look through his social media, text messages, and phone calls. I would interview all his friends. People he knew in school and outside school and people he came in contact with hours before his murder.
When the police questioned him, he told them that he was on his way out of town to audition a new singer by the name of Cheryl Johnson. However, when the police searched for this woman, there were no records of her and the phone number Williams gave them was non-existent. Two days after the bridge incident, the body of 27-year-old Nathanial Cater showed up down the river. Although FBI could not provide any evidence that it was Williams who killed him, they were almost positive and kept a close eye on him. They got one step closer when the next victim they found, 29-year-old Jimmy Payne, had hairs and fibers on his clothes that were identical to those found in Williams’ house and on his dog.
There are swirling rumors that Miranda Lambert is missing her former husband Blake Shelton, especially now that the Christmas season is up in the air. Allegedly, the 33-year-old country singer wants to be with Gwen Stefani 's current boyfriend again, but one publication slammed these reports. According to Gossip Cop, it is not true that Miranda Lambert is missing Blake Shelton as the holidays are now coming. The report noted that the member of the Pistol Annies is not being "extra emotional" and actually doing well. Hollywood Life reported that Miranda Lambert is dreaming of being with Blake Shelton this Christmas.
On October 1st a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a concert at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, NV. The shooter was a 64 year old named Stephen Paddock, an accountant from Clinton, Iowa. With 58 people were killed and 546 were injured, it was deemed the deadliest domestic shooting in the United States. Singer Jason Aldean was giving the closing performance on the final day of the festival, just before 10 PM.
The murder of Denise Amber Lee took place on January 17th, 2008, in Florida. Lee was abducted from her home that morning, and was found dead later that day. Her death can be attributed to the lack of communication between police and the emergency telecommunication center. During the course of the day five 911 calls were made, one of which came from Lee on her abductors phone. The question stands today, would Lee still be alive if the 911 dispatchers had notified the police of certain 911 calls.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we are here today to discuss the murder of John Wright. On November 15, Mr. Wright was found in his bed with a rope around his neck, presumably strangled to death. His body was discovered by his wife supposedly and did not bother to notify to the local authorities. At eight o'clock in the morning, Mr. Hale went to look for Mr. Wright and found Minnie, Mr. Wright’s wife, sitting in a rocking chair inside of the house. Mr. Hale asked Minnie for her husband and she stated that John Wright was dead in the bedroom.
On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood.
Lizzie Borden took an ax, And gave her mother forty whacks; When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. The famous rhyme of Lizzie Borden giving her mother 40 whacks and then her father 41. Most people assume she committed the crime, of killing her parents, and that she planned the whole thing though there are some holes in the case. Everybody thinks she committed the crime though no one is sure, one thing is certain there are holes in the case and these holes make me believe that Lizzie did not do the crime. There are so many holes that no one is certain who did the crime.
The citizens of maple street were a witness to the unusual activity going on recently. An unusual object passes by the street and people start to panic when all their electric and gas appliances are not working. This led to the murder of one man,the destruction of a maple street and the accusation of a little boy who happened to read many books. This happened in late summer around 6:00 pm. A lot of mayhem happened on Maple St.
Mary Maloney is a very loving and devoted house wife and mother-to-be. Though her dream of having the perfect American family was destroyed by the bewildering news of Patrick choosing another women over Mary and their child. Innocent is all Mary Maloney is, due to her indistinct state of mind caused by her heinous husband’s decision to desert her and her child while she is unable to control her emotions due to her being pregnant. Mary is not guilty of murder instead innocent due to diminished capacity.
Essay 5 draft 3 The murder rate of Chicago in 2015 is almost four times higher than New York City and more than 2.5 times higher than Los Angeles. Marshall Rosenberg, a psychologist, created the Nonviolent Communication which helps people resolve conflicts and differences in a peaceful way. “All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished” (Rosenberg). Nowadays there are so many ways to get a hold of a gun on the streets illegally.
Amanda Berry was conceived on April 22, 1986, and experienced childhood in the Cleveland, Ohio region. As a youngster, Berry had secured work at a neighborhood Burger King, yet one night mysteriously vanished strolling home from the occupation. She had keep going been seen on April 21, 2003, the day preceding she turned 17. It would later be uncovered that a man, Ariel Castro, had baited her into his vehicle. Berry was recorded as a missing individual, with her mom Louwana Miller fomenting for there to be more scope concerning her little girl's vanishing and dissipating any thoughts that Berry had fled.
Relationships, lies, murder, conviction. These are all aspects that come into play when talking about the January 13th, 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee. Adnan Syed, Hae’s 17-year-old ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2000. The problem with this is that the only evidence the state had to convict Adnan was the stories told by others, specifically someone named Jay who was with Adnan for some of the day Hae went missing and had possession of Adnan’s car and cell phone. He claims Adnan made him come pick him up after the murder was committed and assist him in burying Hae’s body.
On June 3rd, 1993, Jessie Misskelley Jr. confessed to the murder of the eight year old boys, after extensive questioning from the police implementing both Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols in the murders of Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers. Misskelley’s confession was all but flawed, the confession gave the wrong time of when the murder occurred, and what had occurred to the three eight year old boys. The marks that were found on Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers, did not match the marks made by any of the accused and there was no DNA evidence placing them at the crime scene or any motive. Byers was found with knife marks on his body, which was presumed to be from a knife found in lake behind Jason Baldwin’s house. No blood was found at THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE 4 the crime scene, which leads one to believe they were murdered elsewhere and then moved to Robin Hood Hill crime scene, where the bodies were found.
Homicide is not imperative when arresting someone. "In the vast majority of such encounters, I was able to peacefully resolve the situation without using force"(Dutta). This is the proper way to handle being challenged situations instead of killing the criminal. Since there are better alternatives to handling criminals who resist, or fight back there is no reason why police officers should have to shoot criminals. In Alton Sterling 's case, he was shot several times while being on the ground.