The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer, exposed to its audience in a plot twist ending, that it was most “unusual” suspect who was “the devil”. A character branded as stupid and crippled with the “wounded innocence of a kid who ate all the cookies” was revealed to be Keyser Soze, the character in the film who kills his own kids and wife to show the mob who is in control (Ebert). Wickedly, he also killed members of the mob and their kids, parents, and friends; burned down their houses; and…

and marginalizing racialized men and women. Therefore, when it comes to racialization and crime, it is important to note that certain populations are seen as suspects or “pre-criminal” because of their ethno-racial group. Murdocca (2014) examines the ways in which police tend to focus on “usual suspects” of crime. The notion of “usual suspects” is a way of sorting populations and assigning certain attributes to through racialization. Police assign characteristics to lower class, racialized…

English singer-songwriter, Eric Burdon, once stated, "Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other." Every individual on the planet is battling the constant daily struggle of morality. No one is innately 'good' or 'evil', human nature is much more complex at its core. When the opportunity presents itself, one must decide whether or not to listen to the angel, a symbol of purity and hope,…

What is a belief? According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, there exists three different definitions for belief: “something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion : something believed”, “a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing” and “conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence”. While each of these definitions describe what a…

posed and not natural compared to traditional child photography. For example, “Photographers shooting children in the nude […] are the usual suspects [for child abuse and child pornography]” (Atkins & Mintcheva, 171). In other words, if the usual suspects for child abuse and child pornography are the one’s taking the photo why does Sally Mann not become a suspect? Is it because she is considered and artist? This issue becomes problematic because it is difficult to really understand and know the…

these theories in Criminology. To explain, rational choice theory is the belief that an individual thinks through their cost and benefits, and weight their Therefore, based on that, they make a choice (Lilly, 2012, pp. 362-363). In the movie The Usual Suspects, there is many instances where there is criminal’s activity is taking place. Murder, heists, and fraudulent behavior is all depicted in the movie (Singer, 1995). All of the individuals involved in these crime weigh their means in order to…

court identification. On the other hand, the second part is when a law enforcement officer or a detective use different procedures to make the alleged suspect standout. For example, in the case of Marvin Anderson, pictures were used to identify him; the pictures the cops presented were distorted. One picture of him was colored and the other suspect pictures were in black and white. Unfortunately, these suggestive factors incriminate innocent people until the law realizes they were wrong (Gould &…

committed, the trial must take place within that location. A suspect has the right to know why they are being held. The defendant has the right to be present during the trial to confront the opposing witness. The Sixth Amendment gives the right to counsel, to a lawyer or court-appointed attorney. The Eighteenth Amendment is the protection against excessive bails and fines. This Amendment also protects individuals against cruel and usual punishment (Bohm & Haley, 2014, p. 125). "In 1996, the…

in the form of “crime and terror, civil unrest, international conflict.” Systemic violence represents the catastrophic effects of economic and political systems. • Who are “liberal communists”? Does Zizek admire them? Why or why not? The usual gang of suspects: Bill Gates and George Soros, the CEOs of Google, IBM, Intel, Ebay. His view on liberal communists is that today’s liberal communists give with one hand what they first took away with the other. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes…

5, 1993, three eight year old boys named Steve Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore, were reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. The following day, their bodies were found in Robin Hood woods, tied and mutilated. In early 1994, three suspects named Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. were convicted of murdering the three boys. Damien, Jason and Jessie were referred to as the “West Memphis Three”. West Memphis was a very hard core fundamentalist conservative town.…