Business Before Blood He felt sick. Not flu sick or cold sick. Really sick. Had anything out of the ordinary happened that day? This question fazed him until he shut his eyes and went to sleep, not knowing that this was his final thought before the reactions killed him. *** Assistant District Attorney, Emily McMaster, was having an unacceptable day. She had had a restless night’s sleep, she’d lost five clients’ case files and now she couldn’t find her laptop! With a frustrated sigh, she rushed out of her house and hurried herself to work. Just as she turning into the street of the District Attorney’s Office of Philadelphia, her phone, rang. “ADA Emily McMaster speaking, how may I help you?” “Listen Emily, it’s Jack, we need you in the office …show more content…
Shoving the case file under Emily’s nose, she began flipping through the pages. It was about the murder trial of Peter Johnson for the murder of his son, Jamie. Just after seven AM on March the 4th 2014, Dr David Price, was called to the Johnson family home. Kathryn had found her son, Jamie, dead, with a bottle of sports drink standing on his bedside table. He was last seen at soccer training at six PM the night before, and after a careful autopsy, Dr Price concluded that Jamie had died as a result of a hypoglycemic reaction. Two days later, Jamie’s father, Peter, was charged with the murder. In the aftermath, Caplan Industries, a local company started a fundraiser to help children abused by their parents. The file then went on to further discuss the specifications of the …show more content…
‘No further questions.” The hearing went on forever. Numerous testimonies were made, and, because much of the evidence had been conflicting, Emily still felt she had a chance of saving Peter. “Your honour, I’d like to bring my final witness to the stand, Mrs Michelle Caplan.” Mrs Caplan was led into the witness box and sat in the chair. “Mrs Caplan,” Emily began. “Were you aware that your ex-husband, Matthew Caplan had an affair with the defendant’s wife, Kathryn Johnson?” Silence engulfed the room and even Peter was shocked at the accusation. “No?” replied Michelle in a now uncertain voice. “Could you please read out loud this email that you sent Matthew the night before your divorce.” “I found out what you’ve been doing,” began Michelle slowly. “Ten years, it’s been going on for. I can’t believe it! Is he your son?” Michelle looked to Emily with teary eyes. “Michelle, I must ask you one more question.” Emily’s menacing face looking up at her in the witness box. Michelle’s expression changed, mentally preparing herself for
From approximately 8:15 to 8:30 a murder occurred at the Ellis household and Paul Dudden is the victim. Paul was ruthlessly murdered with a knife. He abruptly left dinner and walked right out the front door. After reviewing all the evidence it is clear that Miss Pettigrew committed the act.
Despite the fact that Nichol hadn’t said something as explicit as she saw David stabbing Gail, the prosecutor read her statement in front of the jury. Matters at David’s trial were worsened due to the emerging of a story involving a situation that occurred at a party back in May. Other teenagers had teased David of being a murder suspect, following which he stabbed a pillow and joked about killing Gail, due to being intoxicated. As a result, the jury members found David guilty of Gail’s rape and murder on January 31st 1970.
Assistant District Attorney Karen Plants was the head of the drug unit at the Wayne County District Attorney’s office in Detroit, Michigan. During 2005, the Inkster Police Department acted on a reliable tip confiscating 47 kilos of cocaine; the largest haul ever made. “Plants' misconduct came to light in 2006 in a previously sealed transcript of a private 2005 conversation in Judge Waterstone's chambers, in which Plants informed the judge about the lies. The judge said she would allow them to go unreported to protect the life of the informant” (Hunter, 2012). Attorney Plants was accused of perjury during this trial, pleading guilty to official misconduct and served six months in jail.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Kurland 633 Court Street, Reading, Pa. 19601 (610) 478-6000 was advised of the identity of Investigator Sean P. Brennan and of the confidential nature and purpose of the interview, Kurland, provided the following information:
“This is not about what she did, ” Jackson countered, “This is about what you might have done. We suspect your wife was murdered.”
The victim was fully nude and beaten, the victim’s clothes was recovered at the crime scene. The murder story was all over the news, which is when the driver saw it and called the police to tell them about the hitchhiker, along where the driver had disposed the t-shirt. Dillon and his brother were at the beach about 5 days later after the crime and were questioned and Dillon was brought to the police station for questioning of the murder. During the investigation the police hired John Preston, who was known for handling scent-tracking dogs. The tests they conducted were a paper lineup, where Dillon had touched a piece of paper along with the t-shirt by linking the t-shirt to Dillon and the t-shirt to the crime. After the tests were completed Dillon was arrested and charged with murder. During the trial the prosecutors had four witnesses that testified against Dillon at the trial, one Dillon’s ex-girlfriend, second John Preston, the dog handler with the t-shirt, third the driver and lastly a jailhouse snitch who stated that Dillon told him that he had murdered the victim. Dillon was sentenced after a five-day
Vincent clerked at the Orleans District Attorney’s office for approximately two years while in law school and preparing for the Bar examination. During his time as a clerk, I encountered two personal friends who were Assistant District Attorneys on separate occasions. Both Assistant District Attorneys praised Vincent’s work ethic, professionalism and quality of work. One even stated that the Assistant District Attorneys competed for Vincent’s assistance on their cases. Vincent has demonstrated through work experience that he is capable of developing into a competent attorney.
Death filled his mind as he reached a point where he
1. Explanation: She was talking to John calmly until he begins to mention Elizabeth, she then became angry.
pneumonia and was dying. The journey was slow because of his illness and he did not want to risk trying
The case involved Lisa Steinberg and how she was murdered by her father. The viewer has to wonder why this wasn't prevented. After watching "Orphan Trains" the viewer sees haw people tried to solve the problem with children on the streets.
On May 29th, the thirty-first court date on Browder’s case, there was another development. DiMango peered down from the bench. “The District Attorney is really in a position right now where they cannot proceed,” she said. “It is their intention to dismiss the case.” She explained that this could not officially happen until the next court date, which ended up
Officer Monsen spoke to Mrs. Cameron and heard her narrative of what happened. Officer Monsen informed her that he and the other officers were going search for this individual and they will call her if they find
So she obtains the case files and wants to get Helen’s opinion on the case. At first Helen is reluctant to help because as M.J. Monaham starts to
My externship at the AG Office exposed me to the interworking’s of a government agency. As an employee of the state every detail is particularly scrutinized and it is of the utmost importance that quality work be exhibited. At the AG Office I continued to impress my supervisors with my diligence, impressive legal research, writing skills, and through drafting legal memorandums and motions in limine. Moreover, I quickly adapted and learned about specific duties entailed upon me as a legal extern, and executed those duties, which included assisting attorneys with discovery proceedings, jury instructions, and any matters arising from preparation of jury trials.