Essays on Murder

The Scottsboro Boys case of 1931 involves nine black gentlemen who were falsely accused of raping two white ladies in a freight train in Northeast of Alabama. Except for Roy Wright who was among them, other boys were accused of this crime without adequate evidence and later charged and sentenced...

First-degree murder refers to a pre-meditated and willful killing that is not permitted by the law. A pre-meditated and willful killing of a person implies that the murder was planned and deliberately executed (Find Law). Brennan is not guilty of first-degree murder because he never intended to kill his wife...

Circumstances under which a person should be able to get away with murder. An individual may be able to get away with murder if the evidence is not abundant as people think. Most of the crime scenes are not covered with DNA or fingerprints. Sometimes the evidence may be destroyed....

Based on Thomas Harris's book of the same name, The Silence of the Lambs is a horror-thriller movie. Clarice Starling, a young federal bureau of investigations agent, is charged with locating a serial killer who harvests the skin from his victims after they have been slain. The youthful FBI cadet...

American Law papers go into greater detail than new articles and provide citations for cases supporting both sides of the issues at hand. Bennett, No. 05-CR-6050 CJS, 2015 WL 3879875 (United States v. (W.D.N.Y. November 21, 2015) The defendant was judged guilty of involuntary manslaughter but not first-degree murder by the jury. Enter...

The Haymarket affair also referred to as the Haymarket massacre or riot, took place in Chicago on May 4, 1886. The protest's precursor was a rally conducted in support of workers who were on strike and calling for an eight-hour workday. The police and labor demonstrators engaged in a violent...

After learning that his hardworking wife had been perusing a damn tabloid, he was irritated that she still hadn't made dinner. A man who works hard should occasionally be permitted to go on vacation with his friends and family. A large man was holding Abby by the neck and threatening to tear...

Mill considers justice to be a component of morality. He claims that justice entails violating the rights of certain individuals in order to ensure that others who deserve other rights the most are awarded them. On the 17th of February 2016, early in the morning, a guy called the police...

Turnus murders Pallas, a close friend of Aeneas and a super mortal with amazing skills, near the end of the Aeneid's passage as retaliation for telling him that he thinks he could kill one of his soldiers and just walk away while wearing his riches. Turnus acts in a barbarous...

Terrorism is a global issue that many countries are concerned about. Terror groups are thought to arise as rebel organizations or people against a specific country or culture (Pras et al., 2016). Terrorists instill fear by attacking and killing innocent civilians. There are various terror groups operating across the continent....

Mary Thompson's Dilemma Mary Thompson saw Tom being cut down with a machete. She lied to the authorities when they questioned her about the incident and the unfortunate occurrence. She insisted that she remained silent.An Anthropologist's Moral Responsibility An anthropologist named Thompson was present to study a South-East Asian civilization. She asserted...

The Principle of Justice in "Trifles" The principle of justice is expanded upon in the short story Trifles. The plot contains a flaw in justice as two mothers, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, intervene to defend Ms. Wright from the lawsuit charging her with murdering her husband. The County Attorney and...