Crime
The outrage from mainstream news outlets over the Casey Marie Anthony acquittal reveals widespread misconceptions about the rule of law and felony conviction rates. Although Anthony was convicted of providing false information to investigation authorities and is likely to be released early on account of time already served, the most ardent critics of this case [...]
Hello Beaconhell readers! I think I can speak for both Princess and myself when I say we are so very glad to have you here. In any case, I am just testing the waters this evening as Princess has invited me to be a contributing writer here on the BeaconHell blog and I am honored [...]
I try very hard not to be a “victim blamer” and do always try to look at all sides of a situation before making an opinion about it. I like to be educated about a situation before I make statements. Am I always right? Nope, not even close and a lot of times my [...]
Caylee Anthony has not become the face of missing and murdered children in this country, she has become THE murdered child in this country. The constant coverage of the case makes it seem as if no other child has been kidnapped or murdered since 2008. Everyone seems to have tunnel vision, focused directly on Casey [...]
Katherine “Kate” Phillips is 4-months old and is missing from her Michigan home. Her father, Sean Michael Phillips, is the last known person to see her. He and Kate’s mother, Ariel Courtland, had an argument on the date that Kate went missing – Wednesday, June 29. At at 1:14 p.m. on that day, Courtland called [...]
In the past weeks, the nation has been preoccupied with the Casey Anthony trial and today there are those who are participating in the gnashing of the teeth and pounding of heads because the “justice system failed Caylee”. BLAH BLAH BLAH Woe is me, woe is you, woe for the murdered baby…ad nauseum. Trial [...]
On December 3 1957 at around 6:15 PM, seven-year old, Maria Ridulph, was playing at the intersection of Archie and Center Cross Streets with her friend, Cathy Sigman. Both girls lived in Sycamore, Illinois a tiny community that shadows Chicago some 50 miles to the west. It is a sleepy, little town and the main [...]
Jury selection has begun in the Anthony case and with the introduction of a voice and a number it is very curious what you can hear when you don’t see a person’s face, but can only hear their voice. Court will again be in session this morning in Pinellas County, Florida and the process of [...]
Monday, March cccc9, 1992, the nude body of Amy Hooper was found face up on the floor of her Lincoln Village apartment in Columbus, Ohio in western Franklin County. Her hands had been loosely bound, she was bludgeoned and stabbed to death. Amy worked at Bermans Leather in the Westland Mall in Columbus. On Monday, [...]
Last summer 14-year old, Edwin McFarlane, of Minneola, Florida was arrested and charged with felony false imprisonment after he led a 3-year-old girl away from her mother at the Burlington Coat Factory on June 10, 2010. On June 29, 2010 the Sheriff’s Department asked that the charges against Edwin be dropped. As the video clearly [...]
