American people convicted of murder

government. People of all ages have been reported to be in the possession of firearms all for different purposes. Statistics in the US reveal that among 100 residents, 6 of them own guns accounting for 80% of the non-military guns(ProCon,2015). Survey study indicates that in 2014 in the US, 68% of the murders committed; 14,249 in total were with the use of firearms (Karimu, 2015). Millions of Americans have been the victim of assault, robberies and other crimes involving a gun, purchased by…

When 17 years old, Adnan Syed, a teenager who attended Woodlawn High School, was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend. Sarah Koenig, an American Journalist, is the executive producer of a podcast called Serial. She isn’t a detective or crime reporter but she still investigates the death of Hae Min Lee, Adnan’s ex. Jay Wilds, Adnan’s former friend, was the evidence to the state’s case against Adnan. Jay had informed the detectives who were investigating the case that Adnan told Jay he was…

One event that changed his attitude on slavery was the Pottawatomie Massacre. After Brown heard about the attack on Lawrence, he was furious that the people of Lawrence did not retaliate. Being the strong believer in “an eye for and eye” Brown told his followers that they must fight “fire with fire.” On the night of May 24th, Brown and seven men entered the pro-slavery town of Pottawatomie Creek and by…

The Mexican American war gave citizenship to thousands of individuals who resided in the American southwest prior to the war. Under the new treaty between Mexico and the United States, these new citizens were considered white according to the law. Consequently, these new citizens were never treated equivalent to Caucasians of Northern European ancestry. They were not allowed to occupy the same bathrooms, restaurants, schools, and even in death they had to be prepared and buried in isolated areas…

unbiased in decisions such as this. However, there had been cases that cases in which juveniles, while sentenced for their crime, are being subjected to racial prejudice which took account to the sentences of judges of another race apart from the convicted juvenile. According to article, “Jena 6 case highlights injustice: Louisiana investigation found a juvenile justice system in trouble.” Hutchinson, the author, says that according to a survey, Blacks make up forty percent of youths tried in…

what extent did the investigation of the murder of Meredith Kercher impact the false conviction of Amanda Knox? I specifically analyzed the lens: To what extent did the media coverage of the case affect the outcome? The ultimate goal of my research is to be able to understand how the media could have affected the trial of Amanda Knox, both positively and negatively. The media is often viewed as the cynical and malicious enemy that attacks innocent people from all angles, however it is possible…

social interactions for decades and has spurred unthinkable actions by people who believe their race is superior to another. Racism is present among all racial groups, although more prominent between some races than others (i.e. blacks and whites being one of the most common examples). The argument over whether racism is an idea that is instilled in a person by those around them, or if it has always existed in the minds of people, is ongoing today. Despite how racism…

The Hall-Mills Murder “‘Not Guilty’ is verdict in hall case: plan to free prisoners on ball today and probably quash all other charges” (New York Times). The Hall-Mills case was a case in 1922 about the murder of an Episcopal priest and a member of his choir, who he was having an affair with at the time. They were murder on September 14, 1922, in Brunswick, New Jersey. The first people to be suspected of committing the murder was the priest’s wife and her brothers. But with lack of evidence they…

Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray; what do these three people have in common? All three were all black, all three were all murdered at the hands of a police officer, and all three were all unarmed. Officers have a long history of abusing their power, and these are just a few of the victims. People of color, specifically black people, have found this to be especially true. Police are more likely to use excessive and unnecessary force on black people than on their white counterparts. There are many…

The death penalty, often known as capital punishment, is the punishment of execution given to a person who has been legally convicted of a crime. It has been a highly controversial issue, and there are many American citizens who support this system, and many who do not. Some argue that the criminals who have been sentenced to death deserve to die, to pay for the harm that they have done to others. They also view execution as a deterrent for crime. However, the system has not been successful in…