The Chamberlain Case "A Dingo Took My Baby!"They were the words that Lindy Chamberlain had screamed out into the blackness of the cold night in a camping ground close to Ayers Rock, Central Australia, on the night of August 17 1980, when she discovered that her nine-week-old baby, Azaria had been taken by a dingo. Lindy had returned to the family tent where she had left her sleeping 4 year old son, Reagan, and Azaria only moments before. Her husband Michael was sure that he had heard Azaria cry out. As she approached, closely followed by their 6 year old son Aidan, Lindy saw with a large dingo coming out of their tent. It seemed to be shaking its head like it was trying to drag something out of the tent. She couldn't see what it was. As Lindy reached the opening of the tent a sense of panic had begun to well inside her. The children! Lindy ran from the tent moments later calling out "A dingo took my baby!!" In this essay, you will see the prosecution and defence as well as the rumours which circulated at that time. The aim of the Prosecution is to provide evidence which would lead to the conviction of Lindy Chamberlain of the murder of her daughter, Azaria. There were four arguments which eventually lead to Lindy's conviction. Firstly Ian Barker stated that, although Azaria's body was never found, they would easily see, from the evidence, that she was in fact dead. The way of death they would also find difficult to determine accurately, because a body was never found, but it would be proved, from the scientific evidence presented, that Azaria had died due to the loss of a large amount of blood after having had her throat cut. Ba... ... middle of paper ... ..., but quickly learned that few journalists could be trusted to record their interviews with accuracy. Every media appearance they made seemed to spark the rumours even more, especially when they spoke openly about their faith and their beliefs as Seventh Day Adventists. Lindy was considered to be strange, too hard, too unmotherly. Why didn't she cry? Having examined the evidence from the prosecution and defence as well as the rumours, it is now my intention to give my opinion on this matter. Having seen both sides of the Prosecution and Defence, I believe that Lindy Chamberlain is Innocent. This is because, what mother would kill her own baby? From seeing the movie ''Evil Angels,'' Lindy Chamberlain looked to be like a very loving and caring mother and does not seem like the person who would murder her own child.
She had fever, felt a pain in her hip, loss of sleep, the then pain spread to several parts of the body over the next few days her blood pressure of dropped significantly during the first day of her illness, she also had little infected boils all over her body. Doctors thought that Addie was infected with a virus. In the first hospital and pneumonia in the hospital which specialized in children’s care.
Michael Shaara presented Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in his The Killer Angels not only as a courageous, heroic soldier with outstanding integrity, but depicted him using tremendous leadership skills in a large variety of situations.
In Tim Seibles' poem, The Case, he reviews the problematic situations of how white people are naturally born with an unfair privilege. Throughout the poem, he goes into detail about how colored people become uncomfortable when they realize that their skin color is different. Not only does it affect them in an everyday aspect, but also in emotional ways as well. He starts off with stating how white people are beautiful and continues on with how people enjoy their presence. Then he transitions into how people of color actually feel when they encounter a white person. After, he ends with the accusation of the white people in today's world that are still racist and hateful towards people of color.
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On January 11, 1983, Nancy Cruzan lost control of her car. Cruzan was ejected from the vehicle where she landed face down in a ditch filled with water. Paramedics who reported Cruzan as being unresponsive and having no vital signs when they discovered her. However they were able to resuscitated her and transport her to the hospital. She would later be diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Cruzan would need a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy surgically inserted into her for long-term care. After weeks of being in a comma Cruzan showed no signs of improving and her parents requested the removal of her feeding tube. The request was denied by the hospital.
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Through all the media coverage, Sam Reese Sheppard began to have nightmares that his dad was electrocuted, and that he should be to (Quade). He has guilt that made him have the decision to not have kids because it is hard for him to hold his own life together. There has been a huge change in opinion from people who assumed Dr. Sam Sheppard was guilty. Now people see that he was unfairly convicted. This led people to believe that the death penalty should not be used. Although the case will probably never be decided, with all the evidence that has been found, Dr. Sam Sheppard should be considered innocent.
of typhus as well. Her oldest sister, Bronya, had to leave school early to take
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In 1944, 14-year old African American, George Stinney, was wrongfully convicted and executed. According to Murderpedia.org, a digital database containing the collective history of notorious murders, the event took place in Alcolu, South Carolina. Stinney remains the youngest person executed in United States history. Stinney was accused of first-degree murder. He was charged with the murder of 11-year old Betty June Binnicker and 8-year old Mary Emma Thames. Stinney was executed by the formal method of execution at the time, the electric chair. The trial concluded in one day. After Stinney was arrested he was not allowed to see his family until after the trial and conviction concluded. Stinney reportedly confessed to the crime according to the investigating deputy, even though a confession statement by George Stinney never existed. In 2013 Stinney’s descended family petitioned for a retrial. On December 17, 2014, George Stinney’s case
mother had died of ‘Inflammation of the Brain’– perhaps meningitis or a stroke – at the age of
On Christmas Eve 2009, Katie and Craig welcomed their daughter Callie Grace into the world. Katie and Craig have been trying for five years to have a baby and considered Callie their miracle child. In January of 2010, Callie developed a soft, dry cough. Her condition worsened over the next few days; she became pale and lost her hearty appetite. While waiting in the doctor’s office, Callie stopped breathing. A nurse was able to revive her and Callie was put on antibiotics as well as observation. Two days later, Callie stopped breathing again, but after forty-five minutes she was pronounced dead; the diagnosis was whooping cough. Callie was too young, only five weeks
The game of basketball is a highly recognized and widely known sport. Basketball was first heard of in the winter of 1891 when a man by the name of James Naismith was told to instruct a physical education class at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Springfield, Massachusetts. Naismith was instructed to put together a game for young men to enjoy while they were at the YMCA. While trying to come up with a brilliant and fun game for these young men, Naismith reminisced back on his childhood in Canada. He remembered a game his friends and him had played all the time: “Duck on a Rock”, which involved trying to knock a large rock off a boulder by throwing smaller rocks at it. Naismith also remembered watching a game of rugby going on in the gymnasium. The game of Rugby involved tossing a ball into a box. After a very short time of trying to make up a game for these young men, Naismith came up with a brilliant idea. Little did he know the game that he came up with just so happened to be one of he most renowned sports in American history. Naismith’s idea pertained to nailing up raised boxes so that players could attempt to throw a ball in the basket. When there were no boxes too be found, he used peach baskets. Supposedly, Naismith came up with all the rules for this game in no more than “about an hour”, according to Alexander Wolff. Shortly after Naismith had invented the game of basketball, graduates of the YMCA traveled internationally which is the main reason as to why this sport is so widely known. The impact basketball has made on the lives of many Americans is incredible in the sense that it has given people the ability to ...
...dition, so the doctor thought that this weakness was the reason she died.What really killed her was being put back into the role that was forced and expected of her. When her husband walked in, all of her feminine freedom vanished.
She died of a suicide and she that because at a certain point in her life she had enough of suffering.