In New York on december 22 1984 inside of a subway system, Mr bernhard goetz shot four teens. He thought that he was going to get robbed so he shot them. He shot five shots all of them hitting and nobody was killed. Mr Goetz was not charged, but i think other wise. I believe he is guilty. One reason I think he is guilty is that his response was not in proportion to the threat. According to the court documents of People v Goetz, it states that 1 or 2 youths asked for 5 dollars and then Goetz shot them. The teens did not show any weapons and he still shot them. Also, only 1 or 2 of the teens approached Mr. goetz. He shot all four of them. The teens did not even threaten him. He just shot them on the spot. Another reason i believe he is guilty is that he didn't try to retreat. Before he shot them, he was supposed to try and run away or ask for help. He did not try to do any of that. Not run or ask for help. He just went straight to violence. By law, you have to do these things before you go into violence. …show more content…
He also shot two kids that were not involved. He shot all four youths and even on of them twice. That means after everything had stopped, Goetz kept going. He even said himself, “ If I had more bullets, I would have shot again and again…” He would have tried to kill them if he had a chance. He wanted to make them suffer. The kid he shot twice got shot in the arm and the spine. That could have really messed him
...hould have gone to prison for the evidence that they found. And this should stand as a reminder for future police officers that they need to follow all the rules set forth by the 4th amendment and stop this from happening again. Just to save some paperwork the police officers cost them to lose this case and someone who should be in prison is free to do this again.
The People vs. Hall and Dread Scott Decision both were very interesting cases. Their similarities zoomed to expose the preamble of the Constitution and make the authors of it think over what they meant by "all men are created equal." This question is still present today, are all men created equal? Or does it mean by men, the white Americans with European decent?
While researching this case I stumbled upon many others and I became aware of how many people have suffered from the injustice of being found guilty. While reading parts of the book “Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death the Story of Steven Truscott” I learned that the police played a large role in why 14-year-old Truscott was found guilty of murder. The book showed that they forced witnesses to change their story to further “prove” Truscott’s guilt of the crime. This led to the conclusion that in this case (like many others) the police were solely and unjustly targeting one
The jury in trying to let the defendant go considered if there were any circumstances that would provide say as a self-defense claim to justify this horrific crime of murder of two people named Mr. Stephan Swan and Mr. Mathew Butler. Throughout the guilt/innocent phase, the jury believes not to have heard convincing evidence the victims were a threat to the defendant nor a sign the defendant was in fear for his life before he took the victims’ lives.
On February 23, 1993, James Swann began his attacks on Washington, D.C area. His first attack occurred on Holmead Place NW. He stuck his 20 gauge shotgun out of the driver side window and started to shoot at a woman walking home. She escaped without being shot. The same night about 15 minutes later on 1400 block of Oak Street NW, a 22 year old man was shot in the face and was partially blinded. His shooting was dismissed because of objectivity. On February 26, 1993, three days following the first shooting a man burst in a barbershop and murdered a customer with his shotgun. This was James Swann’s first slaying. Once again, police brushed the case off assuming it was drug related. James too a very brief rest from his crimes, however, on March 4, 1993, he returned to Washington and his victim was a 43 year old man walking down the street. He was shot in the head, but to be consistent the police assumed it was drug related. Police did not take the previous shootings serious until the drive by shootings continued in an upscale neighborhood in Mount Pleas...
...ge Zimmerman didn’t get away with this terrible crime and how Zimmerman could have been convict for a hate crime instead of manslaughter or 2nd degree murder. It is extremely critical that everyone understands that crimes like this will not stop unless they are properly taking care of. Zimmerman shouldn’t have followed Trayvon after the police officer ordered him not to; he disobeyed an officer and should have been gotten some type of consequence for his disobedience. There was no legit reason for Zimmerman to pursue Trayvon because he had no weapon and he was minding his own business. If Zimmerman would have stand in his lane and followed the police officers’ orders, then all of this could have been avoided. George Zimmerman is a guilty and should be punished for what he did, and the fact that I found all the evidence to prove that he is also proves all my points.
The first shooting occurred on July 29, 1976 and the second months later; and the third one month after the second. At this point, Berkowitz had shot six people but the New York Police Department did not see any relation between the shootings. In January 1977, Berkowitz struck again by shooting a couple while sitting in a car. This event caused police to start a search for a .44 caliber killer. A .44 caliber gun is the type of gun that Berkowitz used in all of his murders. He continued to elude police, he even began taunting them. Berkowitz started leaving note addressed to the NYPD captain near all of his crime scenes. In the letters he spoke to police telling them of how he was recruited to commit the murders and addressed himself as the “Son of Sam”. This is how Berkowitz attained the name The Son of Sam Killer.
Captain Preston and his men are not guilty of committing murder. Teenage boys were harassing a British soldier by calling him names like lobster and making fun of they way they walked. The boys were also throwing snowballs with seashells in them at the British soldier. The soldier never did or said anything until the seventeen year old boy walked up to him and started running his mouth. The soldier then hit the boy in the mouth with the butt of his gun. The boy backed off and went back to the crowd. About 200 people came out of the bars and joined the crowd. They were carrying clubs with them because they
17 years old at the time of the crime, Simmons was tried as an adult. Simmons confessed to the crime and his sole defence at trial was an attempt to dongrade his punishment through the introduction of character evidence. The jury recommended the death penalty, which was imposed by the judge. In the judgment of the US Supreme Court, the laws of other countries and international authorities were instructive for the interpretation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’. International consensus as reflected in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child provided respected and significant confirmation of the conclusions drawn. International agreement on the juvenile death penalty
I think they did the right thing by charging him with manslaughter. His actions on the fire were not acceptable, he was not acting like a IC and was not doing his job at all. He killed four people because his actions and most likely his low level of training. If they had the correct PPE and working Equipment and Knew to follow the ten standard firefighting orders and the eighteen watch out situations they most likely would of all survived and never been in that situation of deploying there shelters.
The 1996 movie, The People vs. Larry Flynt, is a story about Larry Flynt, owner of Hustler Magazine, getting in trouble with legal issues due to his magazines containing sexual explicit content. Larry had previous history of owning many strip clubs throughout Ohio, which initially led him into producing these magazines. People throughout the country attempted to stop Larry from producing these magazines saying that it violated many “community standards” but that didn’t stop him and he was willing to speak up for his rights. Later, Jerry Falwell sues Larry for publishing a parody of him having a sexual experience with his mother. The trial court found Falwell and his intentional infliction of emotional distress claim to be true and
Thesis Statement: Because of extensive evidence, I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone on the day of November 22, 1963 in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The additional gunman was strategically placed in the grassy knoll area, in order to shoot at Kennedy from a frontal view (Rubinstein 4).
...rman guilty because they would have racially profiled Zimmerman guilty. Also according to Steven Mazie, he implies “But since these racial overtones were banned from the courtroom discourse, the jurors had no opportunity to consider them” (2). The jury couldn’t consider racial profiling in the case due to it being banned by the judge. The way the jury is chosen has a lot of effect on the trial.
Also the prime suspect had other charges pending against him such as possession of illegal substances and the homeowner of the vacant crime scene said the man was a recovering addict. During the conversation with the officers Johnson refused to give up his DNA sample. The man profess he had not commit any murders and did not commit any crimes regarding the matter. Officers then compel him to give his DNA sample with a warrant compelling him to follow the order. Moreover, after the crime was committed it was discovered that Johnson try to sell one of the victims’ cell phone. He was trying to get rid of the evidence that could implement him on the crime. Witness came forward to verify this story that Johnson indeed try to sell the cell phone for cash. In addition, witness said that Johnson try to be the pimp of the victims that he was
“I fired four shots more into the insert body on which they left no visible trace” (Pg 59). I feel that Meursault should have handled it different and not have shot the Arab because the arab could have had a family and he didn’t know. No One has the right to take a man’s life because you never know how it will affect the family. Meursault didn’t have to shot the arab four times all that was uncalled for and very childish of him.