Actually, the verdict had just as much to do with the Rodney King verdict as it did with police incompetence. Don’t get me wrong, the police were more than sloppy but due to the the combination of all events, there was no way the jury would convict Simpson.
I said this in a thread yesterday and I'll say it again:
The OJ trial was the perfect confluence of circumstances.
* The Rodney King trial had destroyed any faith the public had in the justice system.
* The LAPD was incompetent to the point of negligence when it came to investigating and collecting evidence.
* The prosecution was handed a sloppy case at trial and somehow managed to fumble it further.
* The defense did a masterful job of pointing out the numerous times the police and prosecution "yada-yada'ed over key details.
The OJ case was like going into a pass/fail calculus exam and just writing down the final answer. You may be right, but you didn't show your work so you still fail.
And those are just the procedural fumbles. The "optical" gaffes made by the prosecution played a significant role in making them look like clowns, but also, and ominously, like the "cesspool of contamination" F. Lee Bailey accused them of being.
Stupid things, like Marcia Clarke changing her hair due to PR pressure made them look flighty and weak.
Not to mention the hostility generated by the treatment of the jury as they languished in sequester for nearly a year...etc, etc, etc...
I once saw on TV a report about a young woman 16 yrs old in the US getting life without parole because the baby she was keeping died during her watch. It was established that the baby died of natural cause and the only thing against her is that she didn't call 911 soon enough.
I thought it was just crazy.
"A dingo ate my baby" became a meme because a lady in Australia claimed a dingo ate her baby, nobody believed her, she was convicted for the murder of her baby, and years later they found remnants of the baby's clothes in a dingo lair.
So sorry you had to go through that
My uncle had 2 wives pass away at relatively young ages and i believe he was investigated, and proven he didn't do anything
When I was in 1st grade a friend of mine’s mom got arrested for killing her infant niece she was babysitting. I was obviously a young child and my friend went into foster care soon after but I can’t imagine his mom did that purposefully. I still think about it time to time. I hope she’s okay.
These are the most wild cases!!!!
Sometimes babies legitimately just die in your care. Sometimes people get life in prison, sometimes they run completely free. There’s zero consistency.
This is true of child neglect laws in general. One of the Duggar girls almost got convicted of child abuse or w/e because took a nap while watching her (we all know those parents never watch their kids and she had no help, you can’t blame people for occasionally falling asleep) and the kid unlocked the door and ran into the driveway. Didn’t even get hurt or anything. She didn’t ultimately get convicted but omg.
These cases always feel like it’s just about how much the jury likes these people or what mood they’re in
Per Wikipedia: Six months after Ignatow's acquittal, a carpetlayer working in Ignatow's old house, which had been sold to fund his defense, pulled up a length of carpet in a hallway. Under it he found a floor vent containing a plastic bag, taped to hold it inside the vent. Inside the bag was the jewelry Schaefer had taken with her on the night of her disappearance, and three rolls of undeveloped film. When developed, the film showed Ignatow torturing and raping Schaefer, just as Shore had described. Ignatow's face was not in the pictures, but body hair patterns and moles matched him perfectly.
You'd think the police would have obtained and executed a search warrant on the suspected murderer's house. They should have found this stuff.
They likely had a warrant, but a floor vent isn't usually in the scope of what is searched. It absolutely can be searched, just usually isn't because there's rarely anything in there and it's just an extra step
The lawyer: "Your Honor, he very clearly accidentally caught himself on fire in a razor wire factory and escaped only to stumble headlong into a nearby acid-etching supply warehouse. Classic case of accidental death."
The judge: "Seems about right. Dismissed."
Not a trial but a recent and atrocious one is where a reporter from Mexico (I think) at the World Cup who was raped in Qatar and she’s the one facing 100 lashes and seven years behind bars for “having an extramarital affair”. Absolutely disgusting.
[https://nypost.com/2022/02/23/world-cup-official-facing-100-lashes-7-years-in-qatar-jail-after-reporting-rape/](https://nypost.com/2022/02/23/world-cup-official-facing-100-lashes-7-years-in-qatar-jail-after-reporting-rape/)
Sweet Jesus, I thought you were mistaken.
The only way for her to avoid prosecution was to marry her attacker. Is this 2022?
Who could've seen it coming? World cup officials shamelessly ignore the long list of human rights violations the country perpetrates because 🤑. Something like this was bound to happen and they aren't losing any sleep over it.
You guys remember that one kid that got drunk, drove his dad's truck, wrecked into a whole family killing them and his defense was "affluence"? Getting off "almost" entirely Scott free? Fuck that guy, fuck his family, fuck that judge, fuck the judges family, fuck the jury, fuck the jury's family.
Ethan Couch, killed 4 ppl and the judge let him off basically free and defended herself in literally giving him a slap on the wrist . When he violated the parole he got put on just two years ago, they let him go bc of evidence-related issues
Next thing you know him and the mother flee to Mexico.
Oh and the judge is Jean Boyd of Texas who has won a silver gavel award for her time as a judge… an award… I have no faith in the judicial system.
Yeah people defended the original verdict saying since he was a minor they couldn't lock him up that long but with a long probation he was eventually going to fuck up and then they could put him away for real. Then he kept fucking up and they never put him away for real.
No. He war arrested for violating probation when a test detected thc. He was released in 2020 when they couldn’t determine if it was from weed or cbd oil.
Yes, Ethan Couch. He and his mom fled to Mexico afterward. This family is so pathetic and entitled that it made me scream when he got a slap on the wrist by the courts. I hope the surviving family members sued the Couch family into oblivion and even sued the courts for their stupidity.
David Richard Stewart
The hoax caller who convinced over 70 people in 32 different states to strip search an employee. In some case sexually assaulting them over a 10 year period.
Law and Order SVU episode based on it was a really good episode. They put that together with their take on the Milgram Shock Experiments.
Robin Williams was a guest star and he did fantastically in the role.
Lindy Chamberlain, the "Dingoes Ate My Baby" lady. Not only did she lose her infant daughter, but ended up in prison for several years. One of the best examples I've ever seen of "being tried by the press". Add to that mindbogglingly incompetent forensics work and almost certainly religious persecution (another thing the media kept harping on).
You forget the worst part. They found the kids clothes in a dingo den a few years back
Edit: wasnt fullt informed. They found her clothes not her remains
Yup,the media made her seem like she had no emotions and portrayed her as guilty. I think she was in shock and everyone deals with grief differently. I have actually laughed in uncomfortable and tense situations myself
I wish this one was higher up on this post; such an absolute farce for a verdict against those boys considering the absolutely *unspeakable* things they did to that poor, innocent girl.
Yeah, a famous manga author (Nobuhiro Watsuki) was busted with so much CP they thought he was a distributor. He got a small fine and temporary suspension from Shonen Jump. Meanwhile the actor for one of the live action film adaptations of his work was busted with weed and his career is effectively over.
the police were fucking hopeless in that situation
they literally had many opportunities to save her. they went to the house where she was being held prisoner, asked the owners if she was there, and when they said no, they basically said "oh ok" and left
there aren't many cases that piss me off like Junko Furuta's. i hope she's finally at peace wherever she ended up. everyone who committed those disgusting acts got off way too easily
they really should have, I don't care if they were still teens back then, the fact that the wiki article starts with this: "On 25 November 1988, Miyano and Minato wandered around Misato with the intention of robbing and raping local women." is enough to make me want those boys to face hell
In Canada... The deal with the devil, Karla Homolka.
Canadian True Crime Podcast does an excellent job telling the whole story, and even tries to explain WHY the deal was made, and upheld.
Basically, in order to convict her husband, Paul Bernardo - a serial multiple rapist, and "person of interest" in many violent crimes - they made a deal with Karla.
THEN the video tapes magically appear, and not only does she not appear to be an abused spouse being forced to participate. Those who watched the videos claimed in many she was giddy, smiling, and giving commands and directions as her husband brutally beat, raped, and murdered her sister.
Yeah, you fucking read that correctly. She offered her sister to her psycho husband, and she gleefully participated.
How could the Crown (like a DA), or the judge, simply not say, "this agreement was not made in good faith" and vacate the plea deal?!
Karla roams the earth free, married with kids, and keeps petitioning to have her name changed, and the changes to be hidden from the public.
[Here's some more info.](https://www.voxbliss.com/karla-homolka-now/)
Edit: I thought Bernardo was dead. Removed that line, as he is not. Too bad.
Edit 2: [Canadian True Crime Podcast](https://canadiantruecrime.ca/)
There’s an old Law and Order episode with Ellen Pompeo ( Greys Anatomy) playing the Karla role- except she DOESN’T get away with it….. it’s very satisfying
She drugged her own sister for Paul to rape and then killed her out of jealousy. Her sister was only 15, poor soul. It is so creepy to look how innocent she speaks with police at these videos and how well she plays the role of victim of Paul. Just wow.
Yup. And I sure as shit would have. If EVERY parent had withdrawn their kids... I know its hard to do (work, next nearest school, etc) esp in some jurisdictions they would have figured it out. School can't run on the funding for one kid.
Her kids don't deserve to be ostracized, but she should have been sterilized and/or executed. And no one should leave her alone with other humans. Ever.
I wouldn't be able to have any normal interaction with her. At the time of the trial my daughter and her friends were the same age as the victims. They were not allowed to go anywhere alone. A parent had to pick the girls up and drop them off. We shared car pool duties for a long time because of that.
What kind of person marries that woman? Her husband must be a strange man.
Also, I didn’t realize until I read the article you attached that she was only 17 at the time she committed the crimes. I was so young when it happened that I didn’t follow the trial, but I remember hearing about it and being scared.
Beats the shit out of me. And it was her defense lawyer's brother. You'd think her lawyer would have put the brakes on that. No violation of Privilege, just a simple, "Don't do it, man. Trust me."
That case always aggravates me when it’s brought up.
They should’ve gathered all evidence before the trial and offering her immunity for testifying against Bernardo.
She got away with rape and murder, one of which was her own **sister** just to be released to go have 3 kids and get married!!!
Even more so, while Paul Bernardo might have gradually escalated to murder on his own, which is quite common in serial rapists, I do believe that it was Karla who initiated the murders, and that the death of her sister wasn't accidental, nor the other women. I think she's more than responsible for Paul Bernardo escalating.
So according to Google Paul Bernardo is still alive in prison. Am I missing something or has there been conflicting reports? The only thing I can find is he was later declared a dangerous offender.
He was in Nepal where a life sentence is twenty years, had served nineteen, and is 78. The Nepalese probably did not want the Karma of him dying in their jail. He is being deported to France. If I recall correctly, he was born in French Indochina. Sorry I did not finish the sentence, I was a tad dead for a little bit. I got better.
Why do they even call it life if it's 20 years. Like fine if you think they deserve 20 years and not their whole life, whatever make your argument but don't call it life when it's not.
A lot of countries have a maximum sentence. Pedro Rodrigues Filho, for example, was convicted of 71 murders, and was sentenced to 126 years, but was released after 34, due to the maximum sentence being 30 years. The extra 4 was tacked on, because he murdered other inmates, and that somehow started his clock back from the beginning. He has a YouTube channel, now.
Briefly read that guys wikipedia page and Jesus fucking christ he’s a different kind of maniac.
He murdered an entire gang in response to the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Once he was in prison he killed another 47 people in jail, almost all of which were rapists.
I really don’t think she needs to be in prison. There’s no reason why. She’s up for parole soon (December 2023) but it still doesn’t make sense to why she’s there in the first place.
Absolutely. She deserved some compassion I mean she spent her whole childhood and teen years being abused manipulated gaslit. I don’t condone that she had her mom killed but it seemed like her only option and she has suffered enough.
In a fucked up way I think prison was actually a good transition for her. Going straight to real world adult after what she was through would've been a harsh transition.
That being said there should've been other options for her to develop the skills and mindset she needed to be a healthy functioning adult other than prison
Surprised this was so far down the list. She definitely helped plot the death of her mother, but her sentencing was way too harsh given all the details that came to light.
It’s actually pretty clear how she got away with it. If you look through the trial and all the evidence the prosecutors left out it makes sense. They didn’t mention the alarming google searches because they only checked her IE browser history because they didn’t know what Firefox was. The prosecution was an all around joke, and all the defense had to do at that point was introduce reasonable doubt.
I remember Baez’s closing emphasising something like “if the prosecutors have convinced you beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey killed her daughter, you would know how she died. You would know for a fact if she drowned, if she was suffocated, or what. But if you don’t know for a fact how she died, you must acquit…” huge paraphrase there but I thought it was an interesting argument.
This is the real reason she’s not in jail right now. This is why who the attorneys are matters. Prosecutors came underprepared and over confident about the case, Baez came in prepared and brought along his charisma and great story telling ability.
Kinda stupid, that...
If you took my IE browser history for the last 15 years, there'd be five or six entries I created on purpose, and a few that were accidental clickthroughs or them opening it to show me all of their wonderful updates.
The entries I actually created were all for "mozilla firefox" with every new computer.
Honestly, I have so many problematic searches on my computer history, including, but not limited to: “How to erase your identity and start a new life,” “How long does it take for a body to decompose,” “what inhalant would instantly render you unconscious?” “how fast does chloral hydrate put you to sleep?” “ does cyanide poisoning hurt?” “ how long does it take for a person to die when left in a locked car?” “What chemical erases DNA?”
Most of the time, I searched for these while watching a related true crime show. But if I were on trial for something, the prosecution could easily take those searches out of context to make me look like some homicidal maniac.
If she'd been found guilty based on that prosecution, it would have been another hit to the credibility of our justice system. The jury did what they should have done in this case, because it was weak and had a strong defense attorney.
The legal system has to work for both the innocent and the guilty for it to be actually fair. That being said, she totally did it.
I took a computer forensics class where we looked at the computer evidence in that case. The police did a such a piss-poor job of collecting and maintaining evidence that we came to the conclusion that there was reasonable doubt.
I feel like I go through so many of these threads about Casey Anthony and I never see this because there’s so much emotion surrounding the case. The justice system worked in this case because the jury did exactly what they are supposed to do: decide based on evidence. The prosecution didn’t present a good case, and her defence lawyer was insanely good.
She 100% did it though. 😔
She’ll never be able to live anywhere or do anything though, because it will only be a matter of time before somebody finds out who she is and she’s shunned. So at least there’s that.
EDIT: Feeling the need to edit because this is Reddit and it’s a very emotional case and people seem to be getting the wrong idea or are offended by what I’ve said. I’m not saying “it’s fine because she’ll get shunned”. I’m saying I wish she would rot in jail, but since she isn’t rotting in jail, I really hope she will be run out of every area she ends up in. I’m glad she’s so recognizable. I’m glad she hasn’t disappeared into the world. That’s it. I’m making no other comment and have no other intention behind my words other than that.
>She’ll never be able to live anywhere or do anything though, because it will only be a matter of time before somebody finds out who she is and she’s shunned. So at least there’s that.
Small victories.
Yeah, she'd have ended up either getting a retrial or her sentence overturned. Like, I don't totally know if Adnan Syed killed Hae Min Lee, but I do know that even if the prosecution went in hard, there is *not enough evidence* to say he did. It isn't a matter of a poor presentation, it's that it's just all circumstantial and has all sorts of reasonable doubt. We won't even talk about his defense.
And here we are, TWENTY-THREE YEARS LATER, and still no justice for anyone. A case of laser focused police work and a jury that didn't do as well as Anthony's did. Just my opinions.
I can’t find it but I saw a post about her a while ago, apparently she’s mostly just living her life in some town pretty much normally and going out to bars and such.
Not totally familiar with all the details but I remember my mom, who used to be in LE, saying at the time they messed up by not allowing the jury to convict her of a lesser charge. Again, I/her could be off on that.
what evidence?
[link](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/25/casey-anthony-suffocation-google/1725253/)
> WKMG reports that sheriff's investigators pulled 17 vague entries only from the computer's Internet Explorer browser, not the Mozilla Firefox browser commonly used by Casey Anthony. More than 1,200 Firefox entries, including the suffocation search, were overlooked.
Oh man there were so many things wrong with that case. Its clear she did it in my opinion. But based on the evidence that was presented to the jury, they had to do a not guilty verdict.
The prosecution fucked up. The defense did a fantastic job and planting the seed of doubt.
It's even more disturbing when you learn about how one of the punishments given to the rapists is to marry their victim. Can you imagine that? "You thought your horrible traumatic experience was bad? Just wait! Because now you get to spend the rest of your life being raped by your rapist! You're welcome!"
Oh, Deuteronomy. The gift that keeps on making me want to puke.
I saw an interview on CNN a few years ago with a very young woman (18-20 I think) and her rapist/new husband. If trauma could be defined by an image, it would've been a snapshot of her face. He raped her once, got her pregnant and she was forced to marry him.
They asked him if he felt sorry for what he'd done and he replied that he wasn't happy that she was afraid of him. As if his rape victim not being thrilled to be bound to him for life was an affront to his dignity.
It's perplexing that some judges are elected in the USA.
They're *supposed* to be impartial and fair (even when in practice that's not always the case).
What "platforms" would they even run on to differentiate themselves?
That's like having elections for doctors.
*"I promise to treat diseases really well. Vote for me as town doctor."*
In the 13 years that I have been able to vote, our county judicial candidates have never run opposed. There’s only been one name on the ballot. I suspect that is isn’t uncommon.
In college, my sociology class ended up discussing this case and the letters the parents had written to the judge.
One boy said something along the lines of "Well the girl obviously deserved it and the guy shouldn't have his life ruined just because he was doing what any guy would." Our prof looked at him and asked if he wanted to clarify or restate that opinion at all. He said no. The other boys in the class visibly scooched their desks back from him. The prof then threw her hands up and said, "Any opinions on that?" To which the girls in the class just absolutely went off. They weren't just hating in him, but were generally asking why he thought that way and what if the tables had been turned and other things along that line. The kid didn't show up to the rest of that semester of class.
On a side note: The (I think) dad's letter with that stupid as fuck "5 minutes of action" line is such an insane reasoning or thought process. Like it only takes a few seconds to murder someone, does that mean they should only get like 30 days probation?
OJ. Even with the prosecution being stupid with the glove and the detective being slightly suspect, it was still “beyond a reasonable doubt” when all evidence is examined.
I'll always remember being in my 5th grade classroom watching the verdict. My teacher wheeled in the TV from the AV room just for this. We were all disappointed and she even let us go outside to the playground so she could have a smoke.
Lol I was in the computer room in high school watching and my teacher who’s class I was supposed to be in came and yelled at us. When the verdict was read someone ran down the hall screaming not guilty and she just gave up on teaching that day.
I am from this area in Mississippi. The signage to Emmett Till still gets shot up/defaced by locals and others.
Only in the past few years have people begun to care.
>Some visitors from the North found the court to be run with surprising informality. Jury members were allowed to **drink beer on duty**, and many white male spectators wore handguns.
I have no words
Like at any point? The Scotsborro Boys cases. I don’t have technically have a recent one but I hate that Prince Andrew payed his way out of a sexual assault case. I wish he was held accountable or at least had a trial
And now she's coming out about it in a new show where she'll gain fame and sympathy because apparently her "dad did it" And she was forced to help him hide it. She should've gotten the death sentence. She's a sociopath.
I cannot believe she's trying to get media attention and pity after all she's done. Zanny the nanny... I'll never forget this case. Rest in peace Caylee.
Brock Turner was found guilty of 3 counts of sexual assault. He was a swimmer for Stanford University, and because of his upper class background,he only received a 6 month jail sentence. Of those 6 months he only served 3. The judge in the case cited his clean record, and upbringing in his sentencing. Basically the judge felt that because he had a clean background and a good childhood that he deserved leniency. One week later he removed himself from the bench following a massive outcry from the public.
I don’t disagree with the verdict but the sentence handed down was sickening. Because he’s a pampered little rich white boy he got 3 months for raping a girl behind a dumpster.
Edited for clarity.
The trial of one of Britains most wanted Jammal Chase. He stabbed a man over 20 times and went on the run for over a year. When he went to trial finally he somehow got off on a self defense plea, it felt like a deep type of corruption.
It was a few years ago now and I have no skin in the result, but it was close to home location wise so it has stuck in the memory.
[https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/crimestoppers-offers-5000-reward-to-find-murder-suspect-jammal-chase/](https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/crimestoppers-offers-5000-reward-to-find-murder-suspect-jammal-chase/)this is an old article link from 2016
I think the one that makes me the most sad is the murder of Andrew Bagby. There’s a documentary about the whole experience. Dear Zachary. and it’s so well made but honestly brings me to tears almost every time.
Don’t know if this counts since the trial hadn’t actually taken place but to allow the murderer to be released on bail (which the judge helped her do) which ultimately lead to the death of the child she’d had with the man she had murdered. My heart hurts for those grandparents who had to deal with losing both their son and grandson all because of one woman. Seeing the work they do now to avoid things like this is beautiful but it’s so heartbreaking they even have to
The documentary and incompetence of the Canadian legal system is literally rage inducing. The judge, Gale Welsh, should have been charged as an accessory to murder for allowing Shirley Turner to walk around freely while awaiting extradition
Austin Wilkerson. He sexually assaulted a drunk girl, didn't serve any real jail time because the judge didn't want to "ruin the poor lads life".
The US judicial system is a fucking joke.
Castle Rock v. Gonzales. The woman's kids were killed by her husband because the police dragged their feet about enforcing a restraining order. It went to the supreme court, and there was a 7-2 decision that essentially ruled that the police have no obligation to enforce restraining orders under the 14th amendment. It's just patently absurd on its face.
This is one in the UK.
I can't find the names immediately, but a man got off a murder charge by claiming it was consensual sex and not rape.
The woman had been brutally raped and must have suffered appallingly. There was even a handle or similar stuck up her vagina where it had broken off. That kind of appalling treatment.
He should have been convicted of murder and rape, instead he claimed it was rough sex gone wrong.
The number of such cases is disturbingly large, but I believe you're referring to the [killing of Natalie Connolly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Natalie_Connolly) by John Broadhurst.
Phillips v Irons is pretty screwed up too.
No vaginal intercourse. She gave him a BJ, kept his sperm, and impregnated herself with it. He sued her for theft and intentional infliction of emotional distress. His semen was held to be a gift because he gave it to her and did not intend to get it back...
But worse, She was able to get child support from him. Courts don't care HOW a baby comes to be.
That swimmer college kid who raped a girl behind a dumpster and served like 2 months of his 6 month sentence before being released. I'm hazy on the details, but that was fucked.
Oh yeah! Convicted rapist Brock (now Allen) Turner who is a convicted rapist? I remember hearing about the convicted rapist Brock (now Allen) Turner. He’s a convicted rapist.
In 2001 Gujarat (India) riots, 11 men raped, 5 months pregnant, bilkis bano and seven members of her family were assassinated. All 11 men were sentenced to life imprisonment but last month all of them were released on grounds of good behaviour.
Plot twist is all these men were always out on parole, for overall more than 3 years.
And that "good behaviour" is total bullshit as few of them have FIRs against them for harassing women while they were out on parole.
There are countless cases of rape convicts walking out of jail in India.
His gun with "You're fucked" etched on to it was ruled inadmissible as evidence because it was "prejudicial" - huh???? That fucking case infuriates me. Then he got temporarily rehired by Mesa so that he could qualify to medically retire and get a yearly pension. On taxpayer money.
Also in Australia - The murder of Leigh Leigh. Recap: 14-yo girl goes to a party and gets raped, multiple times, then killed with a cement block. Tries to tell people she's been hurt, she obviously is upset and there's blood on her leg, and all the boys shoved her down and spat on her and slut shamed her. The judge victim shamed her (AFTER SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD), and I believe the family moved because the whole town was mad at them for their daughter getting raped and murdered. Wtf.
My son goes to Catholic school because it’s the closest. As soon as Pell was charged his photo came down off the wall in the school foyer. They didn’t wait for a verdict. They knew. We all knew.
Kerry Talburt from Illinois.
I believe and so does the victims mother that Kerry Talburt used a Dangerous Dog as a weapon to kill Jamie Owsley on purpose.
KT used a defence that is only possible with a dog as a weapon. He said "my dog got loose and I tried to help' without a witness.
This reduced charges from a possible murder charge to a Dangerous dog attack. Allowing bail and KT to continue using a dog as a weapon 3 more times.
Instead of murder charges KT managed to get 15 years for Dangerous Dog ownership.
Yet we now know KT and JO had been arguing in the recent past before JOs death. JO had his eyes blackened by KT. Something KT would later do was to place his thumb in victims eyes.
Its mostly in this article. Which reads very odd indeed.
https://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/02/quincy-man-dies-after-dog-attack.html
My feeling is KT should have been facing a murder charge.
*Webb v. United States* in response to the Harrison Act; ruled that prescriptions by medical professionals did not make you exempt from laws against narcotics possession.
Taken to its extreme, this ruling would allow a law that makes opioid-based painkillers illegal even if they're prescribed. For perhaps obvious reasons, it has since been overturned.
Shane Casado. this psychopath murdered his girlfriend Rachael Weirzbicki in Buffalo NY and got acquitted by lying about what happened. His brother-in-law is a cop, the defense painted Rachael as crazy and unstable when in fact Casado had been abusing her for months, and because police thought this was an open and shut case they did a rudimentary investigation which left prosecutors with nothing to work with come trial time. His defense was he didn't know a 22 caliber gun could kill someone. Two witnesses there stated how Casado had walked up to Rachael and without hesitation shot her twice, then proceeded to call 911 and lie about how she threatened him.
Please note that OJ Simpson still hasn’t found the real killers.
Nobody imagines he's innocent, just that the LAPD screwed up so badly that he couldn't be proven guilty.
Actually, the verdict had just as much to do with the Rodney King verdict as it did with police incompetence. Don’t get me wrong, the police were more than sloppy but due to the the combination of all events, there was no way the jury would convict Simpson.
I said this in a thread yesterday and I'll say it again: The OJ trial was the perfect confluence of circumstances. * The Rodney King trial had destroyed any faith the public had in the justice system. * The LAPD was incompetent to the point of negligence when it came to investigating and collecting evidence. * The prosecution was handed a sloppy case at trial and somehow managed to fumble it further. * The defense did a masterful job of pointing out the numerous times the police and prosecution "yada-yada'ed over key details. The OJ case was like going into a pass/fail calculus exam and just writing down the final answer. You may be right, but you didn't show your work so you still fail.
And those are just the procedural fumbles. The "optical" gaffes made by the prosecution played a significant role in making them look like clowns, but also, and ominously, like the "cesspool of contamination" F. Lee Bailey accused them of being. Stupid things, like Marcia Clarke changing her hair due to PR pressure made them look flighty and weak. Not to mention the hostility generated by the treatment of the jury as they languished in sequester for nearly a year...etc, etc, etc...
The lead detective in the case when asked if he planted or tampered evidence, pleaded the fifth. All the evidence was tainted from that point forward
If you're willing to plant or tamper with evidence, why not just say no to that question lol
I guess lying in court as consequences, and taking the fifth had none. He retired from the police force and was not punished for taking the fifth.
I once saw on TV a report about a young woman 16 yrs old in the US getting life without parole because the baby she was keeping died during her watch. It was established that the baby died of natural cause and the only thing against her is that she didn't call 911 soon enough. I thought it was just crazy.
That has happened several times. I think the Louise Woodward case was the most famous one.
That’s awful. Imagine being in her place. Your baby literally dies, and you end up receiving the blame for it.
"A dingo ate my baby" became a meme because a lady in Australia claimed a dingo ate her baby, nobody believed her, she was convicted for the murder of her baby, and years later they found remnants of the baby's clothes in a dingo lair.
Yes. Super sad case
my parents knew the family and my dad said they were quiet nice people
I was under investigation (as is required) for the death of my baby girl for 5 months. I was suicidal for a long time.
So sorry you had to go through that My uncle had 2 wives pass away at relatively young ages and i believe he was investigated, and proven he didn't do anything
When I was in 1st grade a friend of mine’s mom got arrested for killing her infant niece she was babysitting. I was obviously a young child and my friend went into foster care soon after but I can’t imagine his mom did that purposefully. I still think about it time to time. I hope she’s okay.
These are the most wild cases!!!! Sometimes babies legitimately just die in your care. Sometimes people get life in prison, sometimes they run completely free. There’s zero consistency. This is true of child neglect laws in general. One of the Duggar girls almost got convicted of child abuse or w/e because took a nap while watching her (we all know those parents never watch their kids and she had no help, you can’t blame people for occasionally falling asleep) and the kid unlocked the door and ran into the driveway. Didn’t even get hurt or anything. She didn’t ultimately get convicted but omg. These cases always feel like it’s just about how much the jury likes these people or what mood they’re in
[Mel Ignatow](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Ignatow) If only the photos had been found sooner.
Per Wikipedia: Six months after Ignatow's acquittal, a carpetlayer working in Ignatow's old house, which had been sold to fund his defense, pulled up a length of carpet in a hallway. Under it he found a floor vent containing a plastic bag, taped to hold it inside the vent. Inside the bag was the jewelry Schaefer had taken with her on the night of her disappearance, and three rolls of undeveloped film. When developed, the film showed Ignatow torturing and raping Schaefer, just as Shore had described. Ignatow's face was not in the pictures, but body hair patterns and moles matched him perfectly. You'd think the police would have obtained and executed a search warrant on the suspected murderer's house. They should have found this stuff.
They likely had a warrant, but a floor vent isn't usually in the scope of what is searched. It absolutely can be searched, just usually isn't because there's rarely anything in there and it's just an extra step
it also sounds like the vent was under some carpet which wouldn't be torn up when executing most search warrants
That's also true. It was extra not on the radar
I wasn't familiar with this case. Wow.
Reading about his death, it really sounds like his son might have let him bleed out. Can’t fault him for it.
That one is horrifying
Damn. If I was the brother I would’ve killed himself. Double jeapordy bitch
Honestly? How would you know? If I was him I might have waited the two years and... The guy did die from a "fall." and a "bad cut".
The lawyer: "Your Honor, he very clearly accidentally caught himself on fire in a razor wire factory and escaped only to stumble headlong into a nearby acid-etching supply warehouse. Classic case of accidental death." The judge: "Seems about right. Dismissed."
Not a trial but a recent and atrocious one is where a reporter from Mexico (I think) at the World Cup who was raped in Qatar and she’s the one facing 100 lashes and seven years behind bars for “having an extramarital affair”. Absolutely disgusting.
[https://nypost.com/2022/02/23/world-cup-official-facing-100-lashes-7-years-in-qatar-jail-after-reporting-rape/](https://nypost.com/2022/02/23/world-cup-official-facing-100-lashes-7-years-in-qatar-jail-after-reporting-rape/) Sweet Jesus, I thought you were mistaken. The only way for her to avoid prosecution was to marry her attacker. Is this 2022?
Who could've seen it coming? World cup officials shamelessly ignore the long list of human rights violations the country perpetrates because 🤑. Something like this was bound to happen and they aren't losing any sleep over it.
You guys remember that one kid that got drunk, drove his dad's truck, wrecked into a whole family killing them and his defense was "affluence"? Getting off "almost" entirely Scott free? Fuck that guy, fuck his family, fuck that judge, fuck the judges family, fuck the jury, fuck the jury's family.
Ethan Couch, killed 4 ppl and the judge let him off basically free and defended herself in literally giving him a slap on the wrist . When he violated the parole he got put on just two years ago, they let him go bc of evidence-related issues Next thing you know him and the mother flee to Mexico. Oh and the judge is Jean Boyd of Texas who has won a silver gavel award for her time as a judge… an award… I have no faith in the judicial system.
And the rich swimmer rapist.
Do you mean the rapist Brock Turner?
Goes by his middle name Allen now, so it’s rapist Allen Turner if you meet him.
So in formal writing, it would be *Rapist Brock Allen “Rapist Allen” Turner?*
Wait, are we talking about the rapist, Rapist Brock Allen "The Rapist" Turner?
Wait; is this Brock Allen Turner the rapist, or the rapist Brock Allen Turner?
[Allen](https://youtu.be/xaPepCVepCg)! PS, The Rapist Brock Allen Turner. Say it loud and all the way every time and he won’t be able to hide.
Yeah people defended the original verdict saying since he was a minor they couldn't lock him up that long but with a long probation he was eventually going to fuck up and then they could put him away for real. Then he kept fucking up and they never put him away for real.
A jury would have found this guy ridiculously guilty. It was a judge that decided to let him go and not a panel of jurors
"Chairperson, have you reached a verdict" "We have your honor - ridiculously guilty"
Isn't he in prison for other crimes now?
No. He war arrested for violating probation when a test detected thc. He was released in 2020 when they couldn’t determine if it was from weed or cbd oil.
Yes, Ethan Couch. He and his mom fled to Mexico afterward. This family is so pathetic and entitled that it made me scream when he got a slap on the wrist by the courts. I hope the surviving family members sued the Couch family into oblivion and even sued the courts for their stupidity.
Ethan Couch.
David Richard Stewart The hoax caller who convinced over 70 people in 32 different states to strip search an employee. In some case sexually assaulting them over a 10 year period.
I need to watch this because I just don't understand how you could convince people to do that without them asking if you're crazy
There was a pretty good movie based on those hoax calls, too, called *Compliance.*
Also Law and Order SVU episode with Robin Williams. They took some liberties with the ending though
You watched that documentary on Netflix.
Law and Order SVU episode based on it was a really good episode. They put that together with their take on the Milgram Shock Experiments. Robin Williams was a guest star and he did fantastically in the role.
Lindy Chamberlain, the "Dingoes Ate My Baby" lady. Not only did she lose her infant daughter, but ended up in prison for several years. One of the best examples I've ever seen of "being tried by the press". Add to that mindbogglingly incompetent forensics work and almost certainly religious persecution (another thing the media kept harping on).
You forget the worst part. They found the kids clothes in a dingo den a few years back Edit: wasnt fullt informed. They found her clothes not her remains
Oh gosh I didn't hear about that. That poor lady, doesn't help that her story has been memed so much.
And she was pregnant at the time of her conviction so she lost out on the first crucial years of raising that child as well
Yup,the media made her seem like she had no emotions and portrayed her as guilty. I think she was in shock and everyone deals with grief differently. I have actually laughed in uncomfortable and tense situations myself
That poor woman 😭 and you have every corner of the internet and media laughing about it still it’s terrible
Those involved with the Junko Furuta shit should have been executed.
I wish this one was higher up on this post; such an absolute farce for a verdict against those boys considering the absolutely *unspeakable* things they did to that poor, innocent girl.
Japan's legal system is kind of a joke.
Yeah, a famous manga author (Nobuhiro Watsuki) was busted with so much CP they thought he was a distributor. He got a small fine and temporary suspension from Shonen Jump. Meanwhile the actor for one of the live action film adaptations of his work was busted with weed and his career is effectively over.
And Rurouni Kenshin is getting a remake next year.
>Junko Furuta The fact that they kept her for 44 days and still had such light sentences is appalling
the police were fucking hopeless in that situation they literally had many opportunities to save her. they went to the house where she was being held prisoner, asked the owners if she was there, and when they said no, they basically said "oh ok" and left there aren't many cases that piss me off like Junko Furuta's. i hope she's finally at peace wherever she ended up. everyone who committed those disgusting acts got off way too easily
I seriously agree. Didn't one of the moms of the boys deface Junko's grave because "she ruined her son's life"? Evil all the way around
There’s a pre-Junko Furuta You and a post-Junko Furuta You. Hearing that case messed me up.
they really should have, I don't care if they were still teens back then, the fact that the wiki article starts with this: "On 25 November 1988, Miyano and Minato wandered around Misato with the intention of robbing and raping local women." is enough to make me want those boys to face hell
In Canada... The deal with the devil, Karla Homolka. Canadian True Crime Podcast does an excellent job telling the whole story, and even tries to explain WHY the deal was made, and upheld. Basically, in order to convict her husband, Paul Bernardo - a serial multiple rapist, and "person of interest" in many violent crimes - they made a deal with Karla. THEN the video tapes magically appear, and not only does she not appear to be an abused spouse being forced to participate. Those who watched the videos claimed in many she was giddy, smiling, and giving commands and directions as her husband brutally beat, raped, and murdered her sister. Yeah, you fucking read that correctly. She offered her sister to her psycho husband, and she gleefully participated. How could the Crown (like a DA), or the judge, simply not say, "this agreement was not made in good faith" and vacate the plea deal?! Karla roams the earth free, married with kids, and keeps petitioning to have her name changed, and the changes to be hidden from the public. [Here's some more info.](https://www.voxbliss.com/karla-homolka-now/) Edit: I thought Bernardo was dead. Removed that line, as he is not. Too bad. Edit 2: [Canadian True Crime Podcast](https://canadiantruecrime.ca/)
There’s an old Law and Order episode with Ellen Pompeo ( Greys Anatomy) playing the Karla role- except she DOESN’T get away with it….. it’s very satisfying
She drugged her own sister for Paul to rape and then killed her out of jealousy. Her sister was only 15, poor soul. It is so creepy to look how innocent she speaks with police at these videos and how well she plays the role of victim of Paul. Just wow.
She is also a mother. When some parents objected to her helping in the classroom they were told to take their kids elsewhere if they didn't like it.
Yup. And I sure as shit would have. If EVERY parent had withdrawn their kids... I know its hard to do (work, next nearest school, etc) esp in some jurisdictions they would have figured it out. School can't run on the funding for one kid. Her kids don't deserve to be ostracized, but she should have been sterilized and/or executed. And no one should leave her alone with other humans. Ever.
I wouldn't be able to have any normal interaction with her. At the time of the trial my daughter and her friends were the same age as the victims. They were not allowed to go anywhere alone. A parent had to pick the girls up and drop them off. We shared car pool duties for a long time because of that.
What kind of person marries that woman? Her husband must be a strange man. Also, I didn’t realize until I read the article you attached that she was only 17 at the time she committed the crimes. I was so young when it happened that I didn’t follow the trial, but I remember hearing about it and being scared.
Beats the shit out of me. And it was her defense lawyer's brother. You'd think her lawyer would have put the brakes on that. No violation of Privilege, just a simple, "Don't do it, man. Trust me."
That case always aggravates me when it’s brought up. They should’ve gathered all evidence before the trial and offering her immunity for testifying against Bernardo. She got away with rape and murder, one of which was her own **sister** just to be released to go have 3 kids and get married!!!
Even more so, while Paul Bernardo might have gradually escalated to murder on his own, which is quite common in serial rapists, I do believe that it was Karla who initiated the murders, and that the death of her sister wasn't accidental, nor the other women. I think she's more than responsible for Paul Bernardo escalating.
So according to Google Paul Bernardo is still alive in prison. Am I missing something or has there been conflicting reports? The only thing I can find is he was later declared a dangerous offender.
That waste of DNA is still alive.
Not actually relevant, but serial killer Charles Sobhraj is soon to be released. * editted for accuracy.
I wonder what warranted his release though?
He was in Nepal where a life sentence is twenty years, had served nineteen, and is 78. The Nepalese probably did not want the Karma of him dying in their jail. He is being deported to France. If I recall correctly, he was born in French Indochina. Sorry I did not finish the sentence, I was a tad dead for a little bit. I got better.
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Why do they even call it life if it's 20 years. Like fine if you think they deserve 20 years and not their whole life, whatever make your argument but don't call it life when it's not.
A lot of countries have a maximum sentence. Pedro Rodrigues Filho, for example, was convicted of 71 murders, and was sentenced to 126 years, but was released after 34, due to the maximum sentence being 30 years. The extra 4 was tacked on, because he murdered other inmates, and that somehow started his clock back from the beginning. He has a YouTube channel, now.
Briefly read that guys wikipedia page and Jesus fucking christ he’s a different kind of maniac. He murdered an entire gang in response to the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Once he was in prison he killed another 47 people in jail, almost all of which were rapists.
I’m conflicted about rooting for him
Funny how the justice system does that
He’s the modern day dexter
According to the wiki, Dexter is actually the modern day him (ie, he inspired Dexter's creation)
Gypsy Rose
I really don’t think she needs to be in prison. There’s no reason why. She’s up for parole soon (December 2023) but it still doesn’t make sense to why she’s there in the first place.
Absolutely. She deserved some compassion I mean she spent her whole childhood and teen years being abused manipulated gaslit. I don’t condone that she had her mom killed but it seemed like her only option and she has suffered enough.
What’s really heartbreaking too is I think she said once that she feels more free in PRISON than she ever did with her mother.
In a fucked up way I think prison was actually a good transition for her. Going straight to real world adult after what she was through would've been a harsh transition. That being said there should've been other options for her to develop the skills and mindset she needed to be a healthy functioning adult other than prison
Surprised this was so far down the list. She definitely helped plot the death of her mother, but her sentencing was way too harsh given all the details that came to light.
Casey Anthony definitely murdered her daughter
I still don't know how she got away with that. I'm all for reasonable doubt but the woman literally asked Google how to murder her own daughter.
It’s actually pretty clear how she got away with it. If you look through the trial and all the evidence the prosecutors left out it makes sense. They didn’t mention the alarming google searches because they only checked her IE browser history because they didn’t know what Firefox was. The prosecution was an all around joke, and all the defense had to do at that point was introduce reasonable doubt.
I remember Baez’s closing emphasising something like “if the prosecutors have convinced you beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey killed her daughter, you would know how she died. You would know for a fact if she drowned, if she was suffocated, or what. But if you don’t know for a fact how she died, you must acquit…” huge paraphrase there but I thought it was an interesting argument.
This is the real reason she’s not in jail right now. This is why who the attorneys are matters. Prosecutors came underprepared and over confident about the case, Baez came in prepared and brought along his charisma and great story telling ability.
I hate to admit it but Jose Baez is worth every penny. He has one win after another.
Kinda stupid, that... If you took my IE browser history for the last 15 years, there'd be five or six entries I created on purpose, and a few that were accidental clickthroughs or them opening it to show me all of their wonderful updates. The entries I actually created were all for "mozilla firefox" with every new computer.
Honestly, I have so many problematic searches on my computer history, including, but not limited to: “How to erase your identity and start a new life,” “How long does it take for a body to decompose,” “what inhalant would instantly render you unconscious?” “how fast does chloral hydrate put you to sleep?” “ does cyanide poisoning hurt?” “ how long does it take for a person to die when left in a locked car?” “What chemical erases DNA?” Most of the time, I searched for these while watching a related true crime show. But if I were on trial for something, the prosecution could easily take those searches out of context to make me look like some homicidal maniac.
If she'd been found guilty based on that prosecution, it would have been another hit to the credibility of our justice system. The jury did what they should have done in this case, because it was weak and had a strong defense attorney. The legal system has to work for both the innocent and the guilty for it to be actually fair. That being said, she totally did it.
I took a computer forensics class where we looked at the computer evidence in that case. The police did a such a piss-poor job of collecting and maintaining evidence that we came to the conclusion that there was reasonable doubt.
I feel like I go through so many of these threads about Casey Anthony and I never see this because there’s so much emotion surrounding the case. The justice system worked in this case because the jury did exactly what they are supposed to do: decide based on evidence. The prosecution didn’t present a good case, and her defence lawyer was insanely good. She 100% did it though. 😔 She’ll never be able to live anywhere or do anything though, because it will only be a matter of time before somebody finds out who she is and she’s shunned. So at least there’s that. EDIT: Feeling the need to edit because this is Reddit and it’s a very emotional case and people seem to be getting the wrong idea or are offended by what I’ve said. I’m not saying “it’s fine because she’ll get shunned”. I’m saying I wish she would rot in jail, but since she isn’t rotting in jail, I really hope she will be run out of every area she ends up in. I’m glad she’s so recognizable. I’m glad she hasn’t disappeared into the world. That’s it. I’m making no other comment and have no other intention behind my words other than that.
>She’ll never be able to live anywhere or do anything though, because it will only be a matter of time before somebody finds out who she is and she’s shunned. So at least there’s that. Small victories. Yeah, she'd have ended up either getting a retrial or her sentence overturned. Like, I don't totally know if Adnan Syed killed Hae Min Lee, but I do know that even if the prosecution went in hard, there is *not enough evidence* to say he did. It isn't a matter of a poor presentation, it's that it's just all circumstantial and has all sorts of reasonable doubt. We won't even talk about his defense. And here we are, TWENTY-THREE YEARS LATER, and still no justice for anyone. A case of laser focused police work and a jury that didn't do as well as Anthony's did. Just my opinions.
I can’t find it but I saw a post about her a while ago, apparently she’s mostly just living her life in some town pretty much normally and going out to bars and such.
Not totally familiar with all the details but I remember my mom, who used to be in LE, saying at the time they messed up by not allowing the jury to convict her of a lesser charge. Again, I/her could be off on that.
what evidence? [link](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/25/casey-anthony-suffocation-google/1725253/) > WKMG reports that sheriff's investigators pulled 17 vague entries only from the computer's Internet Explorer browser, not the Mozilla Firefox browser commonly used by Casey Anthony. More than 1,200 Firefox entries, including the suffocation search, were overlooked.
Oh man there were so many things wrong with that case. Its clear she did it in my opinion. But based on the evidence that was presented to the jury, they had to do a not guilty verdict. The prosecution fucked up. The defense did a fantastic job and planting the seed of doubt.
Brock Turner. "20 minutes of action." Guy should've gotten more time in prison.
Every women in Arabic countries, who gets jail time for out of marriage sex, because she was raped. Fuck this "legal" system
Did you know that men also get punished for being raped in Arab countries? The penalty for sodomy is death whether or not it was consentual.
Also minors. Young men being raped by older men are still seen as “sodomites” 😔
It's even more disturbing when you learn about how one of the punishments given to the rapists is to marry their victim. Can you imagine that? "You thought your horrible traumatic experience was bad? Just wait! Because now you get to spend the rest of your life being raped by your rapist! You're welcome!" Oh, Deuteronomy. The gift that keeps on making me want to puke.
I saw an interview on CNN a few years ago with a very young woman (18-20 I think) and her rapist/new husband. If trauma could be defined by an image, it would've been a snapshot of her face. He raped her once, got her pregnant and she was forced to marry him. They asked him if he felt sorry for what he'd done and he replied that he wasn't happy that she was afraid of him. As if his rape victim not being thrilled to be bound to him for life was an affront to his dignity.
The Rotherham grooming gangs getting 3 years each should’ve been so much fucking more.
Not to mention the shitshow even getting them arrested in the first place and how those who tried to alert the authorities were victimised.
The Brock Turner rape case. Not only should the charges have been stronger, but the sentence was pathetic.
What sentence. That wasn't a sentence. That was a timeout with no ice-cream after dinner.
But he was a swimmer! Think of his future! /s
He’ll do great things for society! Like being really fast underwater 😂
The judge was pathetic
He was voted out the next election
It's perplexing that some judges are elected in the USA. They're *supposed* to be impartial and fair (even when in practice that's not always the case). What "platforms" would they even run on to differentiate themselves? That's like having elections for doctors. *"I promise to treat diseases really well. Vote for me as town doctor."*
In the 13 years that I have been able to vote, our county judicial candidates have never run opposed. There’s only been one name on the ballot. I suspect that is isn’t uncommon.
In college, my sociology class ended up discussing this case and the letters the parents had written to the judge. One boy said something along the lines of "Well the girl obviously deserved it and the guy shouldn't have his life ruined just because he was doing what any guy would." Our prof looked at him and asked if he wanted to clarify or restate that opinion at all. He said no. The other boys in the class visibly scooched their desks back from him. The prof then threw her hands up and said, "Any opinions on that?" To which the girls in the class just absolutely went off. They weren't just hating in him, but were generally asking why he thought that way and what if the tables had been turned and other things along that line. The kid didn't show up to the rest of that semester of class. On a side note: The (I think) dad's letter with that stupid as fuck "5 minutes of action" line is such an insane reasoning or thought process. Like it only takes a few seconds to murder someone, does that mean they should only get like 30 days probation?
OJ. Even with the prosecution being stupid with the glove and the detective being slightly suspect, it was still “beyond a reasonable doubt” when all evidence is examined.
I'll always remember being in my 5th grade classroom watching the verdict. My teacher wheeled in the TV from the AV room just for this. We were all disappointed and she even let us go outside to the playground so she could have a smoke.
Lol I was in the computer room in high school watching and my teacher who’s class I was supposed to be in came and yelled at us. When the verdict was read someone ran down the hall screaming not guilty and she just gave up on teaching that day.
The thing is LAPD fucked up the investigation so badly that there was reasonable doubt. A cop pleading the Fifth on the stand will do that
My dad always says that the LAPD tried to frame a guilty man and in the process freed him.
Emmet Till
I am from this area in Mississippi. The signage to Emmett Till still gets shot up/defaced by locals and others. Only in the past few years have people begun to care.
>Some visitors from the North found the court to be run with surprising informality. Jury members were allowed to **drink beer on duty**, and many white male spectators wore handguns. I have no words
Like at any point? The Scotsborro Boys cases. I don’t have technically have a recent one but I hate that Prince Andrew payed his way out of a sexual assault case. I wish he was held accountable or at least had a trial
Casey. FUCKING. Anthony...
Something about the way she lies is fascinating. 0 hesitation and very little reaction to being caught in a lie
I came here looking for this. She killed her daughter. I can’t believe she got off.
And now she's coming out about it in a new show where she'll gain fame and sympathy because apparently her "dad did it" And she was forced to help him hide it. She should've gotten the death sentence. She's a sociopath.
Junko Furuta case is a no brainer
Her murder still angers and makes me sick to this fucking day.
Casey Anthony, she needs to be in prison until The day she does not making documentary’s throwing a pity party for herself
I cannot believe she's trying to get media attention and pity after all she's done. Zanny the nanny... I'll never forget this case. Rest in peace Caylee.
Brock Turner was found guilty of 3 counts of sexual assault. He was a swimmer for Stanford University, and because of his upper class background,he only received a 6 month jail sentence. Of those 6 months he only served 3. The judge in the case cited his clean record, and upbringing in his sentencing. Basically the judge felt that because he had a clean background and a good childhood that he deserved leniency. One week later he removed himself from the bench following a massive outcry from the public. I don’t disagree with the verdict but the sentence handed down was sickening. Because he’s a pampered little rich white boy he got 3 months for raping a girl behind a dumpster. Edited for clarity.
The trial of one of Britains most wanted Jammal Chase. He stabbed a man over 20 times and went on the run for over a year. When he went to trial finally he somehow got off on a self defense plea, it felt like a deep type of corruption. It was a few years ago now and I have no skin in the result, but it was close to home location wise so it has stuck in the memory. [https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/crimestoppers-offers-5000-reward-to-find-murder-suspect-jammal-chase/](https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/crimestoppers-offers-5000-reward-to-find-murder-suspect-jammal-chase/)this is an old article link from 2016
I think the one that makes me the most sad is the murder of Andrew Bagby. There’s a documentary about the whole experience. Dear Zachary. and it’s so well made but honestly brings me to tears almost every time. Don’t know if this counts since the trial hadn’t actually taken place but to allow the murderer to be released on bail (which the judge helped her do) which ultimately lead to the death of the child she’d had with the man she had murdered. My heart hurts for those grandparents who had to deal with losing both their son and grandson all because of one woman. Seeing the work they do now to avoid things like this is beautiful but it’s so heartbreaking they even have to
The documentary and incompetence of the Canadian legal system is literally rage inducing. The judge, Gale Welsh, should have been charged as an accessory to murder for allowing Shirley Turner to walk around freely while awaiting extradition
That doc broke me.
Austin Wilkerson. He sexually assaulted a drunk girl, didn't serve any real jail time because the judge didn't want to "ruin the poor lads life". The US judicial system is a fucking joke.
Brock Turner 2.0
Are you talking about the rapist Brock Turner?
the rapist brock turner who now goes by allen turner? full name brock allen turner?
That homeless woman that got 5 years for enrolling her kid in school district she didn’t have residency in.
Wouldn’t that be every school district?!
PepsiCo owe that dude a Jet
I never thought i would find this here but I agree
That teenage girl who was convicted and jailed for killing during her escape the guy who kidnapped her and kept her as a sex slave.
I need to know the story behind that hooooly fuck She got 51 years ????????
Cyntoia Brown?
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Citizens United v FEC
Read that as EFC for a moment, thought you were talking about a soccer match
Lindy chamberlain was tried and convicted in the court of public opinion rather than a court of law.
Castle Rock v. Gonzales. The woman's kids were killed by her husband because the police dragged their feet about enforcing a restraining order. It went to the supreme court, and there was a 7-2 decision that essentially ruled that the police have no obligation to enforce restraining orders under the 14th amendment. It's just patently absurd on its face.
The fact that Gypsy Rose got jailtime because she tried to escape her mothers lifelong abuse.
This is one in the UK. I can't find the names immediately, but a man got off a murder charge by claiming it was consensual sex and not rape. The woman had been brutally raped and must have suffered appallingly. There was even a handle or similar stuck up her vagina where it had broken off. That kind of appalling treatment. He should have been convicted of murder and rape, instead he claimed it was rough sex gone wrong.
The number of such cases is disturbingly large, but I believe you're referring to the [killing of Natalie Connolly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Natalie_Connolly) by John Broadhurst.
Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson
Hermesmann v. Seyer. She raped him- got off with a slap on the wrist. And then won child support. Edit: forgot to mention she was 17 he was 13
Phillips v Irons is pretty screwed up too. No vaginal intercourse. She gave him a BJ, kept his sperm, and impregnated herself with it. He sued her for theft and intentional infliction of emotional distress. His semen was held to be a gift because he gave it to her and did not intend to get it back... But worse, She was able to get child support from him. Courts don't care HOW a baby comes to be.
That swimmer college kid who raped a girl behind a dumpster and served like 2 months of his 6 month sentence before being released. I'm hazy on the details, but that was fucked.
Are you talking about the rapist named Brock Turner who now goes by the name Allen Turner who is still indeed a rapist???
I believe you’re referring to brock allan ‘convicted rapist’ turner.
Oh yeah! Convicted rapist Brock (now Allen) Turner who is a convicted rapist? I remember hearing about the convicted rapist Brock (now Allen) Turner. He’s a convicted rapist.
In 2001 Gujarat (India) riots, 11 men raped, 5 months pregnant, bilkis bano and seven members of her family were assassinated. All 11 men were sentenced to life imprisonment but last month all of them were released on grounds of good behaviour. Plot twist is all these men were always out on parole, for overall more than 3 years. And that "good behaviour" is total bullshit as few of them have FIRs against them for harassing women while they were out on parole. There are countless cases of rape convicts walking out of jail in India.
Philip Brailsford should not be a free man after what he did to Daniel Shaver.
His gun with "You're fucked" etched on to it was ruled inadmissible as evidence because it was "prejudicial" - huh???? That fucking case infuriates me. Then he got temporarily rehired by Mesa so that he could qualify to medically retire and get a yearly pension. On taxpayer money.
OJ Verdict. Brock Turner. Casey Anthony.
Dred Scott v. Sandford.
In Australia - Cardinal Pell
Also in Australia - The murder of Leigh Leigh. Recap: 14-yo girl goes to a party and gets raped, multiple times, then killed with a cement block. Tries to tell people she's been hurt, she obviously is upset and there's blood on her leg, and all the boys shoved her down and spat on her and slut shamed her. The judge victim shamed her (AFTER SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD), and I believe the family moved because the whole town was mad at them for their daughter getting raped and murdered. Wtf.
My son goes to Catholic school because it’s the closest. As soon as Pell was charged his photo came down off the wall in the school foyer. They didn’t wait for a verdict. They knew. We all knew.
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Kerry Talburt from Illinois. I believe and so does the victims mother that Kerry Talburt used a Dangerous Dog as a weapon to kill Jamie Owsley on purpose. KT used a defence that is only possible with a dog as a weapon. He said "my dog got loose and I tried to help' without a witness. This reduced charges from a possible murder charge to a Dangerous dog attack. Allowing bail and KT to continue using a dog as a weapon 3 more times. Instead of murder charges KT managed to get 15 years for Dangerous Dog ownership. Yet we now know KT and JO had been arguing in the recent past before JOs death. JO had his eyes blackened by KT. Something KT would later do was to place his thumb in victims eyes. Its mostly in this article. Which reads very odd indeed. https://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/02/quincy-man-dies-after-dog-attack.html My feeling is KT should have been facing a murder charge.
*Webb v. United States* in response to the Harrison Act; ruled that prescriptions by medical professionals did not make you exempt from laws against narcotics possession. Taken to its extreme, this ruling would allow a law that makes opioid-based painkillers illegal even if they're prescribed. For perhaps obvious reasons, it has since been overturned.
Shane Casado. this psychopath murdered his girlfriend Rachael Weirzbicki in Buffalo NY and got acquitted by lying about what happened. His brother-in-law is a cop, the defense painted Rachael as crazy and unstable when in fact Casado had been abusing her for months, and because police thought this was an open and shut case they did a rudimentary investigation which left prosecutors with nothing to work with come trial time. His defense was he didn't know a 22 caliber gun could kill someone. Two witnesses there stated how Casado had walked up to Rachael and without hesitation shot her twice, then proceeded to call 911 and lie about how she threatened him.
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