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Can Murder Ever Be Acceptable?, 2002.
An analysis of Stephen Sondheim?s ?Sweeney Todd?, focusing on the concepts of justice, crime detection and law enforcement.
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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Stephen Sondheim?s ?Sweeney Todd? is a musical thriller that explores the issues of justice, crime detection and law enforcement through its amoral characters and its macabre plot. This paper endeavors to investigate the merits of this crime melodrama through the aforementioned issues and the message the play conveys in relation to these issues.
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'In ?Sweeney Todd? vengeance is seen as a legal equalizer. Vengeance is seen as a method of meting out justice. Sweeney Todd returns to 19th century London after serving 15 years on false charges. He hopes to reunite with his wife and daughter but discovers that after he was taken by the authorities, his wife was raped (and later committed suicide because of the shame). His daughter was adopted by the very man who assaulted his wife and sent him to Australia for 15 years, Judge Turpin. (Kenney, 1998, 1) Todd vows to avenge his wife as well as the good life that could have been. ??Fifteen years sweating in a living hole on a trumped up charge. Fifteen years dreaming that perhaps, I might come home to a loving wife and child. Let them quake in their boots ? Judge Turpin and the Beadle ? for their hour has come.? (http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Wing/9617/PoorThing.html, 3) If the innocent cannot be protected, than the guilty will surely be punished for their crimes.'
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Legal Categories of Murder, 2006.
This paper discusses legal definitions of categories of murdering humans such as homicide, suicide, manslaughter, murder, infanticide and feticide.
2,050 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that murder, according to the U.S. Code Section 1122, involves the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. The author points out that justifiable homicide is an instance in which the accused is treated differently from other intentional killers because the circumstances present a good excuse and exculpation for the killing. The paper concludes that suicide, which is the act of killing one's self, is a major cause of death among Americans, especially young people ages 15-24.
Table of Contents:
Murder
Homicide
Negligent Homicide
Culpable Homicide
Justifiable Homicide
Department of Justice Statistics on Homicides
Homicide and Children
Homicide and Young People
Manslaughter
Voluntary Manslaughter
Involuntary Manslaughter
Infanticide
Female Infanticide
Feticide
Suicide
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"And even though the literacy rate in India has improved, the views on sex discrimination as regards prejudice against girls and women shows the country is not yet enlightened. "We have a great task in front of us changing the mindset of parents," Damle writes, away from "cultural myths and beliefs" that keep girls and women from full opportunities due to feticide and infanticide. Mothers often refuse to breast feed their daughters the writer continues, and this neglect affects the girl throughout her whole life."
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JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case, 2002.
This paper analyzes and examines the multitude of issues related to the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. JonBenet Ramsey was a six-year-old girl from Boulder, Colorado, murdered on Christmas Day in 1996.
3,390 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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The paper outlines the major elements of the case, including the facts surrounding the murder and the evidence collected. The paper then evaluates the published statements of material witnesses. It also examines the arguments of a former Boulder Police investigator and his suspicions regarding the identity of the killer. Lastly, this paper concludes with preliminary summarizations and recommendations for further investigation.
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"A month later, Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter identified the Ramseys as ?the obvious focus of the investigation.? A year after JonBenet?s murder, police basically had two theories about the case: (1) that someone entered the Ramseys? house through unknown means, possibly sexually abused then brutally, yet silently, killed JonBenet, hid her body, took the time to write a long ransom note, then left unheard and unseen; or (2) that someone who was in the house that night committed the horrible crime."
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Murder in the U.S., 1990.
This paper discusses some sociological aspects of murder in the United States: Societal views toward victims and the accused, statistics, legal tactics, examples (New York "Preppie Murder," etc.) and justice.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, $ 55.95
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"This research considers some sociological aspects of murder in the United States. Although other cases and sources are employed, this consideration is conducted primarily through an examination of the so-called "Preppie Murder," in which Jennifer Levin was the victim, and Robert Chambers was the murderer, and which occurred in New York City in August 1986.
Three factors provide the focus for this research. These factors are (1) societal views in the United States toward victims and accused persons in murder cases, (2) the use of these societal attitudes by defense and prosecuting counsels in the manipulation of juries, and (3) the degree to which justice is served by the American approach to murder."
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Blanche Taylor Moore Murder Case, 2002.
A look at the 1990 murder trial of Blanche Taylor Moore.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper examines and analyzes the 1990 murder trial of Blanche Taylor Moore in North Carolina for the poison murders or attempted murders of several people, including her father, first husband, first husband's mother, boyfriend, and second husband.
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Mass Murder in History, 2001.
This paper discusses mass murder throughout the ages.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the lessons that can be learned on why political mass murder has occurred, how it can be prevented in the future, and an analysis of the history of western civilization since the 17th century.
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"Mass murder like mass hysteria is a terrifying phenomenon to which the Western civilization has succumbed to all too easily in the bygone eras. As the term suggests, mass murder is the brutal killing of a massive population for a variety of reasons that can be either religious, moral and social or political, bigoted and racist in nature. Whatever the causes, mass murder remains one of those episodes in the history of Western civilization, which one would gladly like to forget. However not many measure up to the extermination of European Jews that occurred during the Second World War. This was a tragedy of insurmountable proportions and can be attributed to Hitler?s propagandist campaign that successfully mobilized the German masses, particularly the youth of the country. This incident better known as the Holocaust can be described as the extermination of European Jews by the Nazis during the years 1939-45."
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Suzanne Lebsock's 'A Murder in Virginia', 2006.
A review of the book 'A Murder in Virginia' by Suzanne Lebsock.
1,770 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper reviews Suzanne Lebsock's book 'A Murder in Virginia'. According to the paper, the book is a fascinating historical account of a horrendous murder committed in Virginia in 1895. The paper discusses how, with a combination of story-telling skills and extensive research, Lebsock recounts not only the facts of the murder and its aftermath but also the culture of the community in which the murder took place. In the process, she provides a believable and three-dimensional picture of what rural Southern life was really like following the Reconstruction from both the Black and Caucasian points of view.
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"As Lebsock says on p. 18, "Time and time again in the Lunenburg case, people acted bravely and against type." She gives remarkable examples. Marable was quickly found guilty and sentenced to hang. His execution was delayed only so he could testify against the three women he said had helped him kill Lucy Pollard. Soldiers guarded Marable and the three accused women. Who had been escorted out of town under cover of darkness while a local politician spoke at length, delaying any mob action (p. 54). The very real risk of lynching continued for some time. A substantial number of people believed that lynching was sometimes an appropriate response to a court system that sometimes failed to convict obviously guilty people and sometimes did not mete out harsh enough penalties (p. 177). In fact, the first convictions of the three women initially implicated by Marable were overturned, and the state was going to have to try them again, just the kind of event that fueled those who saw lynching as ever appropriate. "
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An Integrative Approach to Serial Murder, 2000.
Extensive investigation into the nature of serial murder.
11,220 words (approx. 44.9 pages), 25 sources, $ 220.95
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This paper talks about just a few of the characteristics, motives, and different phases of serial murder/homicide. The paper also emphasizes the role of fantasy in serial murder. Included in the paper is a psychological analysis of serial murderers, and an analysis and history of the serial murders committed by Ted Bundy.
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Murder, 2002.
Compares murder statistics of the United States and Jamaica.
974 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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Jamaica has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world and has different types of murders from the United States. This paper presents a detailed examination of the differences and similarities in the murders of Jamaica and the United States. The writer focuses on the nature of the crimes, as well as the differences between the two nations when it comes to acts of murder by the government agencies.
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"This presents one of the key differences in murders that take place in the United States and Jamaica. The political triggers for murder in Jamaica are not the norm in America. Because of the history of political problems leading to murders in Jamaica, Jamaican officials and police are placed on high alert when political events draw near(Murder, 2001)."
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The William Robinson Murder Case, 2002.
A study of Salt Spring Island racism, through a discussion of the William Robinson murder case.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper analyzes the William Robinson murder case, and argues that Tom, the Indian convicted of murdering William Robinson, was innocent and that Griffiths, a local white settler was responsible for all three African-Canadian murders on the island. All the factual information from the trial is tied together with the idea that Salt Spring Island was a racist community, that encouraged only white prosperity and settlement.
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"For the settlers of nineteenth century Canada, discrimination and racial conflict played a large role in the judicial system. In a case on Salt Spring Island, off the coast of British Columbia, a black man, William Robinson, was murdered and an Indian man, Tom, was convicted with very little supporting evidence. The racial politics of the era caused the settlers to form opinions that were not supported with facts, but that would enhance their lives on the settlement. Convicting a prominent white settler of the murders he committed, that happened to benefit the entire community, was not a high priority for the settlers. They viewed the Natives as a threat to the stability of their colony, and convicting them of crimes was far easier than petitioning for their removal (which they had attempted with no success). By convicting an Indian they sent a strong message to the Native communities surrounding them, and rid themselves of what was commonly viewed as a parasite of society. At that time many Indians were executed for crimes against the settlers, and later some were found to be innocent of the crimes they were charged with . The number of Natives convicted of crimes led the settlers to assume William Robinson?s murderer was Indian."
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Dido's Murder, 2002.
An analysis of Dido?s Murder in Virgil' s "The Aeneid".
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses how Virgil intends the reader to understand the apparant suicide of Dido, the lover of Aeneas, the main character in Virgil's "Aeneid" as infact murder at the hands of Aeneas. It examines how the death of Dido can actually be viewed as a murder, through the account that Virgil gives of Aeneas' actions and his psychological murder of Dido before she takes her own life and more so by how he portrays the underworld where Dido and Aeneas eventually meet again. It shows how through these theatrics, Virgil wants to demonstrate a lesson to his readers about the value of passion and love.
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"Virgil allows Aeneas to further indite himself in the matter through the answers he gives to Dido. Aeneas claims that they, ?Never entered upon the past of marriage,? (IV, 468) and informs Dido that he never ?meant to be deceitful and slip away,? (IV, 466), even though his actions support the contrary belief. As if this was not enough for poor Dido?s aching heart to bear, Virgil demonstrates that Aeneas is a cold-blooded killer on and off the battlefield; Aeneas slays Dido?s love by telling her, ?But now it is the rich Italian land / Apollo tells me I must make for: Italy, / Named by his oracles. There is my love; / There is my country, (IV, 476-479)."
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Murders in Mexico, 2007.
A review of a series of mysterious murders in Mexico.
1,667 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper reviews and discusses mysterious murders that have taken place, and continue to take place in Mexico. The paper reports that according to a forensic expert, the murders have been carried out by at least three different serial killers who have found Mexico to be a safe place to carry out their warped fantasies.
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"One of the first suspects in the case was an Egyptian man named Abdel Latif Sharif. He later claimed to have been sexually abused as a boy before coming to the US and then traveling to Mexico to make his home."
"He soon developed a reputation for drinking and womanizing and was questioned after authorities were alerted to the fact that he had an obsessive interest in young females and a temper to match his interest.
Before coming to Mexico he was questioned several times in the states for his bizarre behavior with regard to females. "
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Murder Comparison, 2007.
This paper provides a comparison of purposeful murder and reckless manslaughter.
1,254 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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In this article, the writer explains that the idea of purposeful murder is one that has been in the statutes of various states for some time. The writer notes that generally, crimes that are planned, or premeditated, are seen as being much more significant and worthy of much more prison time or harsher penalties than crimes that are not planned and just 'happen' because of the provocation that an individual faces from someone else, such as in a fight. The writer discusses two different cases and then notes that it is clear that there are many differences in the issues that relate to culpability, conduct and causation, which is why the verdicts ended up much different for the two individuals involved. The writer points out that this makes a strong difference in the severity of the penalties that the individuals received and the way that the court determined what these individuals were actually guilty of where each case was concerned.
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Purposeful Murder
Reckless Manslaughter
Conclusion
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"In the case discussed where reckless manslaughter is concerned, the individual in question had two altercations with a bouncer in a bar, and then later shot another man, who he then claimed he thought was the bouncer from the bar. The original jury did not agree with this, but the other court reversed that verdict and determined that the individual was indeed guilty of reckless manslaughter and not purposeful murder. There were specific reasons why the new assessment of the case determined that the man was guilty 'only' of reckless manslaughter as opposed to purposeful murder. These include the culpability, causation, and conduct elements that are seen in a manslaughter conviction."
"Where culpability is concerned, it is clear that the convicted man was the one that killed the other man, who he states he believed to be the bouncer from the bar. However, the man was also quite drunk at the time, and therefore his judgment of who was who, as well as his judgment of how upset he should be for being denied entrance to the bar, was likely impaired."
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Murder: Comparison of Two Micro-level Theories, 2005.
An examination of the personality and psychosis of murderers.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses what is it that differentiates murderers from the rest of society. The paper examines how, since the late 18th century, externally-oriented theories of demonic possession have been replaced by primarily psychological and physiological micro-level explanations of why individuals murder. This paper compares the theory of psychopathy with the theory of low self-control. Historically, psychopathy is one of the oldest of the micro-level psychological theories, having emerged shortly after people began to look within the individual for the causes of crime.
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Mercy Killing or Murder?, 2006.
This paper examines the legal, ethical and moral ramifications in the Robert Latimer murder trial, in which the defendant ended the life of his disabled daughter.
2,020 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses the controversial issue of euthanasia while focusing on the murder trial of Robert Latimer. Latimer was charged with second degree murder when he ended the pain-filled life of his 12-year-old daughter, Tracy, who suffered from cerebral palsy and was a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic. The writer explores the questions of morality, equality and justice that this particular case has raised. The courts have been forced to look at issues such as the worth of a disabled person's life in comparison to that of a healthy person's and to decide if sending the defendant to prison for life would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. This paper details the legal and moral aspects of this particular case which has forced the courts and the legislature to look at the issue of euthanasia in a different light.
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"The Latimer Case spans over several years and still has yet to reach a conclusion. It began on Sunday, October 24, 1993 in Battleford Saskatchewan. Robert Latimer had made the decision to end the life of his disabled daughter, Tracy. Tracy, who was twelve at the time, had Cerebral Palsy and was a quadriplegic. She was scheduled to have a hip operation early the next month to help alleviate some of the pain she was in as a result of her condition. That morning at 11:00am Robert Latimer took Tracy from her bed and put her inside his pickup truck. Using pipes he pumped the trucks exhaust fumes inside the truck where he had Tracy wrapped in a sleeping bag. He left her in the truck for approximately one hour. Tracy died of carbon monoxide poisoning."
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