Arson

During this reign, he committed the murder of five people and arson in the time span of June 21, 1986, until his second capture on November 24, 1989. In the first trial, Allan pleaded not guilty, however, was found convicted of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with the eligibility for parole…

Mysterious Marijuana When it comes to marijuana, majority often have a negative perspective on the substance, but is this really the case? If so, why have other countries begun to legalize marijuana? The decision on whether to legalize this drug has become a heated debate over the years. Moreover, with today 's media-rich culture, it is not a surprise to find endless aspects on cannabis as our uncertainty and ambivalent attitude slowly radiates towards the substance. However, the contention…

achieve equality by focusing on their economic gains, rather than violently fighting. This resulted in an increased amount of passive aggressive movements, such as those from Medgar Evers and Jackie Robinson, rather than taking part in loots, mobs, and arson. W.E.B. Bu Bois advocated for a consequential technique in which the end results justifies the means, as evident with Malcolm X and the Black Panthers. Marcus Garvey inspired an entire movement, coined the term “Garveyism,” and gave many…

These hypothetical and potentially psychological weapons fall short of defiance; it i consists of things as foot dragging, dissimulation, false compliance, theft, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, and sabotage. Sometimes these acts can manifest themselves even further as things like covert property and livestock destruction. Labor strikes are not unheard of. These actions are indirect and require no planning or collective effort and avoid direct…

While the Uniform Crime Reports were ground breaking for tracking crime data nationally, there were many flaws with the system. The Federal Bureau of Investigation would send out paper reports for the local agency to fill out and return. This system leaves a lot of room for human bias, as well as honest mistakes, when reporting crimes. These reasons alone are enough to question whether the reports were an accurate account of crime in the country. Uniform Crime reports also had several other…

appreciate a primarily cause and important instrumental in criminal and deviant behavior. In contrast, Dowler claimed that mass media over exaggerate and concentrate on the violent or dangerous crimes simultaneously, such as murder, sexual assault, and arson. The aim of mass media seems to increase the fear of crime and attract attention from viewers without concern about the "real life" or, more succinctly, mass media distort reality, label the crime events from media side to control public…

In 1869, New York passed an act to build a reformatory in Elmira for young offenders under indeterminate sentences. The goal was to reform the inmates. Elmira Reformatory only accepted first offenders between the ages of 16 and 30. The first Elmira Reformatory in the United States was opened in 1876. It used the principles of the Irish system, indeterminate sentences, and parole. When Elmira reformatory opened in 1876, Zebulon Brockway was given its superintendent. He thought rehabilitative…

cured from diabetes. This case remains significant to the “Roks (2011)” case because Roks also lacked the subjective foresight that someone would die from his activities. Roks was charged with second degree murder [s. 231(7)] and conspiracy to commit arson [s. 465], but Roks was only involved in the plot to burn down a building. Roks argued that he didn’t subjectively foresee the consequences of death because he was only aware that a building would be destroyed without any causality, which…

Why would you want to take another person life? What does you get out of it? When you think of murder you think of a person killing another human being. Which can be unlawful and lawful depends on the situation. Murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. To start with not all homicides are crimes. Homicides include all killings of humans. Many homicides, such as murder and manslaughter, violate criminal laws. Others, are as a killing committed in justified…

Many people around the city of York and other cities throughout America are fearful to live and step within an inch of the city. Why are these people so afraid to be around York city in particular? It is not that the city of York has little entertainment, restaurants, markets or small businesses around to stimulate its population and visitors, but the issues that York city faces. Sadly, there are multiple factors that play a significant role in why so many people are afraid to live in York city.…