HIST 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter PDF: Justifiable Homicide, Uxoricide, Homicide
30 Sep 2016
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Wijas (or someone in the house) threw a brick at nesczuk and broke his arm. Nesczuk"s son, joseph, attacked wijas with a hammer and crushed his skull; followed by nesczuk"s other son lawrence and friends pouncing and hitting him with boards from the fence. July 21 wijas died and the court charged the nesczuk"s with homicide; grand jury only claimed joseph guilty. Fall of 1907, a criminal court jury found joseph to be not guilty because he was provoked into smashing wijas" skull; according to the court, the brothers had acted lawfully when they beat wijas. Many innovations and improvements in chicago, but killers remained to be rarely punished; 20th century stuck in 19th century notions of justice. Between 1875-1920, 7% of murderers immediately committed suicide, and 1/3 of killers evaded arrest. Chicago was known to be too lenient with murder cases. 1890s-1920 chicago"s homicide rate increased by 104% and its conviction rate in homicide decreased by 63% (p. 7)
