felon
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Sanft said Death Row’s security chief was Reggie Wright Jr., a felon and former Compton police officer whose father led the Compton police gang unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In that matter, Keenan was prosecuting a felon for illegally possessing a handgun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
He said federal immigration agents would be required to have judicial warrants before entering homes or businesses unless they were pursuing a known felon.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Consider the “fleeing felon rule,” which used to allow police to shoot a fleeing felony suspect to prevent their escape even when the suspect posed no danger to others.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
In Boston, Wendell Phillips, Abolitionist and reformer, commended those who looked “upon that gibbet of John Brown, not as the scaffold of a felon, but as the cross of a martyr.”
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Vocabulary lists containing felon
Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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Alan Rickman (1946-2016) Tribute List
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2014 Vocabulary Video Contest (A-L)
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