Shocking True Stories Of Citizens Who Took The Law Into Their Own Hands
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Shocking True Stories Of Citizens Who Took The Law Into Their Own Hands
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Author : Gary Provost
language : en
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Release Date : 2015-12-17
Shocking True Stories Of Citizens Who Took The Law Into Their Own Hands written by Gary Provost and has been published by Crossroad Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-17 with categories.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE They are battered women, grieving parents, and burglarized homeowners who responded to criminal violence by taking the law into their own hands. Their cases have struck a deep chord in American society. Are they victims of a failing judicial system or criminals themselves? True crime writer Gary Provost examines the stories of ordinary citizens who have taken on the roles of judge, jury and — sometimes — executioner. Are their acts a higher form of justice...or merely revenge? You decide: * Bernhard Goetz, who shot four teenagers when they approached him on a subway train and demanded money * The young man who gunned down his own friend for killing his teenaged sister in a drunk-driving accident * The mother who risked her life to track down and apprehend her daughter's rapist * "Grambo," the Dallas grandmother who held a burglar at gunpoint for forty-five minutes while waiting for the police * The battered wife who hired a hit man to murder her husband after seventeen years of abuse Fascinating, penetrating, and chilling, Into Their Own Hands is a controversial and thought-provoking look at what's wrong with crime and punishment in America today and what happens when victims don't just get mad — they get even.
Perfect Husband
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Author : Gary Provost
language : en
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Release Date : 2016-07-11
Perfect Husband written by Gary Provost and has been published by Crossroad Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-11 with True Crime categories.
As seen on A Current Affair—the shocking story of Florida's most bizarre multiple murder case. As Lisa and Kosta Fotopoulos lay sleeping in their home, a burglar broke in and shot Lisa at point-blank range in the head. Miraculously, she survived to learn the sobering truth about her would-be assassin—and about her sociopathic husband's deadly agenda.
Vigilantes And The Media 8 Horrific True Crime Stories Of Vigilantes
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Author : James Parker
language : en
Publisher: Murder for Justice
Release Date : 2019-03-03
Vigilantes And The Media 8 Horrific True Crime Stories Of Vigilantes written by James Parker and has been published by Murder for Justice this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-03 with True Crime categories.
Have you ever imagined the life of a vigilante to be exciting? Do you see them as righters of wrongs and seekers of justice? Or are they something more sinister? Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this book, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we examine the lives of real vigilantes who often had their own agendas, like: Manuel Pardo Jr, who killed drug dealers and other criminals Pedro Filho who tackled Brazil's murderers and rapists with a ruthless brutality Patrick Drum, who killed pedophiles for fun Bernard Goetz who became tired of New York's subway muggers and exacted his own revenge Barry Gilton and Lupe Mercado who took revenge on a gang only for their own sordid lives to be revealed Each of the cases examined is true and each one of the vigilantes portrayed has their own shocking secret and motive behind their actions. Read on and be amazed at how these people took the law into their own hands, often for the most spurious of reasons and often for their own gain as well.
A Few Days Full Of Trouble
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Author : Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: One World
Release Date : 2023-01-10
A Few Days Full Of Trouble written by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and has been published by One World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a boy, critical insights into the recent investigation, and powerful lessons for racial reckoning, both then and now. New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • “In this moving and important book, the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson give us a unique window onto the anguished search for justice in a case whose implications shape us still.”—Jon Meacham In 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched. That remains an undisputed fact of the case that ignited a flame within the Civil Rights Movement that has yet to be extinguished. Yet the rest of the details surrounding the event remain distorted by time and too many tellings. What does justice mean in the resolution of a cold case spanning nearly seven decades? In A Few Days Full of Trouble, this question drives a new perspective on the story of Emmett Till, relayed by his cousin and best friend—the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., a survivor of the night of terror when young Emmett was taken from his family’s rural Mississippi Delta home in the dead of night. Rev. Parker offers an emotional and suspenseful page-turner set against a backdrop of reporting errors and manipulations, racial reckoning, and political pushback—and he does so accompanied by never-before-seen findings in the investigation, the soft resurrection of memory, and the battle-tested courage of faith. A Few Days Full of Trouble is a powerful work of truth-telling, a gift to readers looking to reconcile the weight of the past with a hope for the future.
Persecuting Athena
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Author : Marion Schuler
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2015-07-17
Persecuting Athena written by Marion Schuler and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Imagine growing up in a country where one in every four girls will be raped before they turn eighteen. Now realize that you already live there. For one family, that statistic became an impossible reality when their teenage daughter was assaulted by A friend when she was just fifteen. The rape of teenage girls by boys they know, and often trust, is a silent epidemic in North America. Bravely, Athena stepped up to become one of only an estimated 1 to 2 percent of acquaintance-rape victims who report the crime to police. What could keep a rape victim from coming forward to demand justice? It was a question that haunted the familyand one that inspired Athenas mother, Marion Schuler, to action. Written from a mothers point of view, Persecuting Athena tells the heartbreaking story of one teen survivors fight for justice in Canadas legal system only to be treated as a criminal herself. Marion believed that her daughters rape was the worst thing that could have happened to herbut she could not have been more wrong. At times, the family feared for Athenas survival. The young woman endured victim blaming by all levels of the legal system, and the experience almost destroyed what had been a stellar young woman. The events in Persecuting Athena are shocking but painfully true. It is past the time when concerned citizens must demand the social changes needed to save our daughters.
The Nineteenth Century
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
The Nineteenth Century written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with categories.
Islam And Global Dialogue
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Author : Roger Boase
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Islam And Global Dialogue written by Roger Boase and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with Religion categories.
At a time when the world is becoming increasingly interdependent, multi-cultural and multi-religious, the concept of religious pluralism is under assault as a result of hatred, prejudice and misunderstanding from both religious exclusivists and dogmatic secularists. In this important and timely book, twenty internationally acclaimed scholars and leading religious thinkers respond to contemporary challenges in different ways. Some discuss the idea of a dialogue of civilisations; others explore the interfaith principles and ethical resources of their own spiritual traditions. All of them reject the notion that any single religion can claim a monopoly of wisdom; all are committed to the ideal of a just and peaceful society in which people of different religions and cultures can happily coexist. More space is here given to Islam than to Judaism and Christianity because, as a result of negative stereotypes, it is the most misunderstood of the major world religions. HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan contributes the Foreword.
American Literature Lynching And The Spectator In The Crowd
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Author : Debbie Lelekis
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2015-10-08
American Literature Lynching And The Spectator In The Crowd written by Debbie Lelekis and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
American Literature, Lynching, and the Spectator in the Crowd: Spectacular Violence examines spectatorship in American literature at the turn of the twentieth century, focusing on texts by Theodore Dreiser, Miriam Michelson, Irvin S. Cobb, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. The spectator functions as a lens through which we view the relationship between violence and social change as depicted in the politically-charged crowds of fictional lynch mob scenes that expose the central tension of American democracy—the struggle for balance between the rights of the individual and the demands of the community. This has played out in American fiction through clashes between crowds and the primarily rural images that have so often been used to describe America. While this pastoral vision of America has dominated the study of American literature, this book argues for a reassessment of fiction that takes into consideration that the way the country defines itself collectively is as significant as the way its people define themselves individually. This study distinguishes itself from others by bringing together journalism, crowds, lynching, spectatorship, and literature in new and innovative ways that uncover how American literature at the turn of the twentieth century confronted and pushed beyond passive observation and static visual performances, which are traditionally associated with the terms "spectator" and "spectacle." The crowds in fictional lynch mob scenes clash with the idea of positive collective action because the crowd's vigilantism defies legitimate legal and democratic processes. Lynch mobs, in contrast to other crowds like strikes or political rallies, do not reclaim the democratic process from the control of the powerful and wealthy, but rather oppose those practices violently without regard to justice. As a figure who is simultaneously within and outside the crowd, the spectator (often in the form of a reporter character) is in a unique position to express the fractures occurring between the individual and the collective in American society. Racial conflicts are a key aspect of the crowd scenes examined. American writers contended with these issues by using the spectator to observe, question, and challenge readers to consider the impact on the structure of American society.
If A Wicked Man
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Author : John Lawson
language : en
Publisher: Bridge Logos Inc
Release Date : 2019
If A Wicked Man written by John Lawson and has been published by Bridge Logos Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Evangelists categories.
The True Crime Biography of John Lawson, born in Scotland and raised in South Africa until the age of ten where his policeman father locked him home alone and never returned. Rescued after four days without food he was sent back to Scotland where rage grew inside. In Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and London's Soho his fighting skills and courage made him a man with a reputation among the gangs and violent men running the clubs where vice and prostitution were rife. Riding with a biker gang, trained as a bodyguard and graduating to 'debt collecting' for international racketeers his life was full of brutality and crime. It was only when serving his third jail sentence that he found the way to escape the prison of brutality that his life had become. A remarkable story of one man's escape from his past life by finding The Truth that set him free.
Evelina The Omega
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Author : David Gomadza
language : en
Publisher: David Gomadza
Release Date :
Evelina The Omega written by David Gomadza and has been published by David Gomadza this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
This is book 2 of the Evelina series. Things get even hot. Raised stakes and a matter of life or death. Mankind’s existence rest on the shoulders of one woman. The Omega. The first woman has become the last woman. The only true seal. What if it was all planned before this world was created?