Major Crimes and True Crime

'Child kidnapper' jumps off balcony onto car roof - and right into the clutches of angry crowd armed with sticks Watch The Video   Out of the frying pan into the fire - man made jump for it after the child's mother snatched daughter back but could only land right in front of furious armed gang An alleged child kidnapper jumped off an apartment block balcony and landing on a car roof in a dramatic moment which was caught on camera. But even then his getaway was thwarted when he ran into a group of waiting neighbours, all armed with sticks. The man, from Foshan in China's Guangdong Province, has been accused of attempting to snatch a six-year-old girl from the building.  It is believed that the girl's mother noticed him in the corridor of the residential building as he tried to grab the child. The girl's mother immediately fought off the suspected kidnapper and took her child back. During the incident, she managed to capture the attention of the neighbours b...

How the process of an execution by gas chamber, in the U.S., looks like I wasn’t a pleasant way to die. It had to be very emotional and stressful despite an inmate waiting for the execution for a long time. First, the inmate was sent to have a shower. After the shover he got the clothes. In the past, they often gave a white shirt , black pants to men and a skirt to women. But in the modern era, were inmates executed in a one colour prison uniform. The inmate could have his last call, last meal, and write a goodbye letter. According to many resources, they probably didn’t give to the inmate any shoes after the shower. That’s because inmates in a gas chamber were executed barefooted. So he had to go the whole way from the cell to the gas chamber without shoes so they often put a carpet on the floor to don’t let the inmate walk on cold concrete as he had bare feet. When they entered the gas chamber, guards strapped the inmate to the chair and asked him to say his last words. Then the...

Reasons why capital punishment was removed from the UK At one point the United Kingdom had no less than 220 crimes that were punishable by death, and included such monstrous behavior as "being in the company of Gypsies for one month", "strong evidence of malice in a child aged 7–14 years of age," "blacking the face or using a disguise whilst committing a crime," and theft of any object worth more than 12 pence. The law in question was called the Bloody Code. Most of this had to do with the wealthy trying to deter crimes against property, although I'm not sure how executing children for "strong evidence of malice" was supposed to help anything. Anyway, in time people got sick of it, and Europeans in general were especially sick of executions after the Second World War, when vast numbers of people were legally murdered by the Nazis. In 1950 a Welshman named Timothy Evans was tried and hanged for the murder of his wife and baby daughter, an...

The horrific execution of Clayton Lockett by lethal injection this spring in Oklahoma took an astonishing 43 minutes to complete. Together with other botched killings, the incident has focused attention on the inexperience and incompetence that now accompanies many executions in America.  "After he died, an autopsy showed potentially toxic levels of the drug in his system, suggesting he also attempted an overdose before he was executed."   So he might have done this to himself with the drug reaction issue.  Who knows if it would have been this bad if he hadn't attempted to OD first.   But if you read about what he did to that girl, he deserved every second of that agony.  He buried a girl alive for shit's sake! Guillotines have moving parts and require mechanical maintenance and lubrication (plenty of failed beheading by guillotine in France when it was in vogue), they're also needlessly bloody when a bag of nitrogen accomplishes the same goal. ...

Reasons why death row prisoners executed at Midnight I used to wonder why executions were held at or as close to midnight on the date of the death warrant. I did some research awhile back and spoke to several corrections officers and one warden. Executions are very difficult emotionally on prison personnel and the other prisoners in general. They have had time to get to know these people up close and personal—not about their crimes, but their wives, children and family. In short, they have become humanized waiting for their sentences to be carried out and they will be taking part in ending their lives. During the late hours, the prison is quieter, other prisoners are asleep and locked down. A “rehearsal” is conducted the day before an execution so each person will know his or her role in the process. It is a very sad state of affairs when a life is taken after having known the person for years on end. When a woman is in the holding cell, it is doubly difficult for the prison. If y...

Reasons why France use the guillotine as a method of capital punishment Originally? Because it was the most painless way to kill someone. The inventor, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, was very clear about his intention to botched and painful executions. In an era before firearms and pharmaceutical solutions, the quickest way to execute someone was to chop of their head. That, itself, was a nod to civility, as the alternative was something like hanging (which could result in slow strangulation) or other methods that were actually intended to be as long and painful as possible. Beheading might look gruesome, but it’s definitive and it’s quick. (People still argue over whether it’s actually painless or not, but it was clearly as quick a method as they had). The problem was, you were depending on the skill of the headsman. Taking off someone’s head with a single blow is very difficult, and it wasn’t uncommon for executions to require more than one hit, and end up being unnecessarily trau...

How scared are people who are about to be executed There have been a wide range of emotional responses from those facing execution, from extreme fear to surprising calmness. Some individuals show bravado or acceptance, while others experience panic or seek spiritual comfort in their final moments. Carl Panzram, a notorious serial killer in the U.S., was caught, tried and sentenced to death. When the hangman was fitting the noose over his head, Panzram remarked, “Hurry up, you bastard, I could kill a dozen men with my bare hands while you are fooling around.” He was more worried about the safety of the executioner than for himself! Carl Panzram Irma Grese was a female SS guard, and has caused untold atrocities to Jewish and other women in Nazi camps such as Bergen-Belsen, Ravensbruck and Auschwitz. That awful woman was sentenced to death by hanging by a British Military Court in 1946. Upon execution, she was also recorded as saying to the executioner, “Hurry, please. Hurry.” In a h...

There is a video footage of concentration camps taken by the Nazis before they were liberated I know this sounds morbid... but I like to learn about history, even when the subject matter covers heinous atrocities like the holocaust. I’ve always been curious about this since the only footage I’ve seen seems to have been taken by the soldiers who liberated the camps (heartbreaking footage of things like the mass graves, piles of shoes, bones in gas chambers, etc) but I feel like this is definitely something the nazis would have documented and while I’m sure they destroyed some evidence of it, I’m doubtful they were able to get rid of all of it. So, does footage like this exist? Where would one who is interested in the history of the holocaust find such films? Making photos and films of any camps or executions was generally forbidden without permission. Permission was sometimes given, however. First of all, when the Nazis wanted to produce propaganda. The Theresienstadt propaganda fo...

Reasons why Eddie Slovik was executed for desertion during World War II while other deserter's sentences were reduced Why was Eddie Slovik executed for desertion during World War ll while other deserter's sentences were reduced?  while watching the American Heroes Channe,  I heard about Norman Cota and went to Wikipedia to learn more. I came across Eddie Slovik, who | learned was a World War Il deserter through links from Cota's page. As I was readingl I came across this: Colonel Robert C. Bard of the judge advocates general's office noted that of the 2,864 army personnel tried for desertion for the period January 1942 through June 1948, 49 were convicted and sentenced to death, and 48 of those sentences were voided by higher authority. Norman Cota approved the death sentence, and Slovik later, I wrote Eisenhower a letter. Eisenhower confirmed the execution citing the necessity of discouraging other deserters. So why was only Slovik chosen to be executed? There wer...

The True Story Behind The Dark Wizard, HBO's Docuseries About Free Climber Dean Potter On the evening of May 16, 2015, Dean Potter and fellow climber Graham Hunt stood atop Taft Point, a granite overlook thousands of feet above Yosemite Valley. Below them, the valley floor stretched into shadow. Far beneath the jump point was a narrow notch in a ridgeline, the kind of gap wingsuit flyers attempt to thread at speeds often exceeding 100 miles per hour. The margin for error was vanishingly small; so was the time they would have to correct it. The men jumped. For roughly 15 seconds, Potter, then 43, and Hunt, 29, moved through open air in wingsuits, their bodies held aloft by fabric webbing stretched between their arms and legs. Then both struck the rock wall; neither deployed a parachute. Both men died immediately upon impact. Hunt, a Yosemite local and Potter’s regular flying partner, had been regarded by those who knew him as a gifted wingsuit flyer, though during his five year...

Woman caught on CCTV admits keying cars in Buckie A woman has admitted keying cars in her Moray hometown of Buckie after footage of the vandalism went viral. Hazel Innes, 44, scratched the side of three cars while out walking her dog. One owner, Shona Coull, caught Innes in the act in January after setting up a CCTV camera outside her home. The video was viewed more than 500,000 times after it was posted online. Innes admitted vandalism at Elgin Sheriff Court. Sentence was deferred for reports. Ms Coull posted the 23-second video of her white BMW X3 being damaged on social media in the hope that someone would recognise the culprit.

Shocking! Doctor Caught On Camera Beating Patient On Operating Table During Surgery (Photos+Video) Watch the video   In what will come across as the highest level of unprofessionallism, a female doctor has been seen beating a patient while on the operating table. A horrific video has emerged from China of the moment a female doctor beats a patient on the operating table over an alleged dispute about medical bills. According to Daily Mail, the footage was said to be secretly filmed last September by nurses at the private hospital in Inner Mongolia’s Hohhot as they wanted to expose the doctor’s behaviour. But it wasn’t until March 8 that they gave it to a TV station to be shared among the public. It was thought that the female surgeon was trying to ask for more money from the patient who was already on the operating table. In the 60-second video that has been filmed using a hidden camera, the female patient is clearly in distress. She lies on the operation table wearing nothin...

Kamilla Belyatskaya's pink yoga mat could be seen floating in the water after she was pulled into the ocean Footage shows the final moments of a Russian woman named Kamilla Belyatskaya before she was swept away by the ocean while performing yoga on some nearby rocks. Aspiring actor Kamilla was on vacation with her boyfriend on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand when she decided to set up her pink yoga mat by the side of the ocean on Friday (November 29). Kamilla was caught on CCTV footage arriving in a parking lot near the viewpoint shortly before 1pm local time. She could be seen taking her pink mat from the trunk before walking down to the viewpoint, and images from the scene showed Kamilla visible on the rocks, sitting on top of the yoga mat. However, by 1:30pm Bo Phut Police received a report that she had been swept away from the rocks. Onlookers saw Kamilla get hit by a large wave which washed her into the ocean, where she struggled to stay afloat. One man who saw Ka...

Woman’s kidnapping caught on camera in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (KRON) – Los Angeles police are searching for a woman after her kidnapping was caught on camera. In the surveillance video , the victim is seen talking to a man. The woman tries to walk away and the suspect opens the door to his van. He then grabs the woman by her hair and throws her into his vehicle. According to police, there was another person in the passenger seat, who throws something out the window. Police don’t know the name of the victim but based on the video they believe the man and woman may know each other.

Body cam footage shows South Carolina police officer saving choking infant Caught on Camera: South Carolina police officer saves choking baby BELTON, South Carolina -- A police officer in South Carolina is being hailed as a hero after saving an infant from choking. The dramatic and terrifying incident was all caught on the officer's body camera. [Ads /] For 4-month-old Maryelle and her mother Kiersten Nivens, there are many firsts. But this is one incident Kiersten hopes will be the first and the last. "We had a really, really bad scare. I tried to give her some Tylenol and she took a deep breath - whenever I was trying to give it to her and she immediately started choking on it," she told WHNS-TV. The choking spell sent Kiersten into a panic, and with her dead cell phone in her hand, she ran outside. "I had her arms and I was just calling for help. She just stopped breathing because she was choking so bad," she said. Neighbors called 911 and began praying....

There was a punishment in the basement of block 11 of Auschwitz, and it left no marks on the flesh, yet teddy-bears with the inside broken out. These were referred to as Standing Cells. These were small stone boxes, small enough to make one feel like being an imprisoned bird in a chimney. No Space to Move The guards would snatch four inmates and make them get on their knees and squeeze through a small opening on the wall. As soon as they got inside, the door was closed. Space was inadequate to sit down. Space was lacking to bend the knees. The four individuals were forced to stand together, shoulder to shoulder in the dark and breathe on one another hours on. A Day of Work, A Night of Standing What made this so really evil was the time of the year. These prisoners were not confined in the cells throughout the day. When the daytime came, they were capitalized to work hard just like the rest of the people. These prisoners were sent to the basement, whereas the remaining part of the...