Laws

Crime and Punishment //Rule to Remember- "Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind." Sir Francis Bacon // Items below should include how the law, law enforcement, and crime evolved from 1900 to today? What types of decisions have been made by the various courts in the United States and how have they influenced the way we deal with one another? What is the purpose of the penal system in America and how well does it fulfill its mission?

1900 1910 17.) Pancho Villa      Born as Dorote Arango Arámbula but best know as Pancho Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary General. To the poor peasant Mexicans he is know as a hero, but the Americans on the other hand see him as a bandit. Mexicans saw Pancho Villa as a hero because he was like a modern-day Robin Hood. He would steal cattle, rob shipments of money, commit crimes against the wealthy. Everything he stole he would give to the poor peasants. All of this stared when he was 16-years old working at a hacienda he saw the owner of the hacienda rape his younger sister. When he saw this he shot the man and ran away and became a bandit. Living as bandit Villa joined with Franciso Madero revolutionary forces. They together formed the Dicision del Norte. The skills that Villa had as a fighter and the skills of a leader he was made a general. When Venustiano Carranza was running for presidency, Pancho Villa he wasn't very happy. The US government supported Carranza and his presidency so Villa retaliated by raiding the US border towns. The US goverment for years tried to find him to but couldn't. He lived in Parral,Chihuahlua until he was assassinated in July 20, 1923.
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