Word: stranglers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1920s, this black-and white film depicts and events of a foggy night when a circus arrives in a small European town. The town has been terrorized by an elusive strangler (Michael Kirby) who has been murdering citizens--and Woody, ironically enough, has been impressed by vigilante groups to help stalk the killer...
Meanwhile, the Vigilante groups roam the streets and fight over who will protect the townsfolk from the strangler (who sometimes slits victims throats from ear to ear but "mostly strangles...
...reason for the abundance of uniformed thugs is the inexcusable length of time it takes most states to check the fingerprints and report back to the security firms. Arizona and Arkansas, for example, can tell a company in less than two weeks whether it has just hired a Hillside Strangler (who, incidentally, worked for several private security firms after he had been rejected by some police departments). In Alaska and Oklahoma it can take six months for the same information. In states that do not scan the FBI's national data bank, such as New York, it is impossible...
...America could get a look at what happens inside the courtroom firsthand, everybody would benefit," said Bailey, who gained renown for representing such clients as the Boston Strangler and Patty Hearst...
...defendants in homicides or assaults are acquitted on the ground of mental illness. Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley's plea was accepted, but insanity claims by Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi and mass murderer John Wayne Gacy were rebuffed. Experts predict Dahmer's bid will fail as well. "There is a point at which crimes reach such a magnitude that people don't care why someone did something," observes San Diego criminal attorney John Cotsirilos...