The definition of a serial killer is people who have killed more than three people over different periods of times. Most serial killers are known to have a troubled childhood. It could range from being abused or having to be sent to an orphanage or a foster home. They take those troubling thoughts and basically take it out on people‚ or just do it for fun. They most likely have a mental illness‚ the most common mental illnesses in serial killers is Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)
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Actus Reus AR = the conduct element. Prescribes what needs to be done‚ in what circumstance and with what result (but not necessarily all three). Result: V is killed (note that we don’t really criminalise results in themselves‚ but rather the causation of results). Conduct: in rape: penetration. Circumstance: property belongs to another. All crimes have an AR. It is possible to have missing MR elements but this is not so for AR. Omissions Stephen LJ: “It is not a crime to cause death or injury
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The film Vertigo begins with the main character‚ detective Scottie Ferguson‚ pursuing a criminal across the rooftops of San Francisco city. During the chase‚ Scottie missteps and grabs the gutter‚ leaving him hanging from a high-rise building. In an attempt to save Scottie‚ his partner falls off and dies‚ leaving Scottie with a look of terror on his face. The movie then cuts to a scene with Scottie and his ex-fiancée‚ Midge‚ deliberating what his future will be like with his newly developed fear
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Outlaw motorcycle gangs in australia https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/10980/width668/y6ccv75q-1337748850.jpg By Brooke Larkins Year 11 2012 http://s1.aecdn.com/images/news/outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-live-hard-die-free-14383_23.jpg ‘Bikie gangs are like any other organisation or club. There are criminals in all walks of life’ Almost 40 motorcycle clubs are linked to criminal activities. These are referred to as outlaw motorcycle gangs. ‘Outlaw’ is not a legal definition; it rather
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Ice in our Blood and Blood on our Ice Ice in our Blood and Blood on our Ice "I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out." Rodney Dangerfield. Ever since the start to the game of hockey‚ violence has always played a role in the sport. While that role both contributing positive and negative aspects to the game‚ violence has taken its toll on not only the players but the fans as well. As violence in hockey is as many fans say part of the game and what makes “hockey” hockey
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prejudices of large groups of people are expressed‚ hate crimes are committed to demonstrate acts of hatred. Most recent are the burning of black churches across the South. A crime of this sort shows hatred against the black race. Sometimes leading to manslaughter‚ racial tensions are abundant. Furthermore‚ the burning of crosses or flags are offensive crimes that are committed to show a person’s hatred for religion or the government. Spousal abuse‚ child abuse‚ homicide‚ and wars between races can only
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In Euthyphro‚ Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for manslaughter. Euthyphro states that it does not matter if the person his father killed was a relative or stranger. Instead‚ it mattered on the subject of whether or not the act of murder was justified or not. Socrates tries to understand Euthyphro’s definition of what is pious and what is impious‚ but does not get the answer he is looking for. Every answer Euthyphro gives Socrates finds a flaw in the definition. Socrates is looking for an answer
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(NaturalNews) It’s true the almost five million barrels of oil that contaminated the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an ecological nightmare. And residents of the area have complained for the last two years that the chemicals dumped into the area as an ill-thought-out solution have made many of them sick. But what about the ocean itself that has been treated as an experimental chemical dump by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and corporate giant BP? Turns out
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by an undercover informant that he bought drugs from a dealer there named "Sam;" however‚ the man who claimed to be the informant said he never bought drugs at Johnston’s house. The two police officers involved in the shooting pleaded guilty to manslaughter and several other charges‚ and a third officer was also indicted in the murder case. Authority abuses their powers upheld by the government‚ and in more recent cases‚ get prosecuted for their actions due to technology such as camera footage and
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the spot; two more were wounded and later died. Two trials were held‚ the first of the commanding officer‚ the second of the soldiers. Captain Preston and Corporal William along with six soldiers were acquitted; two privates were convicted of manslaughter‚ branded on their thumbs‚ and taken out of the army. Although‚ neither side was satisfied with the verdict‚ these trials were models of civility and due process‚ conducted professionally and intelligently by all the lawyers. The British legal system
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