(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)David Pietras
Author
Description
In 1997, a court found Darlie Lynn Routier guilty of probably the worst of human crimes: killing two of her natural children in cold-blood. Motive is still a mystery, but the prosecution painted her as a shrewish, materialistic young woman who, sensing her lavish lifestyle crumbling, slew her two sons Damon and Devon in a mad attempt to resuscitate her and her husband's personal economy. The following story relates the events of the murder and those...
Author
Description
Throughout history we have been confronted with criminal cases that just can't seem to get solved. In some cases, a trial is held, and a defendant is found guilty. In the rarest of cases the guilty party is ultimately put to death for the crime that they were convicted of. In a perfect world that would be the ideal judicial system. A fair trial and a righteous sentencing: But in the real world we often don't see that. We will look at five cases from...
Author
Description
Darlie Routier is on death row in Texas, convicted of the murder of one of her two sons, who were killed in the early morning of June 6, 1996. The media coverage of the investigation into the murders of Devon and Damon Routier depicted the crime as another heartless mother whose children were getting in the way of her lifestyle, so she killed them.
After a jury trial in Kerrville Texas, Darlie was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Most...
Author
Description
David Berkowitz, who became infamously known as the 'Son of Sam', first struck on the morning of 29 July 1976. It was the beginning of many brutal attacks that were to terrorize New York City's citizens over a one-year period. During the summer of 1977 at the height of the killer's notoriety and with the city in a collective panic over who was going to be his next victim, bars and nightclubs were deserted. It seemed that the efforts of the NYPD and...
Author
Description
What makes a police officer disregard his oath and cross the Thin Blue Line. Some say that it may be caused by the stress of the job. While others say that they are just criminals themselves. We will take a look at four police officers, Richard Crafts, Drew Peterson, Lawrencia "Laurie" Bembenek, and Gerard Schaefer. We will try to figure out what caused them to murder and cross that Thin Blue Line.
Search Tools Get RSS Feed Email this Search