murder

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Brown himself was captured alive and indicted for the capital crimes of murder, insurrection, and treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

“I’m very excited about the festival because I get to do comedy rather than acting in murder shows. This is the time I get to be a silly billy. And I like that about myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The Hague’s jurists may recall the 2015 murder of Alberto Nisman, the Argentinian prosecutor investigating Iran’s 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Following a murder where he lived near Blackpool in 1970, every man in a certain age range had to provide a saliva and blood sample.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

“On such an expedition the theft of food comes next to murder as a crime, and should by rights be punished as such,” Roosevelt wrote.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple