True Crime

Findings by trial courts are generally accorded with great respect by the appellate courts, more so that the Supreme Court is not a trier of facts but of questions of law. Public officer who helped his guilty brother escape does not incur  criminal liability as ties of blood constitutes a more powerful incentive than the call of duty. One can not be held guilty of instigating the commission of the crime without first showing that the crime has been actually committed by another. But if the one charged as principal by direct participation be acquitted because he acted without criminal intent or malice, it is not a ground for the acquittal of the principal by inducement.
Both Bryon’s mother, Carol Peterson Naisbitt, and Stanley’s father, Orren Walker, arrived at the store to look for their children where they suffered the same fate. Mother-of-seven Gertrude Baniszewski was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Likens’ parents had paid Baniszewski $20-a-week to care of her and their other daughter Jenny.

Then, the filmmakers hire a bounty hunter to find Smith, and hopefully allow his victims to bring him to justice. Three days after the killing of de Chavez, panicked family members contacted local journalists, saying that a group of masked gunmen who they believed were de Chavez’s killers had returned to the neighborhood. An hour later, a group of seven masked armed men were seen entering the public cemetery adjacent to the alley where de Chavez was killed. Residents heard gunshots and then saw the gunmen leave, and later found the body of a 27-year-old woman called “Joan,” whose real name is unknown, dead from gunshot wounds.
As for the assassination of JFK, there are too many books to count. This is another one of those true crime documentaries that will stay with you after the credits roll. The Witnessrecounts the case of Kitty Genovese, who was murdered in March 1964 in New York City. It was widely reported that 38 people saw or heard her murder, but did nothing to stop it. Genovese’s brother strives to answer this critical question about his sister’s murder  in this powerful documentary.

UNODC supports balanced, people-centred, evidence- and rights-based approaches to drug control, rooted in the agreed international conventions and standards. After the Senate sought to investigate the killings in July, dela Rosa attacked the effort as “legal harassment,” claiming the investigations would “dampen the morale” of Philippine National Police officers. On January 7, 2017, a police officer detained de Chavez after she left the house of one of her transgender friends. While no drugs were found on her, the police officer found incriminating messages on her mobile phone that appeared to refer to drug dealing. Neighbors later told the relative that the armed men responsible for shooting Maderal had trailed Maderal and Avanceña to the home.
Criticisms and negative publicity forced Sister Teresing to leave the convent in the 1950’s. Initial investigations dismissed the apparition as “non-supernatural” but when a bishop confessed in his deathbed that he was forced to sign the agreement, the case was reopened in 1991. When asked about what happened, the confused soldier told the authorities that prior to the incident, he was just resting against a wall inside the Palacio Del Gobernador in the Philippines.

According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, the latter was best exemplified when Luna challenged a Spanish journalist named Mir Deas to a duel. It didn’t happen, of course, as Luna was famous for his superior skills in swordsmanship. However, this dark side of Luna’s personality is the same thing blamed for the general’s untimely death. Such is the case with unsolved mysteries, the enigma of which seems to challenge what local history textbooks have taught us over the years. From a mysterious creature that looks like Bigfoot‘s distant cousin to gruesome murders that have left unanswered questions, Philippine history has its own way to fascinate the mystery buff in us.
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Authorities believe incest rape happens across all social classes, all over the country. DSWD data says majority of incest victims are girls between the ages of 14 and 17. “He came to me and I was surprised as he grabbed and forced me to undress my shorts and panty, prompting me to stand immediately.
On October 4, at about 7 p.m., Jana was busy repainting his moto taxi in the street in front of his rented room when about 20 men—some in police uniform and at least a half dozen in civilian dress—entered the area in an apparent anti-drug operation. Mirano’s relative disputes the police claim that he even owned a gun, telling Human Rights Watch, “Virgilio couldn’t even afford to buy food, we had to support him as he lacked a steady job—how could he have afforded a handgun? ” The relative also disputed that there had been a gunfight, telling Human Rights Watch that Mirano had only gone out to buy coffee and had been taken from his home and killed by the armed men. However, at about 6 p.m., a group of masked armed men took Danilo from the barangay municipal office. Shortly afterwards, his body was found under a bridge one block away from the municipal office. His relatives said that his entire head had been wrapped in packing tape, and his hands had been tied behind his back.

The culprit promised to murder three children at the camp. Knowing that young campers enjoy telling scary stories around the campfire, the camp counselor dismissed the threatening note as nothing more than a prank—a decision she would come to regret. Naturally, Charles was the prime suspect in this heinous crime.
When only an aggravating circumstance is present in the commission of the act, they shall impose the penalty in its maximum period. When only a mitigating circumstance is present in the commission of the act, they shall impose the penalty in its minimum period. When there are neither mitigating nor aggravating circumstances in the commission of the deed, the lesser penalty shall be applied. The circumstances which consist in the material execution of the act, or in the means employed to accomplish it, shall serve to aggravate or mitigate the liability of those persons only who had knowledge of them at the time of the execution of the act or their cooperation therein.
Every Thurdsay, they explore a real-life parable of a haunting crime, and the consequences that befall the culprits. Readers expecting an SVU-style true-crime story will be disappointed by Lost Girls. When the convoy reached a checkpoint along a hilly portion of the route, a group  of around 100 armed men led by Ampatuan Jr. appeared and commandeered the vehicles.