10 True Crimes That Changed Laws

Name: 10 True Crimes That Changed Laws
Uploaded: 2021-06-12T09:00:00-04:00
Channel: George Pacheco
Description: These horrific crimes managed to have a positive effect on society in the long term. For this list, we'll be ranking real life crimes where the importance of what happened was so great that it inspired laws or procedures to be drafted in response.

VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton
WRITTEN BY: George Pacheco

These horrific crimes managed to have a positive effect on society in the long term. For this list, we'll be ranking real life crimes where the importance of what happened was so great that it inspired laws or procedures to be drafted in response. Our countdown includes Son of Sam, Adam Walsh, Kitty Genovese, and more!

#11: Son of Sam
#10: Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr.
#9: Polly Klaas
#8: Rebecca Schaeffer
#7: Johnny Gosch
#6: Megan Kanka
#5: Ernesto Miranda
#4: Amber Hagerman
#3: Adam Walsh
#2: Kitty Genovese

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