Justice & Punishment

On 4 August 2002, two 10-year-old girls went missing around 6 pm in the evening in the village of Soham, Cambridgeshire. Their story and that of the man who took …
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On July 2, 1931 at 6:00pm, German serial killer Peter Kürten was walked to the guillotine alongside a priest and a psychiatrist. After a 10-day trial, Kürten was convicted of …
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When a vicious double murder was carried out in the early hours of 1 November 2004, the last thing anyone expected was the perpetrator to be revealed as a friend …
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When one person plans and carries out a murder, their motives are personal to them, rarely discussed with others. When people band together, they push each other forward, feed off …
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When it comes to murder women are most noted for utilizing a deadly poison to snuff out the life of their intended victim. However, men are not averse to using …
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On 1 June 1984, 7-year-old Mark Tildesley went missing. A happy little boy who lived with his parents and older brother in the centre of Wokingham in Berkshire, South East …
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A man who stabbed his ex-boyfriend six times killing him during an argument has been found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter by an Australian jury at Brisbane Supreme …
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The case of Marty Tankleff is one now used around the world to highlight the dangers of false confessions, both to the innocent lives they can destroy and to law …
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Recent years have seen more and more citizen groups banding together to hunt down perverted individuals grooming children online. These are members of the public so concerned by the predatory …
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When a murder goes unsolved, it causes a breakdown between law enforcement and the surviving family of the victim. The public often scrutinizes police agencies for failing to ensure that …
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