guilty
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.
The Dilemma
The Dilemma (Surprises are Scary) By Carol Margosein It is cold. It is so cold that the snow refuses to melt. The snow piles up so high, I can barely see across the street. It has not changed for the last three weeks. We moved out to the country for the quiet and the bucolic sights. Rolling hills, cows, sheep, llamas, and horses all coexist together on various farms tucked between the never-ending cornfields. All of this is lovely from April to November, but November to April can be hard. I have learned to live with it, but I still miss seeing people and just going out. Still, I bundle up: boots, sweater, heavy jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves. All on, just to go out. As I am bundling up, my husband asks," Where are you going"? I don't know what to say. Should I say out, to the store, to the bank? The reason I am leaving is that the walls are beginning to close in. Things are financially tight, so no trips to sunny climes. The kids are busy with their own lives and families. So here we are, in the cold, all alone with each other.
By Carol Margosein5 years ago in Criminal
The Cost of Innocence
Calloused fingers caressed the journal ritualistically, sweat and dirt had long since blackened its leather hide cover. Flipping the journal open, revealed one single page, all others torn out. He had no need for the memories held on those pages. His past gone and buried. This final page was all that mattered to him.
By Kaine O'Regan5 years ago in Criminal
10 Serial Killers Who Were Doctors
Doctors are regarded as human gods. They can save a person's life by their expertise in medical science. They have an expert understanding of the fragility of human body. But what if a practitioner starts using his understanding of medical science in an evil way? They have access to a wide range of lethal instruments and toxic drugs. And some of them develop egos and pride fed by the feelings of control over someone's life and death.
By Saral Verma5 years ago in Criminal
Time Served
The call came down right after midnight. Duprey and I had just finished showers in confinement, a four-hour affair most nights that had seemed to take all night tonight. We had kicked our feet up on the desk, prepared to relax a little when the phone rang over the sounds Nickleback that Sergeant Lang was listening to. Lang put down the folder he was going over and paused the music before picking it up on the third ring.
By Joshua Campbell5 years ago in Criminal
The ABC Killer
Moses Sithole, the worst serial killer in South Africa hunted, raped and murdered 38 young women from the towns of Atteridgeville to Boksburg to Cleveland. Sithole became known as the ABC Killer and his heinous crime spree lasted only a year. The perfect predator, he took full advantage of the cultural changes that came with the end of Apartheid. The ABC Killer preyed on his victims' needs to support their families, offering them jobs through a company that didn’t exist.
By Nicole Gibson5 years ago in Criminal
Stung
Mallory Claire Blake stared down into the face of her fiance. He stared back into her face, gripping her hips and gasping. Her mouth tipped upward at the corners in a slight smirk as she bent to kiss his lips. She pulled back to see his eye roll upward and she gasped, her smile growing wider.
By Shanda Klodzinski5 years ago in Criminal
Uncle_James.pkg
So yeah, here we are. To say I saw this coming would be to lie to you, and I’ve lied to enough people in my life that I’ve probably hit a quota somewhere along the way. My uncle James was always an eccentric man wrapped up in whatever daydreams he's playing on repeat in his head at the time, but this takes the cake. He's sent me a package that looks as if he's trying to create the type of scenario that he reads about in his favorite murder mystery books. It was literally marked in big red, stamped letters “URGENT: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY”. Sitting on the table in front of me are the contents of the package: a little black notebook, an envelope, and a letter. James was the last person to see my father and is currently the prime suspect in his disappearance, as there were signs of foul play at my father's house. The notebook is a supposed detailed written account of the night my father disappeared. It has call logs, receipts, and the names/numbers of people they interacted with that night. Since my father was a wealthy member of the social elite, his disappearance has since become somewhat of a high-profile case in our city. My uncle reached out to me because... well... I make side money by helping a local private investigator by obtaining evidence in a not-so-legal way. What else is a bored hacker to do? I have the skills needed to obtain anything on a suspect that they’ve ever put on a computer, and the work adds a little flavor to what would otherwise be a rather vanilla life for a junior security analyst such as myself. The P.I. I work with sometimes takes non-local cases where there is a suspected murder, and my efforts have resulted in more than one conviction for the clients. The letter says I’m to read the journal, investigate my father’s death, and use the money as I see fit to help me get the answers. The letter ends by saying that when there’s a conviction, I’ll receive my uncle’s entire estate. Looks like there’s $20,000 cash in the envelope. Never could convince him that hacking isn’t exactly an expensive endeavor for me. I either made my scripts or got them from other hackers in exchange for help. Maybe I could use it for bribes? Damn, $20k is a huge amount. He must be petrified that the police have something on him that makes a conviction a guaranteed thing. Now that I think about it, this is the first time my uncle has had any form of correspondence with me in over 7 years. We haven't talked at all since he made a huge scene at my father and stepmother's wedding. He was upset that my father got an Asian woman the same age as me pregnant and then took her as his wife. Honestly, who cares as long as both parties are happy. And happy they were. I hadn't seen my dad smile as he did around my stepmom since my mom passed away when I was in high school. You may find this exciting, but let's face it... when you killed your dad after discovering he raped your half-sister... you don’t exactly need your proficiency in hacking and a notebook to solve the murder. Those things could help me pin it on James though. I always did like his cabin and his jeep is a far better car than my old beater. Plus, my stepmom convinced my dad changed his will, and he wound up leaving everything to my stepmother and uncle. So, in a way, doing so would get me back the inheritance my father decided I no longer needed as I already make good money. Yeah... I think this will work out perfectly.
By Blair Renfrow5 years ago in Criminal
Grandmothers child
There was a girl named Olivia that lived in Cincinnati Ohio. She was 17 years old. Her grandmother helped raise her. Her mother was drug addicted and her father lived states away. Olivia’s grandmother was dying and for the past year she woke up everyday and wrote in a little black book she kept next to her bed. Olivia always asked and wondered what grandmother was writing in her book, but when she inquired about it grandmother told her “in due time”.
By Cessalea Moore5 years ago in Criminal
