Homicide

As defined by Susan M. Wolf, “euthanasia is the practice of intentionally and directly ending the life of a person who has a severe and incurable disease or medical condition” (Wolf). Euthanasia usually takes place in patients with terminal illnesses, that ask to be euthanized. There are six major subtypes of euthanasia: active, passive, voluntary, involuntary, indirect, and assisted suicide (“BBC - Ethics- Euthanasia: Forms of Euthanasia”). In a society where euthanasia is legal, the “Law of…

Domestic Violence Homicides are on the Rise Domestic violence has been a widespread national issue for several years. “Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime” (NCADV. "NATIONAL STATISTICS."). Domestic violence has several different meanings to several different people. Domestic violence is defined as the willingness to intimidate, physically assault, sexually assualt and/or other harmful behavior in order to show power and control over another person (NCADV. “What is…

Adnan Syed, The Murder At least one third of all female homicide victims in the U.S. are killed by male intimate partners — husbands and ex-husbands, boyfriends and estranged lovers. A couple weeks after a recently ended relationship with Adnan Syed, Hae Lee disappeared on January 13, 1999. In the podcast Serial, Sarah Koenig tells the story of how Adnan Syed killed Hae Lee and the motive behind the murder. Adnan Syed killed Hae Lee because of his terrible personality mixed with a…

small percentage of children that go missing or has been abducted by a stranger each day (1%) (National Child Kidnapping Facts, 2003). In this body of work, a detailed examination of investigation procedures involving child abduction that results in homicide will be explained. In addition to that, the methods for collecting evidence as well as the main investigation techniques that would be used to investigate the murder in this case will be outlined. Keywords: Child, abduction, investigation,…

has been diagnosed with a terminal, incurable illness which can take their life in 6 months. Other states classify helping or causing suicide as a separate offense while other states consider helping or causing a suicide classified as a type of homicide or manslaughter. The slippery slope toward willful euthanasia is a genuine and dismal concern. Rationale, law, and history invalidate the contention that permitting helped suicide won 't prompt automatic willful euthanasia. Legitimate…

What type of people have bad consciences? Kids who kill their parents. Fun fact! Lizzie Borden was the only person in the house at the time of the murders. And Abby and Andrew were killed within 90 minutes of each other. Considering the evidence, trial, and a possible motive, it looks as if Lizzie Borden took the life of her own parents. There is far too much evidence against Lizzie to not convict her, even after all these years. For example, the evidence against Lizzie is extremely fascinating…

three or more killings, not at the same time but separately. There are myths that accompany with being a serial killer, they include that they are all male, they are lust killers, serial killers are psychopaths and many others. When it comes to some homicide facts there was an estimated 14,827 persons murdered nationwide in 2012. There are two famous serial killers who differ when it comes to their gender, their types of killing and their motives. The first serial killer is Kristen Gilbert, she…

In Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery”, villagers gather in the town square on June 27 where the black box is securely put on the stool to determine the fate of death of the lottery winner. The black box is the physical embodiment of tradition. It supersedes all the power and commitment. It also supersedes bonds and authorities. The people are submissive to the box. Villagers respect and care for it. Over time, the population of the villagers increased, changing the wooden chips to slips of…

That 25.5 percent is a huge increase and needs to be stopped, and it can be stopped. Homicides is one of the biggest reasons why I believe that the population should start to decrease. As a community, we have to be more careful; lock our cars, stay in safe neighborhoods, and be careful what we are doing. Some might say that the population growth is helping Colorado and helping it in better ways, but facts show that more people are dying. More people dying is not what I would call helping…

The article that I chose to write about covers homicides that have taken place across Cincinnati's 53 neighborhoods for a 36-month period last year. The article was an interest of mine, because an old school friend’s father took the job as the police chief in Cincinnati recently. When I viewed the data that was presented in the article, the horizontal axis explained the number of homicides in a neighborhood. The vertical axis explained how many neighborhoods had each of these numbers; in the…