A full defence is described in law as if the defence of a charge is successful then the defendent is not guilty of that charge and will be aquitted and can go free.
A partial defence is one where should the defense succeed then the defendent is not guilty of the criome that he has been […]

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James Dubro, Past President of the Crime Writers of Canada argues on the topic of excecution. It doesn’t work he claims as  the Mob use it every day and yet the killing goes on. He maintains that far from it being a deterrent, Capital punishment actually increases murder rates.

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Bodies are strange things. Throughout the history of murder, the darned things, despite the best efforts of supposedly clever criminals keep turning up to point an accusing dead finger at the instigators of their demise.
In other words, a body is a damned hard thing to dispose of. Here are some true life examples.

Burning.

It takes a […]

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…working on the chain gang.
Jackie Wilson’s hit from the 1960’s expresses the futility of some penal punishments.
Here is a blog post about two men who escaped from the chain gang. One, Robert Elliot Burns lived to tell the tale and became a celebrity in his day. The other, Charles Evans ended up dead.
http://www.capitalcentury.com/1930.html
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The mother of this very disturbed teenager speaks out.
According to his step-Mom this young thug is blaming the crime on video games in order to court controvesy and attract media attention.
however, the boy obviously from what the step mom says was obviously under the influence of narcotics and stron alcohol.
Who do you believe?
Could you do […]

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Published by St Martins True Crime library.
A true crime book showing how it should be written.
Synopsis
Ashley Pond was only twelve years old when she vanished from a school bus stop in a town south of Portland, Oregon. As a shocked community came together and police began a frantic search, another tragedy was just about to […]

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This is the category where I will share tips on true crime writing.
The first thing I need to say about writing in the true crime genre is that the work needs to be acurate, free of bias, well researched and above all free from any accusations of libel.
Any true crime writing must start with research.
Besides […]

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