criminal
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Bern Rogers, from Bristol, told the BBC of the "harrowing and deeply sad" family dispute since her elderly mother Sheila died in 2020, which even led to her facing criminal charges.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
These tactics are often employed by transnational criminal groups that consist primarily of citizens from Sinaloa state in Mexico, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent said in affidavits filed in federal court last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The charges came in the form of a criminal information filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., which allows prosecutors to bring charges against a defendant without yet seeking an indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
For the team I'm with, this is a jigsaw waiting to be pieced together and solved as they try to identify the criminal culprits.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Unlike the twins, who were having fun exploring the criminal side of language, Juanita had recently discovered the pocket-sized dictionary, and big words flew out of her mouth every day.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Ford placed the inmate’s bid for clemency on the agenda of the state pardons board — an example, Lombardo claims, of the way Ford treats criminals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
"And I think generally most people are okay with the deportation of criminals, violent people, or people that really are not productive at all."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Parsa, the owner who had to eject petty criminals, wishes she’d recorded some of the early craziness; her TikToks today focus on cash collection and cleaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
"We will continue our movement until Rama resigns. We are not criminals, we want social peace and better living conditions in our country," Leka Sina, a 22-year-old science student, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
As described in chapter 4, many people labeled criminals describe an existential angst associated with their pariah status, an angst that casts a shadow over every aspect of their identity and social experience.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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