Famous+Cases

=__ **Famous Death Penalty Cases** __= = =

**Group Members: Scott, Usman, Birkan**
= **__ Table of Contents __** =

Gary Gauger Ray Krone ** = =
 * Sacco-Vanzetti

Albert Fish Compare The Cases ** = = = =
 * Ted Bundy
 * References **

= ** Wrongfully Accused ** = = **Sacco-Vanzetti** =

In 1920, a pay master and his guard were shot to death in a bank robbery. The theifs walked away with over $15000 cash. Witnesses told police that the murderers were Italians. A little while later Police confiscated a vehicle which they believed was used to escape the scene of the crime. Two men named Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti claimed the car after it was picked up. They were immediately connected. Both men were Italian anarchist who carried guns and evaded the draft. Though there was no evidence of them having any of the money, both men were found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death. Though many believed that the trial was influenced by Sacco and Vanzetti's reputations, both were executed on Aug. 22 1927. Now new age balistic tests have showed that the pistol found on Sacco was used to kill the guard, but that Vanzetti was innocent. This is one of the more famous wrongful executions in American history (2009 Sacco-Vanzetti). Back **

= **Gary Gauger** =

Gary Gauger spent 3 1/2 years in jail after being charge guilty for murdering his parents. On April 8th Gary went into a storage room at his parents place where he had been staying. Upon opening the door he made the terrible discovery of his father lying on the ground. He called police and when they arrived they found Gauger's mother's body laying dead as well. Gary, who was shocked, was so numb that he showed little emotion. Prosecutors took him into custody and used his lack of emotion against him court. The prosecution was successful and Gary was sentenced to death. Finally in an appeal, Gary's lawyer, Larry Marshal, convinced the courts that lack of emotion does not justify his Gaugers initial arrest. In 1996 the real murders found and later convicted of killing Gary's Parents (Fields 2002). 
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__ Back __** = **Ray Krone** =

Ray Krone, born in Pennsylvania, was the 100th American to be exonerated from the death penalty. He was charged for the murder of a bar manager at the CBS Lounge restaurant where he was a regular. The body was found raped and murdered in the bathroom of the bar. There were also bite marks found on the body that were in an unique shape. Ray Krone had a great deal of jaw and dental surgery after a severe car accident he was in. This led the police to Krone. Also a witness stated the the woman was closing the bar with someone named Ray. Dr. Raymond Rawson, forensics, testified that the bite marks matched Krones 100%. There were several facts that countered all the evidence that were looked at but Krone was sentenced to death in 1992. He was granted a new trial in 1994 and they changed his sentence to 46 years in prison. And then finally DNA evidence in 1992 was released to prove his innocence. Ray was awarded about 4.5 million dollars of government money after his release (Ray 2009).
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= ** Rightfully Accused ** = = **Ted Bundy** =



Back ** = **Albert Fish** =
 * Between 1973 and 1978 there were a string of murders and kidnappings amongst young college females all commited by a man named Ted Bundy. He arrested numerous times but was able to escape county prisons twice. In 1978 he was finally caught and and charged with the murders. It is estimated that he killed close to 35 people in his lifetime. Bundy was famous for beating his victoms with a club, then strangling them to death. He was also involved with raping them or having sex with their bodies after killing them. In 1989 Bundy was executed in Florida by means of the electric chair. A soft punishment when compared to his murders (Theodore).

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= Compare the Cases =

= **Sacco-Vanzetti** =


 * **Someone killed the guard at the bank and walked away with 15.000 dollars.**
 * **Witness told that the murders are Italians.**
 * **Police found two guy in the car and they had gun also they look like a gangster.**
 * **Police took them to jail assuming that they are the murders.**
 * **After 7 years, they found out that Sacco was the one who used the gun according to ballistic test.**


 * Police could do the ballistic test way before now. They could investigate the situation better before they decide something wrong.**

=** Gary Gauger **=


 * **Gary spent 3.5 years in jail.**
 * **The reason was because he called the police when he saw his father laying on the floor.**
 * **As soon as the officers arrived to the house, they assumed Gary is the murder and they used his lack of emotions against to him at the court.**
 * **Later on they found the real murder.**


 * Gary lost his years of his life and people thought he killed his parents. Just because he had lack of emotions doesn't mean that he was the murderer. I am very shock how it is so easy to decide if someone is guilty of manslaughter.**

=** Ray Krone **=


 * **Ray was in charge of death penalty because of murdering the bar manager**
 * **The body was found in the restroom was raped and had bite marks.**
 * **Ray had a great dental surgery after his car accident**
 * **Police assumed that since Ray had a dental surgery and the body had a very unique bite marks then the murder is Ray.**
 * **After DNA proved that Ray was not the murder.**
 * **Also Ray was luckier compare to the other two wrongfully accused because Ray got awarded for 4.5 million dollars**


 * Nothing can pay the years you lost in the prison for something you have not done. Ray had to endore all those years of prison, and when he got out he had to deal with starting all over again. It is nice of them to have awarded him that amount of money for their wrong doings.**

= Ted Bundy =


 * **There were a string of murders and kidnappings to the young college girls by a man named Ted Bunny between 1973 to 1978.**
 * **He got arrested a few times, but he got access to run away from the prison**
 * **Finally, he got arrested on 1978 and accused to murder almost 35 people and raping them.**
 * **Bundy was executed in Florida by means of the electric chair in 1989.**

= Albert Fish =


 * **Father of six and married by at age 20.**
 * **After his wife left him for another man, he had to raise the kids all alone.**
 * **Later on he became a murder.**
 * **He was writing those letter how he cooked the body and ate them after murdering them.**
 * **Later on police caught him and arrested him.**

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