Posted on May 16th, 2008 by John Barnett
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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Posted on May 15th, 2008 by John Barnett
James Dubro, Past President of the Crime Writers of Canada argues on the topic of excecution. It doesn’t work he claims asĀ 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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Posted on May 7th, 2008 by John Barnett
…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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Posted on May 5th, 2008 by John Barnett
Visit the Ann Rule Homepage
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Posted on May 4th, 2008 by John Barnett
There must have been many perfect murders committed> The easiest way is to make the victim’s death appear to be natural. If murder is not suspected then the chances of getting away with it appeoach 100%.
When people mention the perfect murder, they usually mean a murder in which the Police kbow that a crime has […]
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Posted on March 30th, 2008 by John Barnett
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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Posted on March 30th, 2008 by John Barnett
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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