Murder? Sir William Blackstone, an 18th-century English judge, is known for writing Commentaries on the Laws of England. This work was the original foundation for legal education in America and d...
Pro Se is a legal term that comes from Latin, meaning ‘for oneself’. It essentially means that you are representing yourself in court by choice without the help of an attorney. In the United...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2015/10/05/pro-se-representing-yourself-in-court/
In 2014 over 40,000 elephants and 1,200 rhinos were killed by poachers for their ivory horns and tusks, worth as much as $250,000 on the underground market. If this rate continues, both elephants...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2015/09/08/wildlife-trafficking/
Rayful Edmond: The profile of a Kingpin. Called the John Gotti of Washington, D.C., notorious gangster Rayful Edmond terrorized and awed the Washington metropolitan area in the mid to late 1980�...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2015/06/22/profiles-in-crime-rayful-edmond-dc-drug-lord/
Do you have your father’s nose? There are 29 bones (hyoid included) in the human skull, and for many years anthropologists have been using markers from this area of the body to determine sex, a...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2014/10/27/do-you-have-your-fathers-nose/
Human skulls and forensic anthropology are changing together. There are 29 bones (hyoid included) in the human skull, and for many years anthropologists have been using markers from this area of...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2014/10/24/human-skulls-forensic-anthropolog/
9 Early Warning Signs for Serial Killers. Worried that antisocial kid in school might grow up to be a cold-blooded murderer? Here’s 9 early warning signs for serial killers. Remember, however, ...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2014/06/23/9-early-warning-signs-for-serial-killers-2/
Bass Reeves was born in 1838 in Crawford County, Arkansas, a child of slaves. He grew up in Grayson, Texas after his owner, William S. Reeves relocated. During the Civil War, Bass claimed to have...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2014/04/21/bass-reeves-the-real-lone-ranger/
These cases may not be Marbury v. Madison or Brown v. Board of Education, but they are still landmarks in the legal system. Here’s a list of the top ten Supreme Court Cases from the last five y...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2014/03/05/top-10-supreme-court-decisions-of-the-last-five-years/
We have an update on Amanda Knox’s story. Read below to learn about the latest news in this ongoing saga. January 30, 2014 Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found ...
https://www.crimemuseum.org/2014/01/31/update-amanda-knoxs-story/