murderer
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“The Plan” assumes the crooked, insistent thought processes of a murderer; “Airport Story” is a Kafkaesque nightmare about a never-ending flight delay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The convicted murderer who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Convicted murderer Christa Gail Pike was hospitalized after she survived two doses of a lethal drug.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A lawyer for convicted murderer Christa Pike says that she woke up in hospital "angry and confused" after she survived a botched execution attempt last week.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“So that our murderer is left-handed? No, it is more difficult than that, is it not?”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Convicted murderers and prisoners on orders for lifelong restriction would be excluded from the changes.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Still, she imposed what Norman Podhoretz called an “inordinate demand”: that Jews under Hitler be braver and nobler than ordinary people could be expected to be when murderers held all the power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He wrote a court opinion in 2005 ending executions for murderers who were under age 18 at the time of their crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Outside the United Nations, around 200 demonstrators denounced Iran's deadly protest crackdown, holding placards reading: "No negotiations with murderers".
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Nicknames such as ‘Lizzie’ are reserved for barmaids and axe murderers, of which you are neither,” she once said.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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