News Story Lynchburg police have apprehended a man believed to be the sole suspect in the murder of his mother‚ Diane Wagner‚ and attempted murder of his father‚ Bert Wagner‚ October 5‚ 2011. Diane Wagner worked at a local daycare center‚ and Bert is a construction worker. Twenty-year old Ben Wagner of 134 Donald Street has been charged with the murder of his mother‚ and attempted murder of his father. According to police‚ Diane Wagner was found in the kitchen with two gunshots wounds to
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In the story of Macbeth there is much sorrow and death. Macbeth went to war for Scotland and returned. On his return he ran into these three witches in which they told Macbeth he would be Thane of Cawdor and later the King of Scotland. After reaching Scotland the king placed him into the Thane of Cawdor. Later on the royals would celebrate the achievement of Macbeth. They all partied and possibly had a little too much to drink in the process. Everyone went to sleep and that’s when darkness arose
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Hundreds of Americans are wrongfully sent to death row. This means that hundreds of people die innocently. Killing people for killing others is wrong in any situation. Though some people say when murder is punished with death‚ less people will commit the crime‚ murdering is uncivil‚ especially when the person is wrongfully accused. Killing someone for killing someone else is not an appropriate punishment. According to the Constitution the death penalty is uncivil. The Eighth Amendment bars cruel
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found him guilty of second degree murder as opposed to first degree. That was enough mercy for this man. It was a fair sentence when all aspects of the case are considered. One must realize that although it was a compassionate homicide‚ this case was not a matter of necessity and Latimer’s lawyer’s defense in consideration of section 12 of the charter of freedom is not valid. I believe in balancing all compassionate factors involved when deciding what is just in a murder case. One must also consider the
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and deliberation. Manslaughter is not considered a minor level of murder; however‚ it is not a serious crime than murder. Although it is not a serious crime‚ the actions committed is not excusable or justifiable‚ which severe punishment is implemented. In the Judicial system‚ the crime committed can be either voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. Voluntary manslaughter requires a criminal to cause physical harm or an engaged to murder‚ while involuntary manslaughter does not. Researchers determined
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I believe that the murder of several police officers at Stringybark creek were justified as if he didn’t shoot at them then he would have been killed himself. However I believe that his plans and attempting derailing of a Police Train heading to Glenrowan was unacceptable
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Professor Major March 26‚ 2013 Abstract Serial murders are not just part of the United States they also happen globally. There are many investigative tools that are used when working a serial murder case and we will discuss some of those. We will also discuss the problems with the media when it comes to serial murders. We will also talk about how the criticism of the public and media can affect serial murder cases. The crime of serial murder is not just one that in the United States it is a
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in the past for several reasons. The crime rate is soaring out of control. Murders are tearing our people‚ our cities‚ and country apart. Many people have the same belief as Thomas Draper‚ an author on the book called Capital Punishment‚ that no society can abolish crime‚ so their only hope is to do everything they can to control it. It is time for the United States to mandate the death penalty for the crime of murder in all 50 states and to carry out the executions of those sentenced to death
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committing murder‚ that it is cruel and unusual punishment‚ that it is unethical‚ and that the justice system is flawed and can sometimes result in sentencing innocent people to death. These seem like good arguments on the surface‚ however once expanded upon they start to venture further and further from the truth. Capital punishment is right because the justice system is very thorough in proving guilt‚ it is not cruel and unusual punishment‚ and it can deter people from committing murder. One argument
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Sef Gonzales‚ aged 20‚ was convicted and sentenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to life imprisonment for the murder of his father Teddy Gonzales‚ 46‚ mother Mary Loiva Josephine‚ 43‚ and sister Clodine‚ 18. On July 10th 2001‚ at about 4.30pm Gonzales entered his sister Clodine’s bedroom‚ where she was studying. He was armed with a baseball bat and two large knives he had retrieved from the kitchen. It was found that he compressed Clodine’s neck trying to strangle her‚ struck her at least
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