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Pitchfork was the first killer in the world to be convicted using DNA evidence.

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Adding a safety warning based on flimsy evidence creates its own risks, such as deterring pregnant women from taking the pain killer and fever reducer when they need it.

Serial killers’ aberrant psychopathy and body count make them novel.

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A victim of the Manchester synagogue attack was fatally shot by a police bullet as he held the doors shut against the killer, an inquest heard.

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A provision in Florida’s law, since mirrored by about 15 others, added a presumption that, in most cases, a killer claiming self-defense acted reasonably, requiring prosecutors prove otherwise.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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