homicide

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Had five students done what a veteran homicide detective had failed to do more than 30 years earlier?

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The abolitionists also assert that women should be punished not for abortion but for homicide.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

At 2:10 a.m., eight hours after the shooting, Jones filed a report concluding that Spivey’s homicide appeared a clear case of self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

So while soccer is part of the book’s narrative, the memoir is as much about the sport as “To Kill a Mockingbird” is about avian homicide.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

And so, Gordon, the intern, settled on negligent homicide, the toughest misdemeanor penalty, arguing that the two charges for reckless behavior are not “harsh enough to do justice to the outcome of the accident.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel