perpetrator
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Brown acknowledged how difficult it could be to report such offences "particularly when the perpetrator is a police officer".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
His conviction was overturned in 2022 when blood evidence ruled him out as the perpetrator.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
In that case, the perpetrator was determined to be a disgruntled patient, Derderian said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
He damns terrorists with faint praise, as when he condemned the attack on a Jewish school in West Bloomfield, Mich., before excusing the perpetrator with the words “hurt people do hurt people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
This was right in her strike zone: an aggrieved victim, a remorseless alleged perpetrator, and no one taking up the fight.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales said she "welcomed" the report and told the BBC the realities of rural life for victims can be "frequently weaponised by their perpetrators".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Beyond Cornell’s Title IX process, did law enforcement seek to interview the alleged perpetrators and other members of the fraternity?
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
The perpetrators of such violence are rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and called for the perpetrators to be prosecuted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The paper demanded that the law “leave no stone unturned to ferret out the perpetrators and bring them to justice.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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