The essay “Our Secret” written by Susan Griffin was taken from a chapter in her book A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War. In “Our Secret,” Susan Griffin explains the repercussions of bottling up our emotions and the harm it can have on our mind and body in the long run. In this essay Susan is talking about the life of Heinrich Himmler through his childhood diary, as well as, explaining the controlling behavior of his father throughout his life.…
Introduction My last semester at Middle Georgia State University as an undergraduate student was filled with a wonderful opportunity to intern with the Bibb County Sheriff Department. My internship experienced was supervised under the leadership of Cindy Gresham, the executive assistant of the agency. Historically, social control in Bibb County was maintained by two separate entities, the Bibb County Sheriff Department and the former Macon Police Department. There were multiple attempts to consolidate the two agencies in efforts to decrease the amount of tax payer dollars allocated to public service and to increase the effectiveness and efficiently of their service performance.…
Many methods were used when searching the scene. Det/Sgt. Maxwell started off by retracing the places the Brian and David went and interviewing those they talked to (P. 53). This gave them their initial information to try and figure out what happened that weekend. A helicopter was used, for aerial surveillance, to search the land from aerial view in hopes of spotting the Ford Bronco like suggested by a few of the witnesses, however nothing ever came about from it.…
Anthony Joseph Palma is now behind bars in an Oklahoma cold case that everyone thought would never solved. CNN shared how DNA lead to his arrest in a kidnapping case from 1997. Kristina Hatfield disappeared from Midwest City on night in May of 1997. Hatfield was only 8 years old at the time. The police found Hatfield’s bedroom window cracked and they located her underwear in the backyard with blood on it.…
On May 7, 2000, Brenton Butler (15 year old African males) left his home seeking gainful employment at Blockbuster thought it would be just a not Sunday morning. However, on the other side of town at the Mary Ann and James Stephens were leaving the Ramada Inn after having breakfast. The couple came to Jacksonville Florida to vacation, but Mr. Stephen’s never thought this would be the last time day he would spend with his wife. An African American male between the ages of 20-25 approach the couple demanding Mrs. Stephens to give him her purse.…
How did Charles Lindbergh 's infant son die? What would you do if you were one of the most famous people in the world and your child got abducted? Charles Lindbergh is an Aviator who is known for his successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. A blonde hair, blue eyed man who grew up near Little Falls, Minnesota, and who always aspired to push himself to the max.…
“Steven Avery” is a name millions of people are becoming familiar with due to the airing of the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer”, created by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos through Synthesis Films. In this ten part series, the atrocities committed by the Manitowoc Sheriff Department were revealed, as well as their apparent disregard for human life. Steven Avery and his family were essentially outcasts in the Manitowoc community. Avery worked on a scrapyard on the outskirts of town that has been in his family for a considerable amount of time and lived in a trailer with other relatives. People nearby were off-put by Avery, who is not your typical Wisconsin local, as he was considerably uneducated, only having an IQ of seventy, and was…
Ben Pollizi Mrs. Kimmich English 10 Advanced 15 April 2017 Sacco and Vanzetti Shortly after World War 1, the United States was soon gripped with a massive fear of communists, foreigners, and anything that wasn’t American. This fear was taken out on anyone who was in America that wasn’t American. One key example of this was the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti. These two men moved to America before World War 1 had begun. Due to the fact that Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian immigrants, and were convicted of their crime during a time of massive hatred toward foreigners, the justice system disregarded all the reasonable doubt in their case and declared them guilty.…
It is 1625 in Spain and Catalina de Erauso has finally returned, after her long, adventurous journey in the New World dressed as a man, and will now stand trial to confront the crimes that she has committed. She has confessed her crimes to the archbishop and she can no longer escape what she has done. The situation has been brought to my attention and it is my responsibility as King of this great country to decide whether or not she is guilty. After hearing about her offenses, it is clear she has committed a number of crimes during her travels and as a result, her actions cannot be ignored. Her crimes include cross dressing, being a con artist, assault and murder, and lastly fleeing the law.…
In "Our Secret," from Susan Griffin’s book A Chorus of Stones. Griffin talks of many different characters, and explores their secrets, and fears. In Griffin’s essay, hiding the truth become a major theme. Through examining others Griffin comes to terms with her own feelings, secrets, and fears. She relates to the characters even though she is different than all of them.…
Mary Pope Osborne was born on May 20, 1949 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She grew up in the military and lived in Oklahoma, Florida, Virginia, Austria, and North Carolina all before she was 15 years old(Mary Pope Osborne). Moving never bothered her because of the strong bond she formed with her family. Mary and her siblings spent a great deal of time playing and biking in the woods. They would pretend that they were traveling to far off places (Banting).…
Foreign countries’ museums and collectors plundered most of the countries, which have this require. According to ”Museums Return Looted Artifacts”, between 2005 and 2007, there were four major cultural institutions in America agreed to make efforts in returning artifacts. They paid millions of dollar to buy the…
Summer Reading Scavenger Hunt - The Book Thief In the novel, The book Thief by Markus Zusak, the exciting tale if Liesel Meminger is told. The intriguing , sad, and suspenseful story would not be the same without its defining characters, setting, conflicts, and theme. All of these aspects come together to create an amazing Novel. To start, The Book Thief includes many different characters, all who play an important part in the plot.…
The Black Dahlia Murder is one of the top 10 most famous unsolved crimes in the United States. Also one of the most famous in LA based on the awfulness of what happened. Elizabeth Short was an aspiring actress from Boston and she moved to Los Angeles to make sure her dreams came true, but ironically, it wasn’t until her death when she really became famous. Her body was found January 15th, 1947 in a lot near present day Leimert park. Her body was cut clean in half at the waistline with extensive mutilation with multiple other cuts all over the body.…
National Bureau of Investigation defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control of a person by force, threat or violence. There are two factors of robbery and first was taken by means of force or fear; and second is that the theft was from the victim or from its personal property. The most important evidence in a robbery is putting the victims in fear of taking his/her belongings by force. Some crimes of robbery are by hurting a person physically while taking his wallet or by taking his/her bag forcefully.…