In the criminal law, murder is the crime where one human being causes the death of another human being, without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill or with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm (traditionally termed "malice aforethought") (see attempted murder where the mens rea (the Latin for "guilty mind") requirement is limited). In some common law jurisdictions, an accused is not guilty of murder if the victim lives for longer than a year and a day after the attack. This reflects the likelihood that, if the victim has ...

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Murder occurrences vary wildly among different countries and societies. In the Western world, murder rates in most countries have declined significantly during 20th century and are now between 1-3 cases per 100,000 people per year. Murder rates of Japan and Iceland are among the lowest in the world, around 0.5; rate of United States is highest among all developed countries, at 5.5 (2004). On the other hand, developing countries often have rates ...

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In most countries, there are very few cases where children are killed by other young children. According to the U.S. Department of Justice statistics for 1996 [1], one in five murders of children are committed by other children. Several murders by children have gained prominent media exposure. One was the killing on November 24, 1993 of the almost three-year-old boy James Bulger by two ten-year-old boys in Liverpool, England, UK. He was beaten and stoned to death and his body left on the train tracks to make it appear that he had died by bei ...

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The murder of children is considered a particularly abhorrent crime in most societies; they are perceived within their communities and the state at large as being vulnerable, and therefore especially susceptible to abduction and murder. The protection of children from abuse and possible death often involves disturbing the child's family structure, as tenuous as this may be. Child murder - Killing by family members vs. killing by strangers. Most murderers of children are relatives, acquaintance ...

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The Zebra murders were a number of connected murders performed by a black supremacist serial killer ring that took place in San Francisco, California in 1973 and 1974 and left 14 people dead and 7 injured. They were dubbed the Zebra Killings because of the radio channel used by the San Francisco Police ("Z") exclusively for this case. Zebra murders - The Death Angels. The zebra killings were the work of an extremist sect of the black nationalist group, the Nation of Islam. According to their beliefs, the wh ...

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In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. Attempted murder - English law. As an attempt this falls within the scope of a1(1) Criminal Attempts Act 1981 and it is an indictable only offence, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. The mens rea (the Latin for the "guilty act") for m ...

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The Cleveland Torso Murderer (also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run) was an unidentified serial killer active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area in the early 20th century. The official toll of the murderer was 12, killed between 1935 to 1938, but some believe that there may have been as many as 40 victims in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown, Ohio, area between the 1920s and the 1950s. Two strong candidates for addition to the list of those killed are the unknown victim nicknamed the Lady of the Lake, found on S ...

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187 is the numeric code for the crime of murder used by law-enforcement officials, particularly in the state of California. This number is used for this purpose because Section 187 of the California Penal Code deals with that crime. 187 murder - Media references. In the early 1990s, the number began to appear in the lyrics of gangsta rap songs, prompting some radio stations to stop playing the songs in which the number was used. The following is a list of prominent examples of this usage: ...

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Murder in Small Town X was an American reality television series that aired on FOX from July through September 2001. The show is noteworthy for the macabre and tragically ironic fate of its eventual winner. The premise of the show was to bring 10 contestants from around the United States to a small fishing village (called "Sunrise" in the show) on the coast of Maine to act as amateur detectives to solve a series of fictional murders. Initially, the contestants were given a list of 16 suspects who were "townspeople ...

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The Tylenol murders occurred in the autumn of 1982, when seven people in the Chicago, Illinois area in the United States died after ingesting Extra Strength Tylenol medicine capsules which had been laced with cyanide poison. This incident was the first known case of death caused by deliberate product tampering. The perpetrator has never been caught, but the incident led to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter substance and federal anti-tampering laws. 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders - The incidents. In ...

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The new year came and went, and there was, it turned out, a respite in the violence. However, on April 1, 1974, two Salvation Army cadets where walking toward Mayfair market just two blocks away from the Salvation Army School for Officers' Training Center when a black man who was following them overtook them, wheeled around, fired four shots at them, and fled. One of them, Thomas Rainwater, died; the other cadet survived. Two cops arrived at the scene within 15 seconds and although a manhunt was initiated in an effort to find the killer, it proved to be futile. They knew that the Zebra killers have struck again bec ...

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Most murderers of children are relatives, acquaintances or caretakers. Younger children are more likely to be murdered by a relative while older children (15-17) are killed most often by acquaintances, which would include guardians, caretakers, etc. Children have been sacrificed ritualistically in Incan ceremonies and in a few other locations, but it is not a universally sanctioned practice by any means. In modern times, the killing of children is often closely related to instances of prolonged periods of child abuse. Some vict ...

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The Moors murders served partly as the inspiration for Edward Gorey's short story The Loathsome Couple. The Moors Murders are also the subject of the song "Suffer Little Children" by The Smiths, written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. The Moors Murders also figure in the Throbbing Gristle song "Very Friendly." ...

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The murders certainly brought panic to the city. People would try to find safety in numbers whenever they would go out, and as much as possible, avoid going out at night. In reaction, increased police presence was ordered throughout the city. The police were baffled by the lack of motive in the killings. Brutality and an apparent lack of remorse on the part of the gunmen marked the attacks. The common denominator in all the killings was that all the killers were black and the victims were white (Saleem Erk ...

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The concept of state-sponsored mass murder covers a range of potential killings. On one hand, there are clear examples of state-sponsored mass-murder, such as: Genocide of a particular ethnic or religious group, whether internal or external to the state, such as the Holocaust against the Jews Political mass murder or the killing of a particular political group within a country, such as Béla Kun's ethnic cleansing against turkish and tartar crimeans and other minorities in 1921-22, or Stalin's Great Purge. Deli ...

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On October 19, 1973 a couple, Richard and Quita Hague, who were kidnapped by a group of men and forced into a white van as they took an after-dinner stroll near their home in Telegraph Hill. Quita was nearly decapitated with a machete after being sexually molested, and Richard was similarly hacked, but miraculously survived after being left for dead. Ten days later, on October 29, Frances Rose was repeatedly shot by a black man who asked for a ride as she was driving up to the ...

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Outside of a political context, the term "mass murder" refers to the killing of several people at the same time. Examples would include shooting several people in the course of a robbery, or setting a crowded nightclub on fire. This is an ambiguous term, similar to serial killing and spree killing. The USA Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a mass murder as "[involving] the murder of four or more victims at one location, within one event." Most mass murderers fall into one of three categories: family annihilators, ...

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So far, forty-four episodes have been broadcast in the United Kingdom. These are the episodes, listed in production order, and the date of their first UK broadcast. The Killings at Badger's Drift. 23 March 1997. Screenplay by Anthony Horowitz, Directed by Jeremy Silberston Written in Blood. 22 March 1998. Screenplay by Anthony Horowitz, Directed by Jeremy Silberston Death in Disguise. 6 May 1998. Screenplay by Douglas Watkinson, Directed by Baz Taylor Dea ...

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Moors murders - Pauline Reade. Their first victim was 16-year-old Pauline Reade, a neighbor of Hindley's, who disappeared on her way to a social club in the Crumpsall district on July 12, 1963. She got into a car with Hindley while Brady secretly followed behind on his motorbike. When the van reached Saddleworth Moor, Hindley stopped the van and got out before asking Pauline to help her find a missing glove. They were busy "searching" the moors when Brady pounced upon Pauline and smashed her skull with a s ...

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