15-year-old African American student Dorothy Counts starts the school year at Harry Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, amid protests, screams, and insults from White people who were against school integration, on September 4, 1957 . Gallery15-year-old African American student Dorothy Counts starts the school year at Harry Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, amid protests, screams, and insults from White people who were against school integration, on September 4, 1957 .
The inside of a cell where an inmate was killed during the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot. During the riot, inmates, who’d obtained blowtorches, went to the protective custody unit, where they began using them, first on the doors, then on inmates, who were seen as ‘snitches’, 1980 . GalleryThe inside of a cell where an inmate was killed during the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot. During the riot, inmates, who’d obtained blowtorches, went to the protective custody unit, where they began using them, first on the doors, then on inmates, who were seen as ‘snitches’, 1980 .
Jeffrey Doucet is escorted through an airport in Baton Rouge to face trial for kidnapping and raped an 11-year-old boy. On his right is the boy’s father, Gary Plauche. In one of the world’s most infamous cases of vigilantism, Plauche shot Doucet on live TV moments later, Louisiana, 1984 . GalleryJeffrey Doucet is escorted through an airport in Baton Rouge to face trial for kidnapping and raped an 11-year-old boy. On his right is the boy’s father, Gary Plauche. In one of the world’s most infamous cases of vigilantism, Plauche shot Doucet on live TV moments later, Louisiana, 1984 .
Seventeen-year-old Badí, in custody before his execution at the hands of Násiri’d-Dín Sháh’s guards. His crime was delivering a letter to the Shah. Qajar Iran, 1869. GallerySeventeen-year-old Badí, in custody before his execution at the hands of Násiri’d-Dín Sháh’s guards. His crime was delivering a letter to the Shah. Qajar Iran, 1869.
Curtis Jones, 12, and his sister Catherine Jones, 13, appear in court after killing their father’s girlfriend. They would be charged as adults. Unsealed documents later revealed that the two were being sexually abused and had resorted to murder when nobody believed them, Florida, 1999 . GalleryCurtis Jones, 12, and his sister Catherine Jones, 13, appear in court after killing their father’s girlfriend. They would be charged as adults. Unsealed documents later revealed that the two were being sexually abused and had resorted to murder when nobody believed them, Florida, 1999 .
