Misdemeanor murder

The article “The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead” by Gino Del Guercio is an attempt to explain the phenomenon of zombies appearing in Haiti. Guercio begins his article by describing one case of the suspected zombies where a woman named Angelina Narcisse was approached by her brother, Clairvius, who was thought to be dead for eighteen years, and how he used childhood memories to prove that he was actually her brother. Guercio then continues the account with Clairvius giving a detailed account of…

(unless you had a death wish). As seen in The Girls of Murder City by Douglas Perry, the press encouraged women to murder by glorifying crimes to fabricate sales. Perry’s book focuses on the achievements of an inexperienced news reporter, who faces sexism in her field of work. What seems like an enticing story about murder turns into a monotonous history textbook. During Maurine Watkins’ fight to reveal the truth of heinous crimes in Murder City, the stories of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan…

In society, people love to see television shows about “Law and Order”, “CSI”, or anything that will show murderers being put away. The nation is now fascinated with serial killers, mass murders, and other dramatized criminal cases. Honestly, society does not realize that the shows are realistic fiction. They are fake, though based off real events. Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Jack the Ripper are now household names because…

questioned serial killers throughout history, it seems that no two people share the same character traits. Many people have common confusion as to what categorizes someone as serial killer, rather than a murderer. A serial killer is someone who murders multiple people one at a time, not to be confused with a mass murderer which is someone who kills multiple people…

“Death” An eye for an eye, the ending of a life. The death penalty by definition is a capital punishment, signifying the profound conduct for committing heinous crimes. In the United States there is a significant divide between the states regarding the legalization of the death penalty. The main argument presented when speaking of the death penalty is the question of whether the act itself remains constitutional. On average thirty lives have been ended by this complex process per year. The…

introduction Durkheim wrote an enduring volume called Suicide: The study of sociology 1897. In this volume, he divided suicide into four groups Egotistic, Altruistic, Anomic and Fatalistic. In this essay, I will be discussing Durkheim categories of suicide and provide examples. Emile Durkheim (1859-1917) was born in France and became a sociologist he was also one of the founders of modern sociology, his main interest was in religion he taught philosophy in the University of Bordeaux he was…

penalty, or capital punishment, as it is more formally known, is the government sanctioned execution of an individual who has been convicted of crime. The crimes which are punishable under the death penalty are the most serious in nature, and include; murder, treason,…

Throughout history, questions have arisen about when it is right to kill someone or not. There are usually two sides to this controversy: it is never right to kill someone, or it is better to kill one person and save thousands of lives than to risk the death of thousands of people. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, it can be argued that Caesar truly did deserve to die for various reasons. In Julius Caesar, Caesar deserved his fate because he had many physical weaknesses that held him back, he was…

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, Shakespeare depicts the indecisive and seemingly suicidal character of Hamlet who has chosen to act insane. Hamlet has previously been told that his uncle Claudius was the one who killed his father and is urged by his father’s ghost to seek revenge. Hamlet, however, is not completely convinced and plans to act mad to lower suspicion of himself, so he can investigate the truth of the matter. Shakespeare uses literary devices such as imagery, word choice,…

Most people would agree that murder is wrong. Most people would also agree that pedophilia is wrong. When it comes to the case of virtual murder and virtual pedophilia, people’s opinions tend to change. The general consensus is that virtual murder is morally permissible, as no one is actually harmed. However, even though no children are actually harmed, people view virtual pedophilia as morally impermissible. In The Gamer’s Dilemma, author Morgan Luck argues that “Unless such players [video…