Murder on a Sunday Morning is a documentary that shows the problem in our judicial system concerning the juvenile being accused of a crime. This documentary follows the trial of 15-year-old Brendon Butler from Defense attorney Patrick McGuinness’s and Ann Finnell point of view as he works to prove Butler innocence. This case became America most misleading Cassie's because of its lack of evidence on Mr Butler Butler. This accident took place on May 17, 2000, out of Jacksonville Florida many people say that this case was not handled properly by detective and officers could also represent that the young black teen time to be a stereotype base under skin colour.…
In the story “The Jefferson County Egan Murders” by David Shampine and Daniel T. Boyer there were three people murder on an interstate rest stop. It took the police a long time to figure out who murder the three people. Three people were murdered on the night of New Year’s Eve in the year of 1964. The three people are Barbara Ann Egan (wife of Peter Egan), Peter Egan (Husband of Barbara), and Gerald Egan (Brother of Barbara).…
On Thursday July 3, 2003, thirteen-year-old Paulina Lee’s mother, Christine, asked her to run over to the mini-mart across the street from their house and buy plastic plates. She gave her daughter ten dollars to spend. At approximately 6:40 pm, Paulina left her house to go to the store, but she never arrived. No witnesses ever came forward.…
The Greenlease Kidnapping An Institute for small children in Kansas City, Missouri called Sister Morad of the French of Notre Dame De Sion was having school on September 28, 1953. As the children were having school, there was a knock at the door and as one of the teachers opened the door to a woman who said she was the Aunt of Bobby Greenlease. Robert Cosgrove Greenlease Jr., refer to as Bobby, was the six-year-old son of Robert C Greenlease Sr. Robert Sr. was a weathly automobile dealer who resided in Mission Hill, Kansas City, Missouri. Bobby’s Aunt informed the teacher that Bobby’s mother had suffered a heart attack and taken to St. Mary’s Hospital.…
Jennifer Grey works as a police beat reporter for the Chicago Daily paper. She has a relationship with an officer named James Purcell. "Heartbeat" is the first book in the Jennifer Grey Mysteries; a series of Christian themed mystery novels that were written by Jerry B. Jenkins. Jennifer's relationship with James Purcell is put on the rocks when he is arrested for trafficking drugs. It shocks her, and confuses her; she is not sure if there is something deeper at play of if he has betrayed her trust.…
In the short story “Janus” by Ann Beattie we learn about our desires and dislikes with life through the character of Andrea and her ceramic bowl. Beattie heavily enunciates Andrea’s obsession with the bowl through the use of literary devices of symbolism, allegory, and tone. Beattie uses these tools to show how her relationship with the bowl displays her true desires. In the story the main example of symbolism would be the cream colored bowl she got at a crafts fair.…
The press is highly responsible for this. Even after being cleared by the DNA evidence the Ramsey’s have remained under a multitude of suspicion from the world. To this day there are still people that believe that they killed their daughter. Because of their social status and wealth, many people assume that they paid higher officials off and hired high-powered attorneys who had connections with the DA’s office. Many feel that the media was controlled and information they obtained was purposely manipulated to benefit certain theories.…
Blue Highway is a modern Southern Gothic horror story that focuses on an FBI Special Investigations Unit dispatched to rural Raybush, Arkansas after a dormant serial killer suddenly becomes active again after 30 years. In the 1980s a killer stalked a stretch of road called Blue Highway and took the lives of nine young women. Then, without explanation, the murders simply stopped. The killer was never caught. Now, in 2016, the bodies of young women are being found along Blue Highway.…
The Hypocritical Taking of Lives It seemed like a normal February night for Wanda Lopez, a single mother, working behind the register of the Shamrock gas station convenience store. That is, until she noticed a man loitering outside the door in the parking lot of where she worked. She called the police to report the drunk who had just come from the bar next door and was told to call back if he came inside. A few minutes later, the man walked into the store holding a knife.…
I think the punishments in the three stories are fair. Mary Mallons punishments was fair, because if the police didn't put Mary on a private Island, she would've continued to spread the tyoid diease. John Dillinger punisment was fair, because the text stated that John Dillinger and his killed many people. If the police didn't kill John, he would've broken out of prison. Michael Fay's father warned him of the brutal laws in Singapore and Michael was wrong for sprary painting cars.…
Anna Garcia was a 38 year old hispanic woman found dead in her house on August 15th in Anytown, USA. She weighed 155 pounds and was 61 inches tall and seemed to be in an unhealthy state. She was found wearing a jacket in a heatwave and amounts aspirin were found in her body. Her life before her death appears to be very hectic as she recently divorced her husband, Alex Garcia, and had business fights with her best friend, Lucy Leffingwell. The possible persons of interest for the crime are Alex Garcia, Anna’s former husband, Lucy Leffingwell, Anna’s best friend, Erica Piedmont, An Ex's new wife, and Doug Green, Anna’s neighbor who reported the scene to the police.…
Did you know that a 1984 study conducted by Rosemary Wells, show us the 74% of people who surveyed thought the tooth fairy was a girl? Of course the tooth fairy isn’t real but kids like me like to imagine. You can just imagine her wings glowing in the night sky or see her as she is fluttering and hovering outside of your window or maybe even in your room. Although no one knows quite how tall she may be, she must be pretty tall. You could watch her fly through the clouds and see how the clothes on her body are of every color.…
Sarah Booth Delaney is a southern belle and fallen daddy's girl who has no job or husband and north of thirty, and at the start of the series, finds herself about to lose the family's plantation located in the fictional town of Zinnia, Mississippi. On the plantation is the ghost of her great-great grandmother's nanny, Jitty, she is the one who gave Sarah the idea to kidnap the dog of her friend. Becoming a private investigator is what winds up saving the family plantation. "Them Bones" by Carolyn Haines, the first book in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries, was released in 1999, and Haines' debut novel. Southern lady Sarah Booth Delaney is hired to solve a murder.…
Retell Reflect Relate Response of James’s “An Unsuitable Job For a Woman” This is a mystery novel about a young, female private detective, Cordelia Gray, and the suicide of a Cambridge dropout, Mark Callender. After the death of her senior partner, Bernie Pryde, Miss Gray inherits Pryde’s Detective Agency and is left to run it solely. Despite those she stumbles prior to settling Bernie’s funeral matters, doubting her capability as a woman to carry on the business, Cordelia insouciantly defies the gender stereotypes.…
The Nun’s Tale, by William Dalrymple is a story about a young female named Mataji who decides to become a Jain nun early in life, and later on chooses to undertake Sallekhana, or Santhara. Sallekhana is a ritual to where you fast your death. In the story, Jains believed that sallekhana is a beautiful thing, and when you embrace sallekhana, you are embracing a whole new life. To give a little background information, a Jain nun is a human who practices Jainism. They are similar to Buddhist but also have ways of their own.…