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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

However, it has not carried out a death sentence for two decades, even as courts continue to impose the penalty on those convicted of murder and other serious crimes.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“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,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

In a pivotal round table, they turned their attention towards comedian James Acaster, and picked apart his story of a "murder in plain sight" that had occurred nights earlier.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But juries, judging facts, found Redcoats not guilty of murder.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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

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

The safety of politicians has been a prominent issue in recent years, following the murders of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in 2021 and Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Crime has continued to decrease since Mamdani took office, hitting record lows in shootings and murders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

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

As usual at breakfast, the faithfuls seated early mused over who may have been murdered overnight: "If Jerry's not here, I don't think I can handle it," Romesh Ranganathan confessed.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, the paper headlines on parents of a murdered teen who want to "silence cruel web 'sleuths'."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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 meeting, James Shoun was named the administrator of the estate of Bill Smith’s murdered wife, Rita, which allowed him to execute her will.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

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

The paper says Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, made "quips" about crime scenes during her performance.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

And as for finding and defeating the evil in the castle...well, now that it seemed tied to who was murdering the Champions, how could she not try to figure out where it was coming from?

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas