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In 1994, Christopher Scarver beat Jeffrey Dahmer to death with a metal bar in prison, ending the life of one of the most notorious serial killers in history.
Read moreThe birth of forensics science can be attributed to Dr Joseph Bell whose observational techniques were the basis for the character of Sherlock Holmes.
Read moreWas William Heirens innocent? His confession to three murders as the Lipstick Killer in 1946 at just 17 years old has now come under question.
Read moreThe 1996 Port Arthur massacre remains one of the most deadly mass shootings in the world carried out by one individual.
Read moreEdward Lee Elmore served 29 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. In 2012, after 11’000 days in prison, he was finally a free man.
Read moreIn 1924 Leopold and Loeb were tried for murder with a passionate twelve hour plea for mercy by their defence attorney, Clarence Darrow.
Read moreRuth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged at London’s Holloway Prison in 1955 influencing the final abolishment of capital punishment in the UK.
Read moreIf the aims of prisons are to punish, deter and rehabilitate in order to reduce reoffending rates, they are not working particularly well.
Read moreWhen a juvenile life without parole sentence is given, there is no reform, no rehabilitation and no chance of release. Life means life.
Read moreAn assumption that the simple imprisonment of an individual away from their community will automatically produce a level of reform is naive. Prisons, it could be said, are communities of their own and humans are remarkable at adaptation.
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