https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr The Death Penalty: Curtis McCarthy & ... en-us 2019-03-25 19:06:24 UTC 2019-03-26 07:15:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344986615 Pamela Kaye Willis was an 18 year-old-girl who was found nude, stabbed, and strangled. Murdered on December 10, 1982, Curtis McCarthy was the number one suspect in the case due to his close relationship with victim. McCarthy was convicted for the crime on March 29, 1986, and after serving 21 years in prison on death row, DNA testing from the crime scene exonerated McCarthy setting him free on May 11, 2007.]]> 2019-03-25 19:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344986615 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344986761 On November 21, 1973 Troy Gregg shot and killed two men he was hitch hiking with and robbed them taking off with the money and the gun he used on them. His victim's names were Fred Edward Simmons and Bob Durwood Moore, he was arrested for the crime on November 24, 1973 and was convicted and sent to death row, however the day before his execution he escaped prison and got into a bar fight a few days later that he died in during the month of July 1980.]]> 2019-03-25 19:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344986761 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344986807 Innocent]]> 2019-03-25 19:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344986807 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344987067 Guilty ]]> 2019-03-25 19:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344987067 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344987173 the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime.]]> 2019-03-25 19:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/344987173 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345102163 2019-03-26 05:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345102163 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345104131 Part of the evidence in Gregg's case was the testing of the bullets in the victim's bodies found by forensic scientist and tested by methods of ballistics. When the police caught Gregg they found a .25-caliber automatic pistol in his pocket and tested it against the bullets found to find that there was a match between the gun and the bullets connecting him to the crime.]]> 2019-03-26 05:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345104131 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345105042 Dennis Weaver's eyewitness testimony identifying the car they were driving in and the headbands the victims were wearing also helped pin the crime onto Troy Gregg,]]> 2019-03-26 05:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345105042 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345107234 The DNA evidence tested that ultimately decided McCarthy's innocence was the testing between his hair and the hair found at the crime scene. Because the samples didn't match each other it was decided that Curtis was not at fault for the crime and that he was being exonerated due to improper forensic testing at the time of the crime.]]> 2019-03-26 06:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345107234 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345110546 2019-03-26 06:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345110546 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345110631 2019-03-26 06:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345110631 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345111875 I disagree with the death penalty because the prison system is supposed to help people get back on their feet and to reform them, also executing people because of their crimes doesn't make society any better than the criminals themselves.]]> 2019-03-26 06:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345111875 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345115039 The police found $103 that Gregg stole from Simmons and Moore.]]> 2019-03-26 07:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345115039 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345115338 Forensics Spring Midterm
Curtis McCarthy & Troy Gregg]]> 2019-03-26 07:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345115338 99035950 https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345115526 The Forensic Examiner, at the time of the crime during the first investigation, found semen at the crime scene that somewhat matched McCarthy's blood type making him responsible for the crime.]]> 2019-03-26 07:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/99035950/eke0hgo5nqhr/wish/345115526