Lauri Peterson Case Study

On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson was reported missing from her home in Modesto, California by her parents and husband. The Modesto police began their search for Laci Peterson before the standard forty-eight hour limit to file a missing person’s report because she was eight months pregnant.

The day after the shooting, Cesar Valenzuela-Campos, 23, admitted to riding in the car that pulled up behind Tyson Claros minutes before he was shot, investigator Todd Fulton said. Tamara Thompson, 18, allegedly admitted the crime to a jail-house informant and Brandon Mitchell allegedly told a family friend, who called the detective, he’d become remorseful over the killing.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 5 at around 11:45am in the north side of the city, former Marine 33 year old Craig Wingard was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Craig had been shot by a man that went inside the house that Craig was in front of, came back out to started to shot. After shooting Craig, the shooter fled the scene in a dark vehicle with paper plates, this according to witness. Craig was shot four times in his chest, hand, and legs.

The legal issue as discussed above is related to whether there is enough physical evidence to say that Scott Peterson is the murderer. His behavior, the fact that he had an affair with Amber Fray shortly before his wife 's disappearance that he continued to do so after her disappearance, and that he lied multiple times, and his going to the Berkley Marina on the day of his wife 's disappearance while the bodies of the victims were found not too far from that location, make him a very likely suspect. He also had a life insurance of 250 000$ put under Laci 's name (Dockterman, 1), and showed a behavior that would suggest him leaving the country before being tried also adds to this belief. However, there is still not direct evidence of him committing the murder so there is an issue as to accusing someone of murder and sentencing him to death with this kind of evidence, is it enough and would this be just? Moreover, the state of California considers an 8 weeks old or older fetus as a victim. This allowed the defendant to be judged for double murder. It creates legal issues when dealing with cases of abortion for who is to say that abortion is not also a case of murder.

November 22, 2014, twelve-year-old, Tamir Rice, was playing and posing with his air pellet gun when a man sitting in the park called 911 to report, “there’s a guy here with a pistol, pointing it at everybody… [The gun] is probably a fake, but you know what,

On 092316 at around 2352 Hrs., Officers responded to a shooting at 3222 Selma Ave. Kenneth Cook ( DOB 030172 OLN - 081055483) was found in the front of the residence with a bullet wound through his left leg. Cook stated that he was going in the back door when he was approached by two males. One was wearing a mask and he could not describe the second suspect. Cook said that he was afraid of a robbery and threw a cup of liquor at the suspects. The suspects then shot 2-3 times, striking Cook once. The suspects then fled behind the houses on Selma. The victim was transported to UTMC with non-life threatening injuries. A K-9 track was attempted but no scent was found. Crime Lab responded and located one casing and took photos. Neither occupant

James Blake in New York, was mistaken for a suspect in an identity-theft ring. The officer charged at him, picked him up and slammed him to the ground. Four others helped detain and handcuff Blake who cooperated willingly and immediately. After they realized their mistake he was released and profusely apologized to. Patrick Lynch the head of the New Your City policy union criticized the officers saying that they were un-American and irresponsible. An officer in Delaware responding to a call from Jeremy McDole about his attempt in shooting himself the officer fatally shot the wheelchair-bound man and argued that McDole was armed. In the video tape of McDole and the officer McDole didn’t appear to be armed. Another person was fatally shot by an officer in Maryland. The officer was responding to reports of Keith McLeod trying to use fake prescriptions. The officer argued that McLeod was reaching around his back to pull out a gun. However, there were no weapons found at the scene. Dominic Fuller was shout by a Sheriff deputy in Florida. The Sheriff was called in to investigate suspicious activities and found Fuller sitting in a stolen car. Fuller ran and said that he was armed. He refused to comply and stood with his right hand behind his back. When Fuller lifted his hand the Sheriff saw a black and chrome object and proceeded to shoot Fuller five times and later it was confirmed that Fuller was holding a stapler.

The case Furman v Georgia made it all the to the supreme court because it would affect the way the whole country delivered punishment. Although it surprised many people that it made it that far because most people were for capital punishment. Michael Meltsner said,”Georgia was a shock. Before LDF's anti-capital punishment campaign, there had been no successful court challenge of the death penalty — even when it had been handed down in a blatantly racist or totally arbitrary manner” (www.michealmeltsner.com/interview.html).

Scott Peterson has been convicted of the murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son whom was to be named Conner. Laci was 8 months pregnant with her first child. It has been reported that she was thrilled to be having a baby boy. She loved being a wife and was excited and extremely joyful to become a mom. Together, with her husband Scott, Laci could not wait to start this new journey of parenthood. Little did she know that her husband Scott had other plans.

Scott Peterson, a killer at heart, didn’t think twice before murdering wife, Laci Peterson, and unborn child, Conner. His wife Laci was reported missing on Christmas Eve in 2002. All fingers pointed to husband, Scott Peterson. He had not wanted to be a father and didn’t care for his wife. He was arrested the 21st of April in 2003 and is still on death row till this day. Evidence revealed during the case, Scott Peterson is a coward and was rightfully sentenced the death penalty for his wrong doings.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man and his wife were each sentenced to up to four decades in state prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty in the murder of their disabled nine-year-old son, who was found starved to death in a dark, feces-smeared room last year.

On October 18th, a teen in Meridian, Idaho shot and killed a 15-year-old, but police say the the shooting was an accident. 18-year-old David Provencio was smoking marijuana and consuming alchohol with many others in a home close to East Franklin Road. Provencio said that he pointed the gun and shot the victim, not knowing that the gun was loaded. And the kid who was shot was pronounced dead at the hospital. When the authorities arrived at the scene they were told that the kid shot himself while there were several children and a few adults there at the time of the shooting. Provencio could be facing 10 years in a prison on a charge of involentary manslaughter.

While being on the show, she started dating Jeremy Calvert, with whom she married on the 4th April 2012. In December 2011, during the show Leah announced that she was pregnant again; however she suffered a miscarriage in January 2012. Nevertheless, couple married in April. In June 2012, Messer announced another pregnancy and eventually she gave birth to another daughter, Adalynn Faith on the 4th January 2013, one month

Janice Green was a wife, mother, and community organizer in Perry County, Alabama. Right now she is an inmate sentenced to 37 years in Prison. This narrative is an attempt to explain the story as it was collected from a variety of sources, such as witness interviews, family interviews, released statements, legal sources and good old fashioned research. As I understand it, here is how they hemmed up Janice Green.

Police brutality on African-American’s is violent and harmful. In our society today many police are unfairly treating African American people.There is a lot of evidence and statistics here that can help me prove what I 'm saying is the truth. Police brutality on African Americans is a terrible social injustice that must end.