“The Texas Killing Field” Rhetorical Analyisis on M. William Fields. M. William Phelps is a non-fiction crime author in Dark Minds—a discontinued tv show on Investigation Discovery. Mr. Phelps revisits unsolved homicides to bring justice to the families using his own personal experience to formulate theories and although some cases have been justified he brings light to the homicide again to help along with other similar homicides and that happened to be around same area. This episode, “The Texas Killing Field” (S2E4) , “Since the 1970’s, 30 young girls have gone missing in a flat, no-man's land outside of Houston. Several of them have turned up the, leaving investigators to question which murders are connected and where is the pattern of this killer and most importantly when he will strike again.”…
Texas has 125 records of wrongful convictions since 1989. Unlawfully charging someone with a crime they did not commit, barely looking at the evidence, wrongly convicting someone so they are sentenced to life in prison was the case for both Randolph Arledge and Kennedy Brewer . Randolph Arledge was convicted for the murder of Carolyn Armstrong and Kennedy Brewer for the slaying of Christina Jackson. Both Brewer and Arledge have what they were charged for, evidence behind the story, why they were released and how many years they were in prison until they were released To start off Randolph Arledge was an ordinary man who was a victim of being wrongly convicted for a crime he did not commit. First, an innocent man was sentenced to many years in prison.…
I am António Cabral son of Pedro Cabral. I was on the ship when Pedro bombarded the eleven ships. I watched as Pedro assaulted the 600 Indian Sailors when he killed them at their port. We got funded by the king to go to the Indies. We got about halfway there and we turned around and landed in Brazil in April 22 1500.…
In the article, "Henry Rodriguez: Preserving the Luiseño Tradition," Rodriguez talks about how oral tradition keep stories "alive and changing over time. " Just for example, Rodriguez mentions a story about a "powerful song given" to him by an old man, and it was later on collected as "sets," as more elderly men are willing to share their songs. As a result, it created a bigger content of songs, having a far more interpretation of a subject. Just like in oral tradition, stories accumulate, it continues to grow resulting in multiple meanings over time. On the other hand, written tradition ends a story, having a fixed and permanent meaning that cannot be changed.…
Some people were innocent and others were guilty.. It unfair that the innocent people died since it’s not under their control that they…
The therapy sessions were given to the brothers soon after the deaths of their parents. According to the Menendez v. Terhune Journal (2005) “Chief suggested to Erik and Lyle that they need to find a psychologist. In January of 1989, Dr. Oziel prepared a report regarding his therapeutic relationship with and evaluation of Erik, which Chief submitted to the juvenile court. The Menendez brothers continued meeting on a professional basis with Dr. Oziel. On their met with Dr. Oziel during September, October, and November of 1989” Menendez v. Terhune (2005)…
Zaniness in Victor Hernandez Cruz’s “Business” The poem “Business” by Victor Hernandez Cruz exposes the mediocre side of mainland United States. Business portrays the difficulties of an immigrant making a living as a street vendor in a metropolitan city. His business, he sold puppets and whistles for a living and also play his guitar.…
victims. He shot Vincent then attacked, brutally and stabbed to death his wife also gouged out Maxine Zazzara eyes out as well. The police had no concrete evidence on Ramirez but on August 24th, 1985 Ramirez would kill his last victims. He says that he was mistakenly identified but he was charged with 14 murders and 31 felonies and after 23 years on death row Ramirez died June 7th, 2013 at the age of 53 from complications related to B-cell lymphoma.…
On July 6, 2003, a man, known as the Vincent E. Brothers killed his entire family after church one Sunday morning. At church, he heard a rumor that his wife Joanie Harper wanted a divorce when he received this news he became furious. When they came home from he was nowhere to be found by his family. His family then went on to do what they did every Sunday and that was to take a nap. After they fell asleep an armed man with a .22 caliber pistol intruded the house and went to the back room, then shot the grandmother at point blank range.…
Reading the article “The Traits and Thrill of a Serial Killer” by Urmosne Gabriella Simon was very eye catching and thought out. The author describes how killers develop, how they act, and ways they kill. The reason the article was eye catching was because of its great use of logos, ethos, and pathos. The author was able to use logos by using real serial killers, ethos by providing sources, and pathos by putting information that made readers feel bad and understand killers.…
They knew that what they were doing was wrong, as proven by the court, there are no reasons we should spare them an extravagant meal hours before their death. Murderers do not deserve a reward just because they are going to die, they deserve what they get served every day in prison. They do not deserve anything more special than the everyday meal. They earned a piece of cheese or…
As I continued to read on I realized how they were both victims in one way or another. I also realized how flawed our system truly is. There have been 330 people exonerated with DNA evidence, out of the 330 of those people. 205 of them were African American. Innocent…
Set in New York, 12 Angry Men follows twelve jurors as they decide whether or not a young 18-year-old Hispanic boy is guilty for stabbing his father in the chest. In a rather small room, the jurors must reach a unanimous decision, and if there is ‘reasonable doubt,’ the young boy will be freed. In one of the initial scenes, a vote is facilitated where 11 jurors find him guilty, and one juror, juror 8 votes that he is not guilty. He expresses to the group that a discussion needs to be made prior to sending a young boy to the death penalty. There is a lack of evidence which supports why the young 18-year-old boy stabbed his father and in turn leaves some of the minds of the jurors in a place where they are unable to convict within moral certainty.…
What if you were on trial for first degree murder? In the movie 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, a young eighteen year old male was on trial for supposedly murdering his own father. The twelve men on the jury were faced with different opinions and facts that questioned their morals and values in life. I feel as if this movie did have “worth” in my life. I think the movie had worth because no one should ever be stereotyped, judged, and accused based on what other people say.…
Lyle had threatened the doctor’s life, thus voiding doctor-patient privilege. The evidence showed that the Menendez brothers were guilty of murdering their parents and felt no remorse. The Menendez brothers killed their parents out of hatred and the desire to get access to their father’s money. The boys were very spoiled, Jose and Mary never denied them anything they wanted. As teenagers, the brothers started to commit crimes of theft and got away with it.…