Articles for tag: Insanity Plea

Karla News

The Six Concepts of Justice

There is no definitive model of criminal justice in the United States. Instead, one’s ideas on criminal justice are shaped by philosophical viewpoints, criminological theory, and the most up-to-date research. It the aforementioned factors that create the five models of criminal justice used today by all areas of the justice system. The first of these ...

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Haunted Athens, Ohio – the Ridges

The Ridges is now part of the Ohio University campus, but once was known as the Athens Mental Health Center (before that it was Athens Asylum for the Insane). As a part of the Ohio University campus, the main building has been renamed Lin Hall and contains the Kennedy Museum of Art. There have been ...

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The Ridges/Athens Medical Center: A Haunted, Ohio Mental Institution

For some reason, mental institutions are frequently rumored to be haunted, especially in the United States, and The Ridges is no exception. Horror movies frequently show these buildings as lumbering, hulking structures with cobwebs in the corners and ghosts lurking around every corner. Abandoned mental institutions are even worse for rumors of hauntings. Unfortunately for ...

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Serial Killer Profile: John Wayne Gacy

From simple things come intricate twists. John Wayne Gacy, on the outside, seemed to be a normal American man. He married a co-worker named Marilyn Jean Myer and eventually took over her fathers company. The couple had twins, lied the model suburban dream and everyone that knew them never suspected that a monster was lurking ...