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The governor of Okinawa said Monday he would request a review of a pact seen as giving the US military preferential treatment in Japan, following a murder allegedly committed by an American Marine.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

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 of murder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The Lady Chief Justice said the original term "did not adequately reflect the overall seriousness of the murder".

From BBC ● 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

Abraham Lincoln’s murder transformed a time of rejoicing in the capital to a time of mourning.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Gallup said a majority of Americans over the age of 50 tend to favor the death penalty for convicted murders while younger Americans oppose it.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Det Supt Mark O'Shea said the force remained "committed to solving these dreadful murders" and he encouraged anyone with information to come forward as it "may help us get justice for the family".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The records no longer exist, but his appeal, which went before a five-member review board in Oklahoma, was based at least partly on his cooperation with the bureau’s investigation of the murders.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess says politicians are still at risk and questioned if anything has changed five years after her father's death.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“My grandparents were murdered in concentration camps. And to see how the world, again, is swinging that direction, where there are too many people in favor of a totalitarian government, is crazy,” Eliot said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

We don't even have proof that Sam Westing was murdered.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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

The lawyer for Lindsay Clancy urged a judge Tuesday to acquit the US mother accused of murdering her three children after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the high-profile case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 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

Alan Carr has said he still feels bad about murdering singer Paloma Faith in the 2025 series of The Celebrity Traitors, as he picked up an NTA award on Tuesday night.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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