2014 Serial Critique The Serial is a suspenseful audio storytelling podcast that explores different and dramatic scenarios for each of their episodes. Investigator and journalist‚ Sarah Koenig‚ hosted the podcast and she presents her story in a form of reporter‚ in which she shares the story of a murder that occurred in Baltimore‚ Maryland. This critique will review the very first episode of The Serial Podcast and the quality of Sarah Koenig’s report from the story of the murder‚ to the
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Klyne was one of seven people wounded that day in the high school. Janvier and teacher Adam Wood were killed. Two brothers‚ Dayne and Drayden Fontaine‚ were shot in their home. The teen‚ who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act‚ has pleaded guilty to the first-degree murders of Janvier and Wood and to second-degree murder in the deaths of the Fontaine brothers. He also pleaded guilty to seven counts of attempted murder. Provincial court Judge Janet McIvor has set aside two weeks
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The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey On December 26‚ 1996‚ JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in her home in Boulder‚ Colorado. JonBenet Patricia Ramsey was a child beauty queen who lived with her two parents and her brother‚ Burke. She was born in 1990‚ which would make JonBenet six years old at the time of her death. Her killer still remains at large‚ more than twenty-three years later. There have been suspects and arrests‚ but ultimately no one has been charged with the murder of JonBenet. The riveting question
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involved in crime‚ Stoneman and Artz seek to demonstrate how young female offenders are treated more harshly than their male counterparts once a part of the youth justice system due to “moral panic” (pg. 173). The common‚ unsubstantiated fear remains that girls are committing more crimes and acts of violence (193). Statistics Canada (2012) reports that in reality‚ female youth account for just 3 percent of all criminal court cases (pg. 174). Social research offers many explanations for the role of girls
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"We serial killers are your sons‚ we are your husbands we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow." Theodore Robert Bundy In the past decade‚ Americans and researchers have given more and more of their attention to serial killers. The United States alone has contributed about 85% of the world’s serial killers. It has been said that they come in many different forms. Society has many words for serial killers. Holmes and DeBurger define serial murders as "consisting
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sentences for offenders under 18 was cruel and unusual punishment‚ and therefore unconstitutional. At the heart of the decision is the recognition that it is fundamentally unjust to mandate a life sentence for children convicted of homicide without considering mitigating factors. Young offenders in the juvenile and criminal justice systems lack adjudicative competence because of developmental immaturity (Grisso et al.‚ 2003). Moreover‚ the prevalence of mental illness among young offenders heightens
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What motive would a devoted‚ joyful wife have to murder her hardworking husband? The defendant‚ Mrs. Maloney‚ was a loving‚ caring wife to her husband fulfilled his every need. She was not only his wife‚ but the mother of his unborn child. She would spend every hour of her life cleaning their home‚ washing their clothes‚ and preparing hot meals for him. On the day that Mr. Maloney was killed‚ Mrs. Maloney was out getting other items for his supper. She even has a witness that puts her at the grocery
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Task Four Outline the power of the courts in sentencing offenders by using one example of a summary offence and indictable offence. There are two main courts - Magistrates and Crown Court. Magistrates have less power than Crown. magistrates can sentence up to six months in custody. Crown Courts can sentence longer up to life in prison. An indictable offence is one tried by a jury in the Crown court. When a magistrates court feels that the offence is so serious they cannot sentence accordingly i/e
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Running head: CASE STUDY TRAP-EASE AMERICA 1 Case Study: Trap-Ease America Marketing Questions for Discussion 1. The information they need to evaluate this opportunity will be: What kind people actually buying their product? They need to know this to target their real consumers. Their customers’ income level. By knowing this‚ they will see the reason of people who still buy those spring-loaded traps. Are there better products in the market? If so‚ no wonder why
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program. Sex Offenders People who commit sex crimes are known as sex offenders. We also define sex offenders as an individual who has confessed to‚ or been convicted of committing a sex crime‚ including rape‚ child molestation‚ and also downloading from the Internet or distributing child pornography. Laws against convicted sex offenders include the registration of all names in publicly accessed databases‚ the collection of DNA samples‚ State laws restricting where sex offenders can live and
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