strangulation

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Smock had testified as an expert on strangulation as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

She said sentencing for non-fatal strangulation is too lenient, and in her case believes it "wasn't enough, justice was not served".

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

St. John said many parents know that babies should be on their backs to sleep, but warnings about strangulation by blankets or suffocation by sharing a bed with them sometimes fall through the cracks.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

In a follow-up text, she says she told the authorities “this was not an attack” and that strangulation “did not occur and should be removed” from the case file “immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck