In 1996, 27-year-old Kristen "Krissy" Crowley was recently married and worked for a computer company. She had honeymooned in south Florida and during that trip had stayed at the Palm Beach home of her cousin, one of the authors of this book. Unbeknown to most of her family, she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer at private* parties.
Not long after the honeymoon trip, in early June 1996, she was attacked and killed on her way home from a performance at a party. Her two assailants had seen her at the convenience store where she stopped to buy a soda.
They followed her to the entrance of her condo and dragged her into a nearby forested area. There they sexually assaulted her before bludgeoning her to death with a 48pound rock.
Among her friends and family members, reactions to Krissy's murder ranged from disbelief to outrage. Her parents found it very hard to believe she had a life they did not know about. Yet security footage showed her assailants seeming to plan their attack after the convenience-store clerk told them Krissy was a "stripper." Her husband of 18 months mourned privately.
There was a raucous scene in Peabody District Court as the suspects, Timothy Dykens, 23, and John P. Keegan, 25, were about to be arraigned for murder. Several friends of the victim began shouting and cursing at the pair, with at least three men attempting to jump across a cordoned-off area to get at the suspects.
During their arraignment, the convenience-store clerk testified that he saw Keegan look at Krissy and say he "wanted a piece of that." He then quoted Dykens as saying repeatedly, "You know what we've got to do "Authorities said the suspects did not know the victim and that they had been drinking earlier in the night at the Golden Banana strip joint on Route 1. Dykens had been taken into custody a couple hours after Krissy's murder as he walked along a road with his bloodied shirt in hand, police said. He had soon confessed and also identified the other man in the incident as Keegan.
Following a trial in October 1997, Dykens was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence without possibility of parole. Keegan pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder, making him eligible for parole after serving 15 years, which was denied in 2012, and he was ruled ineligible for parole for another 5 years.- ^(1) He was found dead in his prison cell in August 2013. ^(2)
Think About It
Had Krissy not been an "exotic dancer," might this incident not have occurred? How does this relate to theories presented in this chapter?
To what extent, if any, should offenders' level of intoxication alleviate their legal culpability?
In 1996, 27-year-old Kristen "Krissy Crowley was recently married and worked for a computer company. She had honeymooned in south Florida and during that trip had stayed at the Palm Beach home of her cousin, one of the authors of this book. Unbeknown to most of her family, she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer at private parties.
Not long after the honeymoon trip, in early June 1996, she was attacked and killed on her way home from a performance at a party. Her two assailants had seen her at the convenience store where she stopped to buy a soda. They followed her to the entrance of her condo and dragged her into a nearby forested area. There they sexually assaulted her before bludgeoning her to death with a 48- pound rock.
Among her friends and family members, reactions to Krissy's murder ranged from disbelief to outrage. Her parents found it very hard to believe she had a life they did not know about. Yet security footage showed her assailants seeming to plan their attack after the convenience-store clerk told them Krissy was a"stripper.Her husband of 18 months mourned privately.
There was a raucous scene in Peabody District Court as the suspects,Timothy Dykens,23,and John P.Keegan,25,were about to be arraigned for murder.Several friends of the victim began shouting and cursing at the pair, with at least three men attempting to jump across a cordoned-off area to get at the suspects. During their arraignment, the convenience-store clerk testified that he saw Keegan look at Krissy and say he "wanted a piece of that. He then quoted Dykens as saying repeatedly,"You know what we ve got to do Authorities said the suspects did not know the victim and that they had been drinking earlier in the night at the Golden Banana strip joint on Route 1. Dykens had been taken into custody a couple hours after Krissy's murder as he walked along a road with his bloodied shirt in hand,police said. He had soon confessed and also identified the other man in the incident as Keegan.
Following a trial in October 1997,Dykens was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence without possibility of parole.Keegan pleaded guilty to second degree murder, making him eligible for parole after serving 15 years, which was denied in 2012, and he was ruled ineligible for parole for another 5 years._ He was found dead in his prison cell in August 2013.2
Think About It
2.To what extent,if any,should offenders'level of intoxication alleviate their legal culpability?
