Close to the town of Clanton, Mississippi a young lady named Tonya Hailey is severely assaulted, beaten, and left for dead by two men. The attackers are caught in a roadside bar where they have been gloating about their adventures. At the point when the men show up in court days after the fact, Tonya's dad Carl blasts out of the courthouse storm cellar and executes them with a assault rifle. Carl trusts his life to only one man a nearby criminal lawyer Jake Brigance, who longs for well-known cases, features, and the big time. Jake is going to face the battle of his life, and he knows it. He is up against Rufus Buckley an extreme, driven lead prosecutor who understands that a homicide conviction could help him increase higher office; however,
After reading the article, “Shattered Lives” by Kristin Lewis, Dania faces living as a refugee outside her country.The challenges that she faced are when they were in World
Drinking establishments, like Brennan’s, welcomed these dealers and gave them a percentage of the house take for the trade they generated. Both of the Thompsons were crooks; and they were killers. Wyatt had heard of them and, although sensing the gambler’s urge many an evening, avoided their tables. Wyatt had been in town only short term when he found himself at odds with the Thompson brothers. Lingering in the shade of a balcony outside Brennan’s Saloon one afternoon, he became aware of loud name calling bouncing back and forth between two men inside the gin mill. From what he deduced, it sounded like a simple case of card-game larceny. He didn’t pay much attention to the disturbance until Sheriff Whitney and two deputies appeared on the boardwalk and turned into the saloon. A cowboy was telling the sheriff that he had been swindled out of money by the fast hands of gambler Bill Thompson. Both the Thompsons denied it. But, when the lawman threatened to break up the game once and for all, Bill produced a double-barreled shotgun from below his chair and, at point-blank range, fired a volley into the sheriff’s chest. Horrified and dismayed, Wyatt watched the pair of deputies cower into the sidelines, then sulk out the side door without even the decency to take their boss’s body off the floor. It was more than Wyatt could take. "What kind of a town is this?" he snapped at the deputies who now stood meekly across the square. Between them, equally timid, was
Hannah Duston was a big example of Heroism. Hannah was born in 1657. Hannah and her husband Thomas Duston from Massachusetts were attacked by Indians in there town Haverhill. As they were attacked Hannah's husband fled to save there 7 kids and hannah didn't leave because she was in bed rest from just giving birth. Hannah and her nurse got captured by Natives while the newborn got its head bashed against a tree and house got burnt to the ground. Hannah and her nurse both turned into slaves and experienced lots of torture and harsh living inviroments. The Indians started moving and were beyond Penacook where they had some really brutal things done to them. This is when Hannah descided it was time to escape and she had help from her nurse and
The novel Mississippi Mud illustrates a murder of an illustrious couple that would shake the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, as well as, unveil political corruption structured around the Dixie Mafia. Vincent and Margret Sherry, the couple whom had been murdered, were loving parents to four children, which all were adults. However it was their oldest daughter, Lynne Sposito, which is responsible for discovering the motive for her parents’ murder and the killer responsible for it. She reveals the secrets and the cesspool of corruption that lies within Biloxi. Within this mirage Kirksey McCord Nix, Junior, is presented as a character that, some may consider being born with a silver spoon, being that his mother and father both were highly successful attorneys. Mister Nix juniors’ mother was the first woman to practice law in the state of Mississippi and his father was a senator in Oklahoma. Virtually speaking he was born and raised in the legal realm which caused him to have tons of political clout that would fuel the desperado mentality he developed as a child.
When a young author from New York City decides to take a trip to the southern city of Savannah, he finds himself falling in love with the town and ends up renting an apartment. He encounters many different characters, including Danny Hansford and Jim Williams, that gives the reader a good look into the aura of Savannah. The main conflict in the book occurs when a murder happens in an old mansion located in the town. The book follows the progression of the trial and the outcome following the court’s decision.
Three black males were reported to have robbed a gun store in Strawberry. A single pearl handled pistol and a box of money was stolen. One boy was caught, his name is T.J Avery, and he is currently in jail. The convict tried to blame local citizens R.W and Melvin. He claimed,”They the ones got me in it”. His friend Cassie Logan’s thoughts on this are,”They wouldn’t do that to ole T.J!” His trial has not yet been held.
D-This writer was advised by the front desk to meet with the patient immediately as she is causing a scene in the lobby area because she's upset that she could not smoke outside of the clinic for 5 minutes. Upon meeting with the patient, she would sit down and then gets up and began to pace in the office in tears as she vents her frustration. This writer attempts to calm the patient to listen as to what is upsetting the patient. The patient then shout using profanity about the Clinical Director, Program Director and Nursing, by saying, " Fuck Heather E., Fuck Carol, and Fuck Jacob." This writer immediately address the profanity and advised the patient to stop because that type of language is unacceptable. The patient response was, " Why should I care.
At the meeting they open back up the case for Patrick Monley and PJ Monley DNA tested 99.9%. He found his biological father ,but it was not over yet. Detective Monley had a wound that was open were the was hit and killed instantly killed. The Autopsy show who every hit him with the object also was cut and left there blood on him . The blood type of the murderer was O which is a rare blood type. Attorney Davis and his team then question Mary and she did several blood test . On April 31st a month later she was tried and proven guilt of manslaughter . Patrick Cart later remarried another woman and is expecting his third child. PJ is now currently in the United States Air Force and is married and has one child. Mary went back to her maiden name and was sentenced to 32 years in state prison without parole
People, everywhere, each live their lives differently. One person might be traveling to work, another might be working on a farm, and another might be serving in the military. Everyone person makes different choices that have lead to these diverse paths in life. But one thing greatly affects a person's choices and what they become. It’s single influence on a person can change their life for better or for worse. This powerful influence is pressure. Everyone has wants, desires, friends, and other things vying for their attention each second of everyday. These things each exert a certain pressure on an individual that can influence them one direction or another. Pressure shows the true nature of a person, but who the person
I have had many great mentors that have stood out in my life thus far, but I have one lady that really stands out. Her name is Tina; I know her better as Ms. Hicks. She is a kindergarten teacher and Glee Club director at the middle school I attended. I came to know her really well when I joined the Glee Club my sixth grade year. She is so selfless and always puts others before herself. I just began watching her one day and realized that I wanted to be just like her. I began to volunteer in her classroom the last period of the day because I want to be an elementary school teacher as well. I decided why not learn form the best. Throughout the year, I learned so much from her. She taught me that students can learn and have fun while they
Blake and Shelby Gunner think they're living the perfect life. He's a hotshot homicide detective and she is doing what she loves best, small theatre acting. But after an arrest goes badly and Blake is shot and injured, they decide to leave the crime-ridden city for the quiet, quirky little hamlet where he grew up. Nestled along Lake Superior in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Port Scuttlebutt isn't as calm and serene as they anticipated. Below an innocent Mayberry surface are secrets as dangerous as the Great Lake's rip currents.
Mary Brown is a 30-year old mother of two small children that has resided in the neighborhood for six years. She had never met the defendant until the attack. In the four years since the attack, the victim has endured facial numbness, partial paralysis, and plastic surgery. Every day Mary is reminded of the terrible encounter with John Smith by the permanent five-inch scar, he placed on her face.
”As the family assesses its injuries, a man who is obviously the Misfit drives up with his armed henchmen. The grandmother immediately feels that she recognizes him as someone she has known all of her life, and she tells him that she knows who he is” (Garbett). After their car having struck the railroad's the family waits for help. A car pulls up and a pair of men emerges, led by a shirtless, a bespectacled man with a gun. The man gives orders to his cohorts to inspect the family car and retains Bailey in polite conversation until the grandmother recognizes it as the Misfit. The grandmother made worse by the fact that if she would keep her mouth shut, none of them have been killed.
During the teenage years, Jimmy is already the leader of the criminal group and naturally flocked into crime. Things are going well until a gang member by the name of Ray Harris decides to betray Jimmy. Jimmy is ruthless and decides the best punishment is death, and so, he kills Ray. In a surprising twist, the son of Ray coincidentally kills Jimmy’s daughter and frames it on Dave. Sean realizes what Jimmy does, and moreover, that Jimmy has never been innocent, “You killed both of them -Ray Harris and Dave Boyle.
Nikki expressed how she was sick of them acting out. The argument escalated into more physical abuse. If only this time nikki knew that this particular fight would end in a bad tragedy. Jas hit her mother with a vase over the head. Investigators say that was thee first sign of blood drawn. As nikki was trying to fight back tas stabbed her. After more fighting Jas starts to choke her mother with a ribbon medallion she won when she was younger. After being hit back jas picks up the knife to stab her mother. After all the verbal and physical abuse the twins dragged her to the bathtub in the master's bedroom. During the interview with jas and tas they state that when they put her into the tub she was still alive. Jas said her mother's last word were “ I hate you. You're going to jail.” Jas told her mother she was sorry. After cleaning up the bloody mess the girl walked to school arriving two hours late. Students said that they act as if it was a normal day. The twins came home and they thought the police may have been there unfortunately they were not. Jas managed to flag down a officer passing through in her neighborhood. She told the officer that someone had killed her mother. She said her and her sister missed the bus but immetimatley start to walk to rockdale high school. They told officers that they made it to every class on time. The officer indicated that it seem as if she tried to put up a fight at the moment she was being killed but there was no sign of forced entry. Officers focus on the boyfriend as the prime suspect. After investigating they soon come to realize he had nothing to do with the murder. During interviews with the twin detective started to notice that they had many injuries bite mark, scratches, and more. Detectives immediately started to focus on them, But the twins were stick to their stories. Since detectives did not have a solid case the was forced to let them go. Haneef