Can you get away with murder? (people)

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by LinaJo76

Yeah, there are a lot of unsolved homicides/murders, but they aren't getting away with it. Even the Zodiac Killler is still talked about today, which means he is not going to get away with it, that's for sure.

There's no statue of limitations on murder. You can committ a murder 30 years ago and never got caught, but when they do catch you, you are going to be arrested and tried for it. No doubt.

I think he probably will die with his secret...


It seems fairly easy to commit the 'perfect crime' on paper. I mean the world is such a big place, there's a million ways you could do it. Although killers can't plan for everything and especially with the technology they have it's becoming harder and harder to pull it off.

[nitroae23]

Originally Posted by LinaJo76

Yeah, there are a lot of unsolved homicides/murders, but they aren't getting away with it. Even the Zodiac Killler is still talked about today, which means he is not going to get away with it, that's for sure.

There's no statue of limitations on murder. You can committ a murder 30 years ago and never got caught, but when they do catch you, you are going to be arrested and tried for it. No doubt.

Uh correct me if I am wrong,but they pretty much know who the Zodiac was,and thats because he told his stepson? P.S. As a youth,I spent most of my summers with the "Bulls",i.e. N.Y.P.D. detectives,my father and uncle both being "on the job".Those guys cleared alot of homicides,but believe you me,they weren't rocket scientists.Once,while I was typing out a "24"(detectives report of his activity of the preceding day) for my uncles partner,another guy typing next to me whispered "how do you spell CAT",I kid you not! Unfortunately,in those days,alot of confessions came from threats, intimidation and physical violence,and wouldn't stand up to scrutiny today.One of the numerous reasons I opted not to follow in their footsteps.Does anyone think I have a child labor case against the city! LOL

[gardener34]

The ones that get away with it are those who are on the fringe of society, and they purposefully pick victims no one cares about and will never miss.

[ShelbyCop]

Dane Cook (comedian) has a skit where he talks about the perfect method for hiding a murder weapon. It is pretty funny.

He basically says you should kill someone with a knife, clean it, then go to your neighbor's house for a get-together and hide the knife in their "junk knife drawer". Everyone has a drawer with random knives and other items, and they will never realize the knife isn't theirs. Nobody will ever find the weapon.

[Cliffie]

It is getting harder for ANY killer to get away with it. Look how they busted publicity hound BTK by tracing his computer disc back to his church. They're finally getting to the point where DNA testing is automatic and sort of affordable. And all the other disciplines, from fingerprinting to fiber analysis, are advancing nicely -- not to mention the ubiquity of spycams in stores and even houses. I wouldn't want to be a criminal right now.

When we were kids we used to daydream up ways to make our suicides look like murders, to frame our enemies as a sort of farewell thank-you note. That would have been tricky in those days, but I would expect it to be easier now.

[tablemtn]

Plenty of people get away with murder. One overlooked fact is that many murders aren't even investigated very intently. Particularly if the murder takes place in an area where murders are common, and the victim is someone with involvement in crime. Those cases are often only lightly investigated, then shelved after a short while if no obvious suspects emerge.

There are even several unsolved multiple murders from recent times. A case can go awry early if the initial responding investigators screw up the scene, which can happen if they have little or no experience with homicide investigations.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by gardener34

The ones that get away with it are those who are on the fringe of society, and they purposefully pick victims no one cares about and will never miss.

And with this mega-recession, there are more and more people falling into that category of "no one cares, who will ever miss them".

[LakeShoreSoxGo]

In California people get away with murder all the time.

5 sentenced in fatal beating of CA security guard (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/06/state/n224526S71.DTL&tsp=1 - broken link)

What they do is get people to plead out their second degree murder charges. The DA's drop to manslaughter and when you factor in that these people get good time, most people serve less than 10 years for a homicide in CA.

[Nbbphh]

Originally Posted by AnnieA

Here is one that is so sad and the little fellow never had a chance.

the time she received was nothing as to what that child endured. I wrote the prosecuting attorney about it, as well as, the reporter covering the case. He said a lot of people were shocked at how little time she got.
Dead toddler

This scenario is more common than most realize. In homicides of young children, the perpetrators are most often caretakers, and the incidents usually occur at home, unwitnessed by anyone other than by the perpetrator(s) and anyone else in the household, who may also be involved in the crime. Without witness accounts, these cases are difficult to prosecute.

To maximize the chances of a successful conviction, prosecutors will often focus on a single individual who they feel is most responsible (in this case, the boyfriend) and go easy on the other potential defendants (in this case, the mother), with plans of using them as witnesses to convict the primary target (which is alluded to at the end of the article). It is obviously not a perfect system, but they don't want to risk prosecuting both and losing because of a lack of reliable witness testimony.

[donie1]

I read in a magazine that about 250,000 young people mostly women go missing each year and they never find out what happens to them.