In eight pages an overview of the crimes that occurred in the year 1980 including the murder of former Beatle John Lennon is presented. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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year 1980, including the death of John Lennon. A YEAR OF CRIME There are many common factors that may lead seemingly stable people to commit violent crimes. Some
experts say the breakdown of the family structure plays a heavy role, while others say it is a combination of abuses kids suffer at the hands of their parents.
When parents are even in the picture, say still others, they are often void of any parental abilities, thereby leaving the teenagers to learn moral values of right and wrong
for themselves. However, not every child who has had a lousy upbringing within a dysfunctional family ends up a serial killer, so there has to be more to the
equation than just the home life situation. Whatever the case might be that turns someone into a serial killer or a one-time killer, in 1980 there were some interesting
if not tragic cases of ruthless killing. While every year will give us seemingly more and more distinctively horrific crimes to ponder, for the purposes of this paper the
writer will focus only on the year of 1980. THE MURDER OF JOHN LENNON Without a doubt one of the most well-known and senseless killings of 1980 was the
cold-blooded killing of famous Beatle John Lennon. As Lennon stepped from a limousine with his wife, Yoko Ono after a recording studio session, he heard a voice say his
name. Turning to look, Lennon was face to face with a man carrying a snub-nosed .38 revolver who has the revolver pointed directly at Lennon. "As John turns, the
guy fires two shots into him. They catch him in the back, spinning him round. Blood already starts spurting from Lennons wounds as the assassin takes aim again. He fires