On April 15th, 1920 in South Braintree, Massachusetts, a robbery right outside the Slater-Morrill shoe factory took place. Two men carrying the payroll boxes outside were shot and killed. The robbers retrieved the boxes and sped off in a getaway car, firing wildly at nearby company workers. To this day, it is undetermined who the robbers are. However, two men were tried and convicted: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Unfortunately, both these men suffered the immense pain and mortality of the electric chair. Injustice within the courts, panic during the Red Scare, and influence of the media all impacted the punishments faced by Sacco and Vanzetti.…
John Hillcoat (Lawless) directs the new cop-themed heist film, which features a star-studded cast, led by Casey Affleck - as a young detective, Chris Allen. His first day on the job in his new department also happens to be the same day that a heavily armed team breaks into a local bank. The team is led by Michael Belmont (Chiwetel Ejiofor), and includes two active police officers, Marcus Atwood (Anthony Mackie) and Jorge Rodriguez (Clifton Collins, Jr), along with two brothers, Gabe Welch (Aaron Paul) and Russell Welch (Norman Reedus).…
Johnny and Vaccarro hook up with mobster, FRANKIE YALE. Frankie likes Johnny and decides to send him to Chicago to work with the notorious mobster, AL CAPONE. His life will never be the same.…
Chicago, Illinois: a perfect place for gangs such as the Latin Kings to spread. Among the many areas that make up the city, the chaos continues to grow when it comes to drugs and violence. Humboldt Park in Chicago has a very dense population dominated by gang members mostly included in the Latin Kings. For more than thirty years, the gang’s “Motherland” is at the corner of Spaulding and Beach in West Humboldt Park (Kugler). Though it is nearly impossible to fully eliminate the Latin Kings in the area, steps may be taken to slow them down. A solution to this problem is to have harsher punishments and longer sentences for the gang members who are arrested in the future. With time, this…
Joseph was among the poorest Irish. The high class shown in the movie consisted of Landlord Daniel Christie and Stephen Chase, abusers in the eyes of the Irish tenants. Joseph and several other Irish people were suppressed from economic and social advancement because of this system that created poverty and a big schism between the rich and the poor.…
“The Throwaways” is an article about four young confidential informants who had their lives cut short because they decided to cooperate with law enforcement and help bust drug dealers. Every single informant’s fate led 6 feet underground. Rachel Hoffman was a twenty-three year old girl who had plans to go to culinary school and open a new type of rehabilitation center. Rachel was found dead the next day fifty miles from where the cops were supposed to be tracking her every move. Lebron Gaither testified against a man in court and was then ordered to try and buy narcotics from the same man he had just testified against; he was tortured, shot with a handgun as well as a shotgun, ran over by a car, and then dragged by a chain into the woods. Shelly Hilliard was caught with a half ounce of pot, threatened with prison, and agreed to be an informant. Hilliard’s body was found on fire beneath a…
On February 14th 2011 in a small clothing store owned and managed by Sidney and Sara Lazar, a very heinous crime was committed. Two average looking men wearing black leather jackets entered the store at approximately 3:15 pm, later to be “proven” to be John Hudson and Dale Buckner.…
Additionally, having the loopers kill themselves, and giving them knowledge of when and where that event takes place, compounds issues with the time loop the gangsters are hoping to destroy.…
The word redemption can be defined as atonement for guilt or to extricate, release and to make good. This film starring Jamie Foxx tells the story of reputed gang leader Stan “Tookie” Williams who while incarcerated experience an epiphany and dedicates his life to making up for mistakesof his youth and redeems himself. Recognized as the founder of the notorious street gang the Crips in South Central Los Angles at the age of 17. Williams hadn’t intended on the Crips to become a gang of crime and violence: he wanted them to do something positive to protect his neighborhood from the street gangs. In a few years the Crips had branches in nearly every state and were know as the biggest and most powerful gang in the country. Ultimately, Williams was convicted of four murders and sentenced to death in 1987 and confined at San Quentin prison. There he decided to become an advocate for peace, harmony, and non-violence. Lynn Whitefield played the role of Barbara Bechnel, a jounalis, writing a book chronicling the evolution of the Crips gang, who interviewed him in prison and eventually abandoned the project after developing a trusting relationship with Williams in order to help him write children’s books encouraging peace and anti violence. In addition, after learning of increased gang violence between the Crips andtheir chief rivals, the Bloods, he recorded a message denouncing gang violence,which was used to negotiate peace between the adversaries.…
Is it your husband, wife, annoying teen, insane in-laws, or teacher? Or all of them like it was for me. Whoever it is you want gone, can vanish in a series of simple steps. Over the years; after countless evil deeds and the police catching onto my trail, I made a fool proof guide to an untraceable murder. I would not recommend any of my past murders for they have ending in jail time. However, I have use my past triumphs and tribulations to make a stressful, frightening, and time consuming deed fun. I know murder is not for everyone, but if you choose to, here is a blueprint to carry out a enjoyable murder and not get caught.…
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A murderer dies of natural causes and is provided with a formal funeral. He experienced peaks and valleys throughout his life, but was never arrested. In fact, he actually worked for the state prison. So how does this work out? The murderer being described is not a vicious, serial killer; he simply worked as the state’s executioner. In America, capital punishment is looked upon as a responsibility; however, in reality, it can make a killer of all of us. The death penalty is too inhumane for our level of civilization; it cannot be carried out in a respectable way, may murder innocents, and disagrees with our Constitution.…
On April 15, 1920, Fred Paramenter and Alessandro Berardelli were shot by two armed men while trying to move payroll boxes in Braintree, MA (“The Sacco-Vanzetti Case Draws National Attention”). A getaway car pulled up to the scene and drove the two murderers away at high speed. The car was found in the woods…
He is a hardworking and considerate father to his sons, Chris and Larry and a caring and loving husband to his wife Kate. The audience knows this because early in the play, of Act 1, he says to Chris, "Because what the hell did I work for? That's only for you Chris, the whole shootin' match for you!" The audience believes this because throughout the play they see no evidence of Joe indulging in any of the human weaknesses, which would squander his money…
Tired John Stuart Gladwin has escaped before his execution. He has successfully escaped from prison three times and this is his fourth escape from his past few years. One of the guard witnessed that Gladwin had escaped by breaking through the timber ceiling and lowering himself to the ground with a rope fashioned from bed sheets. The other guards said that he had been hit by Gladwin, when trying to go after him. When the other guards came, Gladwin was too fast to catch, even though they brought their dogs to track and hunt him. Gladwin is an infamous American robber, burglar and thief. He was born into a poor family; he was apprenticed as a self-employer in tool supplier but took to theft and burglary in 2007, with little more than a year of his training to complete. He was arrested and imprisoned 4 times and escaped; making him an infamous public figure. When he was 6, his father died and no one continued his father job’s as a tool supplier. His mother then sent him to an elementary school. Gladwin was treated badly and therefore became irresponsible and brutal. He was never graduated from the school, so his mother took him back home, and let him continue his father’s work .His business was not running well. He started his crime by robbing a woman in the market and stabbing her to death, because she did not want to give him her bag. He is a small man, only 6'0" tall and medium built, but deceptively strong. He has a pale face with large, green eyes, a wide mouth, and a quick smile and has thick black hair. If anyone sees him, please report and call 333. He is very dangerous person, who’s armed with handguns and a 9 millimeter rifle. There is a reward $50000 for information leading directly to the arrest of John Stuart…