Most Everything I Know About Trying High-Profile Cases I've Learned From My Ex-Husband, John Henry Browne

by Anne Bremner,with contributions by Bob SimsJohn Henry Browne is defending accused killer Robert Bales. Bales is the Pacific Northwest-based soldier who allegedly gunned down 17 civilians in Afghanistan.Before the world knew any of the specific details of this case or who the victims were, it knew all about the accused -- and the defenses. And it knew why.Nature abhors a vacuum. And what a vacuum of information from the military there was. John...

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The Tragedy of the Trayvon Martin Homicide: A Profiler's View

Trayvon Martinby Pat BrownWhen the news reports started rolling in on the homicide of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin by Sandford, Florida neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, the first thought that went through my head was, "I hope justice prevails," but then my second thought was, "Oh, this is going to get nasty." I am already being proven right on my latter thought but as to justice being meted out properly, I am not sure the national...

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Anger, Race and Psychology in The Trayvon Martin Case

by Gina Simmons, Ph.D. After 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot last month by a neighbor as he walked home from a convenience store, it poked the deep wound of racial injustice in this country. As more protests mount and African American leaders shout out for justice in this case, we should all seek to understand the emotional and psychological issues that led to this young man's death.It's likely that Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, had some...

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America’s Newest ‘Most Wanted’ List

by Diane Dimond In the unlikely event they make a movie of my life story a good place for the opening scene would be the post office in Albuquerque where my Mother used to take me as a child.Scene one, act one, would be me making a bee-line to the bulletin board displaying the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. The future crime writer transfixed.“So that’s what a murderer looks like,” I always thought to myself, leaning in to the grainy black and white photos....

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Unemotional Monotone and Many Shoulder Shrugs for Survivor Producer Accused of Killing His Wife

by Dr. Lillian Glass Reporters from 48 Hours went into the prison in Mexico to interview Bruce Beresford- Redman, the Survivor Producer accused of killing his Brazilian born wife Monica and the mother of his young daughter and son. In my view as a body language expert, I see many signals of deception n his very unemotional and monotone interview. The interview is loaded with shoulder shrug which can often be a huge “tell” in terms of determining...

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Justice: An Elusive Concept

by Donna PendergastThe concept of justice is sprinkled throughout the scriptures and is an ideal that is sought in many arenas of daily life. People seek justice to create a proper ordering of random things and persons within a society, in the enforcement of laws, to solve disagreements between persons and in response to criminal behavior.But what is true justice in the case of an almost unimaginable act of criminal depravity? What is justice for...

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Virtopsy: Is It Feasible?

by Andrea Campbell (photo left:Jensen Larson/Discovery Health: TV Guide site)If only the world of television was closer to reality or even on the horizon of probability, examinations for evidence and especially the cause of death would be so much easier. Take for example, the autopsy. This is a grueling, back-breaking process calling for much determination, the correct tools, and years of knowledge. Breaking skin with cutting tools, using saws to...

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Criminal Profiler Pat Brown's New Novel: Only the Truth

 **********************************************************Harkening back to the writing styles of the earlier American authors – John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, and James Cain - Criminal Profiler Pat Brown's Only the Truth is the story of a simple, rather slow, uneducated man, Billy Ray, who loves a mysterious woman who appears out of nowhere and comes to live with him. Two years later, she shoots their neighbor and burns...

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