True Crime Stories

Cases such as this one are difficult to blog about for me. Several things come into play here but no matter what legal or medical outcome is made in the end there is still a death and a family mourning a loved one. As a reader of my blog you know that I am as interested and fascinated about the crimes as I am about the legal process and how things are done. Guilty or Innocent there are rules and laws to follow and there must be evidence to prove someone committed a crime. This was not a crime in which the death penalty was sought but I have often stated that it is those sorts of cases that I believe there should be absolutely no doubt of the defendant's guilt before imposing the death penalty. In those cases especially, but in all cases it is imperative that a proper investigation is conducted. Then things are not done properly not only can it delay or impede justice for a victim and their family, it can also cause undue stress, among other things to a susp...

We all know that the people closest to a victim are the first people that are looked at for their murder. Oftentimes the investigators know that it has to be one or more of them but it takes time to prove the case. Sometimes that comes down to who can be believed more or who tells a story that matches more with the evidence. Of course it is the job of a defense attorney to case doubt as to their clients guilt and it is not unusual to see them accuse someone else of the crime. That becomes more complicated when it involves a parent and a child, no matter how old the child is. In general everyone here could probably put themselves in a situation in which they could be a suspect in a murder. We do not make sure that every minute of every day can be accounted for and that we can have proof to what we were doing. Sure cell phone data, surveillance camera and even applications on your phone can often prove, or disprove for that matter, a store. My grown son lives with my ...