homicide
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Prosecutors are holding a trial in Argentina, accusing Diego Maradona’s medical team of “simple homicide with eventual intent” in his 2020 death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
These trends emerged despite the mayor's assertion that London's per capita homicide rate has fallen to its lowest level on record.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Had five students done what a veteran homicide detective had failed to do more than 30 years earlier?
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Extreme ideas are shaping a campaign which features a record 35 candidates, as Peru confronts soaring extortion and a homicide rate that has more than doubled since 2018.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
In the federal system, for example, homicide convictions account for 0.4 percent of the past decade’s growth in the federal prison population, while drug convictions account for nearly 61 percent of that expansion.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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