murder
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"I have concluded that attempting to distinguish among crimes and offenders for clemency would inadvertently create two classes of murder victims -- those whose perpetrators deserve the death penalty and then the rest," Newsom said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Black Doves” gets away with murder, so to speak, because of its casting, its acting, its all-but-furious narrative pace and the relationships portrayed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
A poll conducted in August by the Pew Research Center found that about two-thirds of voters nationally favor the death penalty for people convicted or murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
He also formed a civilian “posse” to respond to any potential protests after the murder of George Floyd.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
She narrowed her eyes at me, gripping the bag like it was evidence in a murder trial.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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The government has previously rejected calls for a public inquiry into the murders - despite a coroner suggesting it is the best way forward.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The case concerned Robinson's response to Daily Mail and Mail Online articles from August 2024, showing him on holiday in Cyprus while riots took place in England following the Southport murders.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
“But murders aren’t solved at night. The main thing is not to hurry, but to concentrate.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The money he is seeking was also covered by a disbursement he was supposed to be given on his 30th birthday, in September 2023, more than two years before the murders, according to his lawyers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Austria blamed the government of Serbia for the royal murders and for constantly stirring up trouble.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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In one of his first acts as bishop he participated in a beatification mass for the three priests murdered in 1991.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess says politicians are still at risk and questioned if anything has changed five years after her father's death.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
In Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” he played Ben Reilly, a hapless and jaded private eye who used to moonlight as a masked vigilante known as the Spider until the love of his life was murdered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
During the mourning chorus for the murdered King Duncan, for example, they robed the Macbeths in ermine and handed them crowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The white mechanic testified that McMillian's truck was not a low-rider in November 1986 when Ronda Morrison was murdered.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Pishko explains the story of Aaron Spencer, a 38-year-old Army veteran who was nearly put on trial for murdering a man but is now running for local sheriff.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
To wit: Sexton received 3,000 emails from a Kansas housewife obsessed with clearing the name of Dana Chandler, who had been convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his girlfriend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Earlier this year, Finance Minister John O'Dowd committed to changing family law to automatically remove the parental responsibility of anyone convicted of murdering someone with whom they shared a child.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The defense for Lindsay Clancy, the US mother accused of murdering her three children, on Thursday accused a single holdout juror of blocking a verdict in the high-profile trial.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“But when I ran into you murdering your phone—it was different. It felt real.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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