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A firing squad is normally composed of several soldiers or law enforcement officers. Usually, all members of the group are instructed to fire simultaneously, thus preventing both disruption of the process by a single member and identification of the member who fired the lethal shot. The prisoner is typically blindfolded or hooded, as well as restrained, although in some cases prisoners have asked...
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In 1997, Scott Falater was accused of murdering his wife by stabbing her 44 times. According to an eyewitness, Falater was also seen holding his wife’s head under water. When he was tried, the prosecution claimed that after the murder had been committed, Falater changed his clothes, put the murder weapon in a Tupperware container, put the container in a trash bag with his boots and socks, stashed...
Homicidal sleepwalking, also known as homicidal somnambulism or sleepwalking murder (this is not a correct term, sleepwalking and murder being mutually exclusive in the law), is the act of killing someone during an episode of sleepwalking. Occasionally, sleepwalkers kill people, usually a family member, during their sleepwalking act. There have been several rare cases in which an alleged act of...
The “CSI”-factor, or “CSI-effect is “an expectation among jurors today that a medical examiner will present high-tech, flashy, convincing forensic evidence.”
Basically, jurors watch these ridiculous CSI shows and expect it to be real life. They expect evidence in a courtroom to look just like evidence on CSI shows does.
CSI shows are completely Hollywood-ized. I...
Medical examiner in Casey Anthony case speaks out →
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! Onto the new year!
Nothing says holidays like some blood spatter analysis!
The technique of “stringing” — attaching strings to each spatter to see where they converge — is just one way to determine the area of convergence, or source of the blood. Most TV shows, like “Dexter,” focus only on the analyst looking at the strings and making statements about the crime, not on the...
Carpenter who fled Illinois had no idea relatives... →
Man says he drove 225 miles with dead wife →
JFK’s hearse going on the auction block →
Death sentences, executions take 'historic drop,'... →
The 45 Best Mugshots Of 2011 →
