Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children Case 3
Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children Case 3
assignment is to gather as much information as possible concerning the “Atlanta Missing and Murdered Children Case.” Sources are more than plentiful regarding this investigation. Once you have gathered this information, you are to:
Write a five-page research paper, using 12 pt. font and double spacing.
Include a title page with your name, the course name, the title of your paper and the date submitted.
Include footnotes in the body of your paper when using outside sources
Include a reference page at the end of your paper. You must use at least 4 sources and include them in your paper.
Include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion in your paper.
Provide a synopsis of the case
Explain, in detail, the investigation
Explain what evidence was used in the prosecution of the case
Explain how this evidence eliminated all other suspects and how it was used to conclusively point to Wayne Williams
Describe why many feel that Williams was not guilty of the crimes
Explain why you do or do not feel that Williams was guilty
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
