Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Country-specific Murder Law
Murder - United Kingdom. Further information: murder in English law, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and ... See also:Murder, Murder - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Murder And Other Illegal Killings
Some instances of premeditated, intentional killing may be treated as justifiable homicide which excludes liability for murder and, in so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Mitigating Circumstances
Most countries allow conditions that "affect the balance of the mind" to be regarded as mitigating circumstances. This means that a perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia - Murder
In the criminal law, murder is the crime where one human being causes the death of another human being, without lawful excuse, and with i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viola Liuzzo: Encyclopedia - Viola Liuzzo
Viola Gregg Liuzzo (April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was a white civil rights activist from the U.S. state of Michigan and mother of fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creativity Movement: Encyclopedia - Creativity Movement
The Creativity Movement is a racist, anti-semitic, anti-Christian and white-supremacist organization which advocates a "White Religion" c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire: Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire
Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of New Hampshire for the crime of capital murder. Twenty-four people h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chevie Kehoe: Encyclopedia - Chevie Kehoe
A noted white supremacist, Chevie Kehoe is noted for his attempts to build an all-white country by overthrowing the United States. In Nov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders: Encyclopedia - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders
The Tylenol murders occurred in the autumn of 1982, when seven people in the Chicago, Illinois area in the United States died after inges...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balbir Singh Sodhi: Encyclopedia - Balbir Singh Sodhi
Balbir Singh Sodhi (1949 - September 15, 2001) was a Mesa, Arizona gas station owner who was murdered in the aftermath of the September 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder In Small Town X: Encyclopedia - Murder In Small Town X
Murder in Small Town X was an American reality television series that aired on FOX from July through September 2001. The show is notewort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Lee Boyd: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Lee Boyd - Murders
After leaving school in the ninth grade, Boyd later joined the United States Army and volunteered for a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in unincorporated Jefferson County, Color...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cults And Governments: Encyclopedia - Cults And Governments
In many countries there exists freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. Some of these countries are, also concerned with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legion Political Movement: Encyclopedia - Black Legion Political Movement
The Black Legion was an offshoot organization of the Ku Klux Klan and operated in the midwestern United States in the 1930's. The organiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attica Correctional Facility: Encyclopedia - Attica Correctional Facility
The Attica Correctional Facility is one of the most well known prisons in the United States, second possibly to Alcatraz. It is located i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arson In Royal Dockyards: Encyclopedia - Arson In Royal Dockyards
Arson in royal dockyards was among the last offences that was punishable by execution in the United Kingdom. It remained a capital offenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Campbell: Encyclopedia - Charles Campbell
Charles Rodman Campbell was a convicted murderer who was executed in 1994. His case highlights some of the legal controversy surrounding ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - After The War
With the capture of Captain Jack, General Davis made preparations to execute the leaders of Jack's band. Execution was prevented by order...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Second Battle Of The Stronghold
The U. S. Army made preparations to attack the Stronghold. On April 15 a general attack began, troops advancing from Gillem's camp on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Events Leading Up To The War
Modoc War - Treaty with the United States. The United States and the Klamath, Modoc, and Snake (Yahooskin band) tribes signed a treaty ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Negotiations With The Peace Commission
On January 25, Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior, appointed a Peace Commission to deal with Captain Jack. The Commission consist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Appendix To History Of The Modoc War
In the First Battle of the Stronghold, January 17, 1873, there were approximately 400 Army troops in the field. The troops included U. S....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Murder At The Peace Tent
On the morning of April 11, the commissioners, General Canby, Alfred B. Meacham, Rev. E. Thomas, and L. S. Dyer, with Frank and Toby Ridd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Thomas-wright Massacre
On April 26, Captain Evan Thomas commanding five officers, sixty-six troops and fourteen Warm Spring Scouts left Gillem's camp on a recon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Battle Of Dry Lake
At first light on May 10, the Modoc attacked an Army encampment at Dry Lake. The troops charged, routing the Modoc. Casualties among the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Battle Of Lost River
Despairing of a peaceful settlement, on November 27, Superintendent Odeneal requested Major John Green, commanding officer at Fort Klamat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modoc War: Encyclopedia Ii - Modoc War - Fortifying The Stronghold
For some months previous to the battle on Lost River, Captain Jack had boasted that in the event of war he and his band could successfull...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Lutherans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Lutherans - Politicians And Statesmen United States
List of Lutherans - U.S. Governors. Cecil Andrus (D), former governor of Idaho (1971-1975; 1987-1995). Otis R. Bowen (R), former gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Neil Tucker: Encyclopedia Ii - James Neil Tucker - Childhood And Life Before Murders
Tucker was born in Utah, the older of two children. After his mother divorced, she remarried to a man with three children of his own. A s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Neil Tucker: Encyclopedia Ii - James Neil Tucker - The Murders
Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley was gardening in the front yard of her Sumter home on June 25, 1992, when Tucker drove his car up her driveway. Aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Neil Tucker: Encyclopedia Ii - James Neil Tucker - Trial And Appeals
He received two capital murder trials. The first was for the murder of Mellon, where he was sentenced to death on December 8, 1993. The j...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Neil Tucker: Encyclopedia Ii - James Neil Tucker - Execution
Under South Carolina law, those inmates sentenced before June 1995 are able to choose between the electric chair and the lethal injection...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viola Liuzzo: Encyclopedia Ii - Viola Liuzzo - Arrest And Legal Proceedings
The four Klan members in the car, Collie Wilkins (21), Gary Rowe (34), William Eaton (41) and Eugene Thomas (42) were quickly arrested: w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viola Liuzzo: Encyclopedia Ii - Viola Liuzzo - Aftermath
In October 1977, the Liuzzo family filed a lawsuit against the FBI, charging that Rowe, as an employee of the FBI, had failed to prevent ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creativity Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Creativity Movement - Violent Acts Of Members
In the words of Klassen, "We have a non-violent religious movement. We have a comprehensive plan as to how to achieve a Whiter and Bright...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creativity Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Creativity Movement - Trademark Litigation Over Church Of The Creator And Plot To Murder A Federal Judge
In 2000, the Oregon-based TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation filed a lawsuit against the WCOTC for using the term "Church of the Creator," which t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Lee Boyd: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Lee Boyd - Trial And Appeals
After being indicted on 16 May 1988, he was tried, convicted and received a death sentence for each murder from a jury in Rockingham Coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Lee Boyd: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Lee Boyd - Execution
In the early hours of December 2, 2005, Boyd was executed by lethal injection. He was pronounced dead at 2:15 am. In his final statement,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Bonin: Encyclopedia Ii - William Bonin - Early Life
Born and raised in Connecticut, Bonin's father was a compulsive gambler and alcoholic, and his mother frequently left Bonin and his broth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Bonin: Encyclopedia Ii - William Bonin - Murder Spree
Bonin's first victim was a fourteen-year-old hitchhiker named Thomas Lundgren. The youth was kidnapped, assaulted and killed on May 28, 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Bonin: Encyclopedia Ii - William Bonin - Confession And Execution
In custody, Bonin confessed to abducting and killing twenty boys. He was eventually charged with twelve of the murders. He expressed no r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Bonin: Encyclopedia Ii - William Bonin - Other 'freeway Killers'
Young men and boys continued to turn up dead along the freeways of Southern California after Bonin's arrest, leading police to initially ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In The United States - Distribution Of Sentences
Within the context of the overall murder rate, the death penalty cannot be said to be widely or routinely used in the United States; in r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire - Method
After a person has been convicted of capital murder, a separate penalty phase is carried out using the same jury. The jury weighs a varie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire - History
In 1739, two women became the first executed in the state, both convicted of murder. Provincial laws at the time required capital punishm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In New Hampshire - Capital Murder
RSA 630:1 Capital Murder, is the only crime for which people can be executed in the state. A person is guilty of capital murder if he kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Of Europe - United States Of Europe In Fiction
Fatherland, an alternative-history novel detailing a 1960s Europe dominated by a triumphant Nazi Germany. Incompetence, a dystopian novel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Felony Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Felony Murder - Illustrative Example
The following example employs general principles of law in the United States for the purpose of illustration. The Doe Gang attempts to ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lynching In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Lynching In The United States - Laws
For most of the history of the United States, lynching was rarely prosecuted, and when it was, it was under state murder statutes. In one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lynching In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Lynching In The United States - Statistics
The following graph gives the number of lynchings and racially-motivated murders in each decade from 1865 to 1965. Data for 1865-1869 and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lynching In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Lynching In The United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877
After the Civil War, lynching became particularly associated with the South, and with the first Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1866. The first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Individuals Executed By The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Individuals Executed By The United States - Military Executions
The United States military has executed 135 people since 1916. The last execution was in 1961. U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett on Apri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timothy Mcveigh: Encyclopedia Ii - Timothy Mcveigh - Death
McVeigh was convicted on June 2, 1997 in a United States District Court for the murder of eight federal employees who died in the explosi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In The United States - Crimes Subject To Death Penalty
Crimes subject to the death penalty vary by jurisdiction. All jurisdictions which use capital punishment have murder as a crime which is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bratva: Encyclopedia Ii - Bratva - Events
In February 2000 Bratva member Natan Gozman was extradited from Poland to the United States and convicted for the 1995 abduction and murd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serial Killer: Encyclopedia Ii - Serial Killer - Prevalence
There have been conflicting reports as to the extent of serial murder. The FBI claimed in the 1980s that at any particular time there wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States V. Burns: Encyclopedia Ii - United States V. Burns - Background
The case revolved around two Canadian citizens, Glen Sebastian Burns and Atif Ahmad Rafay, whom were accused of murdering Rafay's family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1970s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1970. 5 January 1970 Joseph A. Yablonski, unsuccessful reform candidate to unseat "Toug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People Who Were Executed: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People Who Were Executed - Political Figures
List of people who were executed - Deposed leaders and families. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong (d. 1979) Akwasi Afrifa (d. 1979) Marie Ant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Libel: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Libel - Contemporary Blood Libel Myths In The West
Accusations of ritual murder are being advanced by different groups to this day. In the United States, this is especially noticeable in c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mafia: Encyclopedia Ii - Mafia - Law Enforcement And The Mafia
In Italy in particular, there has been a long history of police, prosecutors and judges being murdered by the Mafia in an attempt to disc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mafia: Encyclopedia Ii - Mafia - Law Enforcement And The Mafia
In Italy in particular, there has been a long history of police, prosecutors and judges being murdered by the Mafia in an attempt to disc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mafia: Encyclopedia Ii - Mafia - Law Enforcement And The Mafia
In Italy in particular, there has been a long history of police, prosecutors and judges being murdered by the Mafia in an attempt to disc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Female Homicides In Ciudad Juárez: Encyclopedia Ii - Female Homicides In Ciudad Juárez - Arrests
Various individuals have been arrested in connection with the murders. However, the Mexican police has been criticized for making arrests...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gubu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gubu - Fallout
MacArthur was acquainted with Patrick Connolly, Attorney General of Ireland who was the chief advisor to the Irish Government on law. Bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheyenne Wyoming: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheyenne Wyoming - Other Information
In Wyoming's ground-breaking woman's suffrage legislation, Esther Hobart Morris was a leader. Alferd Packer the only American ever convic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clear And Present Danger: Encyclopedia Ii - Clear And Present Danger - Plot
A Coast Guard vessel intercepts a yacht in the Caribbean Sea and discovers a murdered man and his family. Through a mock execution, the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ángel Maturino Reséndiz: Encyclopedia Ii - Ángel Maturino Reséndiz - Murders And Methodology
He evaded authorities for a considerable time, having set up no fixed addresses, and making undocumented international transit between Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gubu: Encyclopedia Ii - Gubu - Fallout
MacArthur was acquainted with Patrick Connolly, Attorney General of Ireland who was the chief advisor to the Irish Government on law. Bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Townley: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Townley - Convicted For Orlando Letelier's Murder
He has been convicted in the United States for Orlando Letelier's murder in Washington, D.C. in 1976, and implicated Augusto Pinochet of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Southern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Southern United States - From Jim Crow To The Civil Rights Movement
With no voting rights and no voice in government, Blacks in the South were subjected to a brutal system of segregation and discrimination...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Aftershock And The Search For Reasons
In the aftermath, there was a great deal of debate about what motivated the killers and whether anything could have been done to prevent ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Long-term Impact
In response to concerns over the causes of Columbine and other school massacres, many schools instituted new anti-bully policies as well ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Cultural Impact
The massacre was one of the subjects of the controversial 2002 Michael Moore documentary film Bowling for Columbine, about what he sees a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Warning Signs
Early warning signs regarding the attacks first surfaced in 1996, when Eric Harris created a private website on America Online. The origi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Firearms
In the months prior to the attacks, Harris and Klebold illegally acquired a TEC-DC9 semi-automatic handgun, a Hi-Point 9 x 19 mm carbine,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - April 20 1999: Shooting At Columbine High
Note: All times are in Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-6 At 11:10 AM on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold arrived at Col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Aftermath
On April 21, bomb squads combed the high school. The official death toll of fifteen was released at 8:30 AM. At 10:00 AM, the bomb squad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - April 20, 1999: Shooting At Columbine High
Note: All times are in Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-6 At 11:10 AM on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold arrived at Col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbine High School Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbine High School Massacre - Firearms
In the months prior to the attacks, Harris and Klebold illegally acquired a TEC-DC9 semi-automatic handgun, a Hi-Point 9 x 19 mm carbine,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexican Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexican Revolution - Huerta's Reign
With Madero dead, Huerta seized power. This usurpation of power was supported by the landed aristocracy, who saw this as an effort to res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gas Chamber: Encyclopedia Ii - Gas Chamber - United States
Gas chambers have been used for capital punishment in the United States in the past to execute criminals, especially convicted murderers....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanic Ritual Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanic Ritual Abuse - Prevalence
Those who believe that there is organized Satanic ritual abuse going on in the United States claim that large numbers of people there are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Suicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Suicide - Suspected Cult Suicides
Cult suicide - Branch Davidians. The April 1993 deaths of the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas was deemed to be a cult suicide by vari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu New York - Geography
Corfu is located at 42°57'31" North, 78°24'14" West (42.958662, -78.403938)GR1. Murder Creek, a tributary of the Tonawanda Creek, flows...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selby: Encyclopedia Ii - Selby - History
King Henry I, fourth son of William the Conquerer, was born in Selby in either 1068 or 1069. Selby boasts an abbey which was founded by B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Daytona Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - South Daytona Florida - Geography
South Daytona is located at 29°9'55" North, 81°0'33" West (29.165310, -81.009057)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zankou Chicken: Encyclopedia Ii - Zankou Chicken - Origins
The chain was established within the United States in 1984 by the Iskenderian family, an Armenian family from Beirut, Lebanon that immigr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garza: Encyclopedia Ii - Garza - From Texas
Garza - People. Cayetano Garza – an American comic designer and illustrator Emilio M. Garza – an American judge on the United Stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Terrorism - Christian Terrorism In The United States
In the United States, the most frequent examples of Christian terrorism include the intimidation of abortion clinic employees and patrons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolutionary Communist Party Usa: Encyclopedia Ii - Revolutionary Communist Party Usa - 1980s
As a result of criminal indictments in 1981 stemming from a demonstration at the White House against Deng Xiaoping, RCP National Chairman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Deaths Caused By Humans
List of wars and disasters by death toll - War and military action. These figures include deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Deaths Caused By Natural Disasters
List of wars and disasters by death toll - Earthquake. 830,000 - Shaanxi earthquake (China, 1556) 286,000 - Indian Ocean earthquake &a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Death From Other Causes
List of wars and disasters by death toll - Fire. ca. 2,500 - Church of La Compana (Santiago, Chile, 1863) ca. 2,000 - Peshtigo Fire, (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Washington D.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Washington D.c. - Historic Trends
At the peak of the violent crime wave in the early 1990s, Washington, D.C., was known as the "murder capital" of the United States. The n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobson's Choice: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobson's Choice - Hobson's Choice In Law
Then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist used the term in his dissenting opinion in City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey (1978), 437 U.S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Country-specific Murder Law
Murder - United Kingdom. About 850 murders per year (reported in 2000) are committed in the United Kingdom. This is low compared to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Other Uses Of The Word
The word "murder" is sometimes used colloquially to mean some forms of mistreatment, e.g. a bad singer "murdering" a song, or describing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Murder Demographics
Murder occurrences vary wildly among different countries and societies. In the Western world, murder rates in most countries have decline...   » Read the article