victim
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Pant's wife said he is the victim, and is struggling in custody after being denied bail.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Which, as well as posing its own set of unique challenges that curtailed my reporting, is also a bizarre way to treat a victim of a crime.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
In a victim impact statement the taxi driver said the crash had a "huge effect" on him and his family.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Jason Arday’s academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a fantasist and plagiarist or victim of a racial witch hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
By this time, even if the victim is found, the shock of revival may be more than his body can bear.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The new scheme will specify confined areas for offenders in plans tailored to them and developed in consultation with victims.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
A Connecticut jury separately ordered Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to families of eight victims and an FBI agent who responded to the shooting.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Flowers and candles were left outside the Brinell school in Fagersta where Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and opposition leader Magdalena Andersson went on Saturday morning to honour the dead student and three wounded victims.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Organizing an annual June 4 vigil in memory of the victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
States found countless ways for individual victims in particular crimes to become decision makers and participants.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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