Category Archives: Murder & Manslaughter
Manslaughter Charges for Daytona Man Who Fatally Punched Woman
A bar fight turned deadly near the International Speedway Boulevard in Daytona Beach, when a man punched a woman in the face after being kicked out of the establishment. According to a police statement published in the Orlando Sentinel on May 2, 2017, the incident occurred because the man made unwanted advances toward the… Read More »
International Extradition Brings Fugitive Back to Tampa to Face Homicide Charges
A man who fled the country in an attempt to avoid murder charges was recently returned to the U.S. by officials in Spain via international extradition proceedings, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Reporter. The fugitive is facing numerous charges in connection with a wrong-way car accident in 2012, which killed one… Read More »
Attempted Murder in Florida: Act Plus Intent
A Sarasota County Sheriff’s Deputy is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, stemming from his relationship with an elderly woman he befriended during a service call in October 2016. According to a Miami Herald report, the man scammed the woman out of $65,000 and gave away her dog on Craigslist in the months that… Read More »
Mistrial, Second Retrial in Dalia Dippolito Murder-for-Hire Case
The murder-for-hire case of Dalia Dippolito took another interesting twist recently as a judge declared a mistrial in her retrial, due to a jury deadlock at three guilty votes and three not guilty votes. According to the Palm Beach Post, the case will now head to a second retrial on charges that Dippolito attempted… Read More »
Acquittal on Murder Charges Proves A Good Defense Works
In a case that shocked business owners along the quaint streets of Historic Downtown Melbourne, FL, a man died in a bar parking lot after an incident involving an altercation with another individual. The matter was ruled a homicide and police arrested the second man after conducting a thorough investigation, which included interviews with… Read More »
The Parallels between Intimate Terrorism and Mass Terrorism
In our day and age when mass shootings have become sadly more and more commonplace, society seeks to determine what the driving forces are behind this new epidemic. After the Orlando shooting, the desire to understand and hopefully resolve these menaces to personal well-being and a sense of security and safety in our day-to-day… Read More »
“Murderabilia” and “Son of Sam” Laws in Florida
In our society, there is morbid curiosity and significant interest in the crimes that others commit. American cinema delves further into this interest by romanticizing common burglaries as “heists” and attempting to get into the psyche of murders, in particular, serial murderers. This interest extends beyond just cinema, as more often people are looking… Read More »
Twenty-Eight Year Sentence for Food Poisoning Sheds Light on the Crime of Food Poisoning
In September 2015, a peanut company executive, Steve Parnell, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in the distribution of peanut butter contaminated by salmonella that led to the deaths of nine victims and seriously sickened at least 714 people. Parnell was convicted by a jury and was found to have… Read More »