20 True Crimes That Changed Laws

it doesn't bring either of them back but it's the best we can get we hope it will save lives we'll never know for sure welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the 20 True Crimes that changed laws ratio hate isn't an old problem it's a persistent problem for this list we're looking at the most prominent real-life crimes whose outcomes prompted significant changes in policy and legislation did we miss any other impactful True Crime cases let us know in the comments Claire wood around the world many women have lost their lives at the hands of their Partners or ex-partners on International women's day in 2014 a law was implemented in England and Wales that could significantly reduce the frequency of such tragic incidents I see no reason why that information shouldn't be passed on so you can make an educated assessment of your predicament and will I stay or will I go Claire's law also known as the domestic violence disclosure scheme grants a person the opportunity to find out if their partner has a history of violent Behavior the law takes its name from Claire wood an English woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George Appleton this young lady said you deserve better than this we've just found your daughter's body Appleton had served prison time for violence towards women a record that was unknown to wood at the time today other parts of the UK Australia and Canada have all adopted Claire's law Daniel morcombe on December 7 2003 Daniel morkum was last seen waiting for a bus somewhere in Queensland Australia according to reports when the bus finally came it failed to stop and pick him up because the driver was running late ultimately the Daniel the difference between life and death came down to just three minutes tiny moment in time that as it so tragically turned out certainly long enough for evil to strike morkum was apparently abducted shortly after by Brett Peter Cowan a known predator and he was declared missing until eight years later when his remains were found in 2014 Cowan was arrested and sentenced to prison for life and then you heard those three words guilty mudded under my breath yes I wanted to scream out but I just knew I couldn't do that as a result of the case Australia implemented the No Child Left Behind policy which mandates bus drivers to always stop and pick up children even if they can't pay the fare Lee Rigby Lee Rigby was a British Army soldier who lost his life in an attack on May 22nd 2013. Rigby's assailants Michael Ade Bellagio and Michael adabawale claimed to have carried out the attack in retaliation for the victims of British military action in Islamic countries a terrible murder has been as occurred we've launched an investigation led by the counter-terrorist command and we've made to arrest in relation to that awful crime the two men waited at the scene until police arrived at which time they were subdued and arrested it's believed that adamawale had been radicalized to commit such a crime in the preceding years British converts to Islam had gloried in Lee Rigby's barbaric murder according to the judge it was a crime that had appalled the nation three protesters were arrested outside the old bayley as the men were sentenced in a bid to prevent further instances of this then British prime minister Theresa May introduced the counter-terrorism and Security Act in 2015. the bill requires internet providers to keep records of users who access certain IP addresses Andrew Bagby and Zachary Turner the 2008 documentary dear Zachary a letter to a son about his father detailed the tragic case of Andrew Bagby and Zachary Turner Bagby was an American medical student schooling in Canada when he met Shirley Turner I was excited thought that maybe he had found somebody that he you know could really be happy with but it turned out that way their relationship produced one child Zachary who Bagby never got to see as he was murdered by Turner months before the boy was born while out on bail Turner gave birth to Zachary and remained in custody of him however before she could stand trial for bagby's murder she took her own life and that of her son after the documentary was released Canadian parliament passed Zachary's bill which would deny bail to people on the grounds that doing so will protect their children it doesn't bring either of them back but it's the best we can get we hope it will save lives we'll never know for sure the Chicago Tylenol poisonings you most likely won't buy a bottle of over-the-counter drugs if its seal is broken that level of assurance is only possible today because of the Chicago Tylenol incident back in 1982 several bottles of Tylenol were tampered and laced with potassium cyanide the bottles were labeled extra strength Tylenol 50 capsule size Lot number mc2880 expiration date April 1987. as a result seven people who consumed the lethal capsules in the Chicago metropolitan area lost their lives this led to a Nationwide recall of all Tylenol products by its manufacturer Johnson and Johnson the company also worked with the FDA to introduce sealed bottles which has now become the industry standard when you opened a bottle of Tylenol in the early 1980s or any product for that matter you didn't see this protective seal now it's the log in 1983 it became a federal crime to 10 with consumer goods after U.S Congress passed the federal anti-tampering bill Amanda Todd in September of 2012 a video was uploaded on YouTube in which a girl shared the story of her mental health issues using a set of flash cards about a month later the clip began gaining traction after it was reported that the girl Amanda Todd from Canada had taken her own life because she's just had so much going on she just had enough I guess we now know that her death was the culmination of a three-year nightmare according to reports this was largely as a result of being harassed and blackmailed by a man online Todd's senseless death sparked National discussions on cyber stalking and mental health this led Canadian politicians to pass bill c-13 which makes it a crime to distribute private images of another person without their consent purpose is to prevent harm and and we believe that all of these Provisions are necessary it also includes Provisions that could help law enforcement investigate and prosecute such cases George Floyd the 2020 murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis Minnesota sparked protests across the United States and around the world polls suggests that between 15 and 26 million people in the U.S alone attended at least one protest or rally in June of 2020 which is estimated to be one of the largest protest movements in U.S history in addition to demanding Justice for Floyd many demonstrators also called for broad police reform and an end to police brutality although the George Floyd Justice and policing Act passed the House of Representatives it faced opposition in the Senate and negotiations collapsed however in response to the incident presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden both signed executive orders that address police training and accountability in addition more than 20 states in the U.S and the District of Columbia enacted laws around police reform aimed at preventing such tragic violence from happening again Son of Sam there have been various Son of Sam type laws introduced over the years but the general goal is always the same to prevent criminals from profiting from their crimes after conviction the detectives of the Brooklyn Omega Squad part of that 300 cup 44 killer man hunt captured the man they say is Son of Sam this goes back to the fear that David Berkowitz the notorious Son of Sam would seek a book or movie deal while in prison to tell his story I believe that I was a demon-possessed different states have drafted their own version of this law only for some of them to be struck down as unconstitutional in New York state victims and their families will receive notification if the criminal earns more than ten thousand dollars from telling their story it's a delicate balance between freedom of speech and profiting from tragedy Sylvia Likens if you see a child being maltreated you generally have only a moral obligation to inform the authorities I was told today by Sylvia's sister that people heard that girl screaming from four houses away and did nothing however in the state of Indiana turning a blind eye could result in you being charged with a crime referred to as the mandated reporter law this was enacted largely due to the murder of Sylvia Likens lichens and her sister had been left in the care of Gertrude banashevsky while their parents traveled with a carnival instead of caring for her benicevsky along with some of her children and neighbors made liken's life a living hell and caused her eventual death on October 26 1965. her parents left her in the care of Gertrude banashewski just a month later she was dead although some neighbors reported hearing liken scream for help not enough was done to save the girl's life Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr the two individuals in our next entry May not have known each other but their place in history was vital towards the expanding of hate crime definition in the United States the Matthew Shepard and Jamesburg Junior hate crimes prevention Act was introduced and passed in the fall of 2009 after both men lost their lives as a result of prejudice and bigotry this afternoon I signed into law the Matthew Shepard and Jamesburg Jr hate crimes conventional the law not only made it easier for federal authorities to investigate cases of this nature but the ACT also expanded wording to include crimes perpetrated due to one's gender or sexual identity it's one of the Mysteries that keeps you going I can't ever really know what he might have been able to accomplish but I have a pretty good idea of what we can accomplish in his name although it cannot make up for the senseless loss of these two lives helped many people seek Justice in the wake of such crimes the Port Arthur Massacre the town of Port Arthur and Tasmania Australia was the site of one of the most horrendous crimes in the country's history we went to war for a day you never forget it and you really never get completely over it but you learn to live with it on April 28 1996 Martin Bryant claimed the lives of 35 people and injured 23 others using a semi-automatic rifle the massacre shocked the entire nation and led to a Nationwide debate on gun control laws in Australia in the wake of the tragedy the Australian government moved swiftly to introduce the National Firearms agreement or NFA you know we had the National Firearms agreement as as was mentioned in the package coming to force 25 years ago and uh you know it's worked we haven't seen an event like that again this agreement significantly restricted access to automatic and semi-automatic weapons and also included a buyback program for the newly banned firearms since then Australia has seen a considerable decrease in gun related deaths Emmett Till in 1955 Emmett Till an African-American teenager was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was lynched for allegedly flirting with a white woman despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt Till's killers were acquitted by an all-white jury the trial and subsequent outrage over the verdict helped Galvanize the civil rights movement and led to the passage of multiple Landmark laws Rosa Parks said it was Till's face she saw when refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus Martin Luther King Jr summoned his memory during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 2008 the Emmett Till unsolved civil rights crime Act was enacted allowing for the investigation and prosecution of racially motivated crimes that occurred before 1970. this was followed by the Emmett Till anti-lynching act in 2022 which recognizes lynching as a federal hate crime President Biden signed the first law that makes lynching a federal hate crime passed unanimously in the Senate this month the these laws serve as a commitment to seek Justice for victims of racial violence poly class poly class was taken from her home during a slumber party on October 1st 1993 and the tragedy had far-reaching effects on California legislature for starters support for three strikes laws earned a lot of traction for kidnapper Richard Allen Davis had a lengthy criminal record though there were no open warrants when police initially stopped him after being notified of a suspicious car the idea that felony criminals should serve automatic life sentences when they commit multiple serious crimes Was Made Easy by Davis's repugnant and unrepentant behavior during the trial furthermore California Highway Patrol expanded access to their All Points bulletins to local authorities in the aftermath of Paulie's death Rebecca Schaefer living life in the public eye isn't easy especially when stalkers and obsessed fans come into play this was unfortunately what caused the loss of a young and promising star in the form of my sister Sam actress Rebecca Shafer thanks for coming Brandon the Sam says that you're welcome here anytime you want Robert John Bardo stalked the actress for years attempting to crash the set of my sister Sam and even hiring a private investigator to find out where Schaefer lived via the California Department of Motor Vehicles Bardo eventually shot Schaefer at her home and her death prompted lawmakers to draft stricter anti-stocking legislation in its wake I couldn't live with myself and say she was a wonderful girl and we loved her and and we miss her and not try to affect it the driver's privacy protection act was also made into law after this incident making it more difficult for others to find personal information via the DMV Johnny gosh we're waiting for you to come home we're doing everything in our power to get you back this cold case was the subject of a 2014 documentary titled who took Johnny but it also changed how police respond to reports of missing children Johnny gosh was taken during his paper route in the early morning hours of September 5th 1982 and he has not been seen since at the time of his disappearance policy in Des Moines Iowa stated that someone couldn't be labeled as a missing person until 72 hours had gone by the gosh case resulted in legislation that changed all of this making it easier for police to begin an investigation the Johnny gosh Bill requires authorities to immediately treat all missing persons reports of a child as credible and to respond accordingly Megan kanka how well do you really know your neighbor this was the inspiration behind Megan's Law a subsection of laws that require the public to be able to access information of convicted sex offenders in their area a neighbor who lived diagonally from my house was outside and he lured her into his home to see a puppy dog this specific case was that of seven-year-old Megan kanka whose neighbor Jessie tamandequos lured and assaulted her before taking her life temenda quasi's criminal history with little to no Rehabilitation was not available to kankas family and as a local assemblyman by the name of Paul Kramer was quoted as saying quote Megan kanka would be alive today had a public registry been easily accessible by her family I don't think about him at all and I like that and I thought he took so much from us that I wasn't let him take any more Ernesto Miranda you've heard it a million times on television and in movies but do you know the actual Origins behind your Miranda Rights you're under arrest you know the routine very good you had the right to remain silent now what else although Ernesto Miranda was a criminal and his second trial did have the same results of a conviction it's the circumstances of his arrest that changed the law this was because because Miranda wasn't informed of his right to remain silent so as not to incriminate himself and was also quote refused an opportunity to consult with his counsel [Music] his confession was deemed inadmissible as evidence and the State of Arizona had to retry him with said confession omitted from the record the Supreme Court case Miranda v Arizona now requires that all arresting officers inform you of your right to silence and an attorney the department was forced to drop the charges because you forgot to read him his Miranda rights Amber Hagerman most people are familiar with Amber Alerts they inform us whenever the case of a child going missing is reported in our area confirming the abduction Amber Alert Holly white female 18 months however it's vitally important that we remember the alert's namesake Amber Hagerman while riding her bicycle back in 1996 Hagerman was taken and murdered her killer has never been found the case increased demand for immediate response to any sort of similar report involving minors and today Amber Alerts go out on radio television telephone internet and Highway communication devices in order to maximize public awareness and response we have an amber alert for 16 year old Samantha Renee Wilcox of Wichita there are also related alerts for missing seniors called Silver alerts and police known as blue alerts Adam Walsh the abduction and death of Adam Walsh is arguably the most well-known case on this list thanks largely to the public presence of Walsh's Father John as the host of America's Most Wanted for uh 27 years we've been asking who could take a six-year-old boy still it is impossible to overstate how much the Walsh family has worked to help the families of victims over the years as Adam's case was responsible in part for the establishment of the national Center for missing and exploited children Adam's taking from a Florida mall was also the impetus for the code atom program that's used in retail environments an employee will now Page information over the intercom to help find a child that's been reported as having disappeared there were cops who said well depending on the age of the kid we're going to wait 24 hours if it's over a certain age we're going to wait 48 Hours the first four hours are crucial before we unveil our top pick here are some honorable mentions Kaden Mancuso Mancuso's murder led to the introduction of Caden's law which reformed child custody hearings yesterday Caden's mom was in Washington D.C you see her there where she was able to personally thank the president for signing the reauthorization bill which Caden's law is now a part Sarah Payne Sarah's law the UK's version of Megan's Law was enacted following the murder of Sarah Payne but I know one of the things that has really been a big part of this has been your campaign to change the law and what was now known as Sarah's law which is a legacy which I think which we should be very proud of the Manson family murders California's victims Bill of Rights was largely passed following a campaign by Sharon Tate's mother are you worried if they get out I'm very worried about what can happen if they get released Helen McCourt Helen's Law requires convicted murderers to reveal the location of their victims remains before being considered for parole I'll be up in the gallery the the I will be allowed up there to hair the second reading of Helen's law going ahead before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch Sean notifications Kitty Genovese dialing 9-1-1 seems like such an instinctive act that it's easy to forget this wasn't always how emergencies were called into police Kitty Genovese was followed assaulted and stabbed by Winston Mosley while she was returning home after a late night shift working at a bar the crime had multiple Witnesses in the form of genovese's neighbors but some were reportedly too scared to call police While others had difficulty getting through on a line people are looking out their Windows they see Kitty Genovese here they see her struggle to her feet at the time any emergencies would be called into the operator who would then transfer the call to the appropriate authorities only when they had the opportunity to do so you didn't see anything she was lying in that courtyard all night it was dark this delayed response would in part influence the establishment of the 911 emergency system we use today [Music] I 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Length: 21min 19sec (1279 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 16 2023