The Woolfolk Family Murders
Once again I have dug down deep into history to find a case. I like doing these for many reasons. One is that there is generally not a lot out there about them as they have been lost in history. While often the crimes are similar to what we see today in modern times, the forensics and the laws are generally what we see today. I do admit that while in our modern death penalty cases it sometimes leaves me irritated that they can drag for decades in the appeals process, let alone at the point in which we are now where there are so many arguments in the states regarding not just the practice itself but the “medications” used. But, in the same respect the “swift” justice that was handed out in the 1800's and well into the mid-1900's sometimes also bothers me. So often there would be a simple matter of just a few months between the crime and the death of the accused. In my opinion, not to mention time has shown us this to be true, there is no doubt innocent people were p...