Yuma Territorial Prison

Horrific crimes are committed across the United States every year and deciding on the correct punishment can be difficult. There are no perfect guidelines for how to lawfully punish someone and this is where the conflict of capital punishment, otherwise referred to as the death penalty arises. Capital punishment is a government-sanctioned practice where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime (Capital Punishment). If there are humans on Earth there surely will be people…

children who are sent to prison under harsh conditions often leave the prison with motives to commit another more dangerous crime. In 2010, 16 year-old, Kalief Browder, was sent to Riker’s Island Prison in New York City for being accused of stealing a backpack. He waited for trial in jail for three years, and two years in solitary confinement. He was later released in 2014 and committed suicide a year later (Lyons 750). Browder was one of many children who are sent to prison for crimes they…

Frozen Blooded Murder Insanity is defined as being in the state of mental illness, madness, or lacking the ability to fully understand right from wrong. When used in the courtroom, many defendants and criminals plead not guilty by reason of insanity, which is often misused, making it hard to differentiate the truly innocent ones, and the real criminals. Roald Dahl’s short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter” is a great representation of the insanity plea. The main character Mary Maloney kills her…

In this case, precedent cases played a huge role. The reason is that the scope of this case is relatively narrow. A person in the stands was hit by a foul ball and the person did not elect to sit behind a screen. Therefor, any case in which a person was hit with a fly ball will pretty much determine the results of this case. The first precedent case cited is Karen Friedman and Robert Friedman v. Houston Sports Association. In this case, the Friedmans were out at an Astros baseball game.…

Third world countries hold many issues that they try to solve within their countries borders and one of the issues that many first world countries try to aid in is the issue of Sweatshops. Authors Dexter Roberts, Pete Engardo, and Benjamin Powell both have their own understanding of the situation that most people believe is a current issue. Both Engardo, and Roberts defend their belief that sweatshops are indeed an issue in their work the “Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops” while Powell believes…

CASE SUMMARY “Hannah Leflar's teenage killer sentenced as an adult to life in prison” by Alex Soloducha, discusses the tragic murder of a teen girl in Regina, Saskatchewan. In January of 2015, Skylar Prockner murdered Hannah Leflar by stabbing her multiple times. 16 at the time, the teen had become furious when he learned that his former girlfriend had started dating someone new (Soloducha, 2017). Typically in a case involving a young offender, the name of the convicted criminal would not be…

In the book, In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote the two killers, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, should have both been sentenced to death. Even though Dick never pulled the trigger or assisted anyway in the killing of the Clutter family he never told Perry not to stop. Dick brought the shotgun and had intended on using it but never did. Perry was the one that killed all four if the Clutter’s so his sentencing was more clear cut than Dick’s. They killed them left and on their way back…

Cyntoia Brown is a young woman who was sentenced to life in prison in 2004. Cyntoia shot and killed a man named Johnny Allen, and was found guilty and tried as an adult. Cyntoia started having sexual intercourse at the age of 7. She slept with at least 36 boys and men’s that she could remember. Cyntoia was born into confusion, her mother Georgina was a drug attic and abused alcohol. Georgina was abused as a child, and young adult. She experienced getting rape by men, she was a prostitute, and…

Is the Death Penalty Justified? Death penalty is still controversial topic in our global society. While some of people oppose the executions because of the possibility of misjudgment. There are four sources that researched to find out what is a better argument for death penalties. These four sources have different angle on this death penalty for the reasons of various impact such as the cost of capital punishment, and emotional effect of victim’s family and deterrent for murderers. Among…

The question is not if justice will prevail, it’s when will it prevail. In the book Montana 1948 we read about a family that has held the title sheriff of mercer county for many years, until one day everything changed. It was the day that they found out that Marie little soldier, their family babysitter, along with other Indian girls had been raped by the sheriff’s brother Frank Hayden. After facing many moral trials, Franks sins ultimately led to his death and the breakup of the once glorified…