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| x Rape |
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Fritzl case | John A. Bennett |
Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or without sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent.
The rate of reporting, prosecution and convictions for rape varies...
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| Mike Tyson rapes beauty pageant contestant | Ronald Wolfe | ||||
| Sydney gang rapes | Leo Echegaray | ||||
| October 1992 Rape and Murder of Shauna Howe | Caryl Chessman | Robbery | |||
| Ted Bundy Murders | Dhananjoy Chatterjee | Kidnapping | |||
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| x Murder |
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Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman murders | Thomas James Holden |
Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As...
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| Manhattan Well Murder | William Nesbit | ||||
| Yogurt Shop Murders | Omar August Pinson | ||||
| 1979 Cleveland Elementary School Shooting | Michael Morales | ||||
| Murder of Nicholas Markowitz | Colin Campbell Ross | Rape | |||
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| x Drunk driving |
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Mel Gibson DUI incident | Trace Adkins |
Drunk driving is the act of operating and/or driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired. It is illegal in all jurisdictions within the U.S. The specific criminal...
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| Gordon Campbell's DUI | Tony Adams | ||||
| Jacqueline Saburido Disfigured by Drunk Driver | Khalif Barnes | ||||
| Nick Adenhart Car Accident | Mark Bell | ||||
| 2009 Quincy Carter drunk driving and marijuana possession | Peter Berg Hestad | ||||
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| x Theft |
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Edward Forbes Smiley III |
In criminal law, theft is the illegal taking of another person's property without that person's freely-given consent. The word is also used as an informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as burglary, embezzlement, larceny,...
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| John Peter Galanis | |||||
| Ghino di Tacco | |||||
| William Nesbit | |||||
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| x Sodomy |
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Sodomy (pronounced /ˈsɒdəmi/) is a term used today predominantly in law (derived from traditional Christian usage) to describe the act of anal intercourse, oral intercourse, or bestiality.
The term comes from the Ecclesiastical Latin: peccatum...
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| x Manslaughter | Christian Brando Murder Case |
Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder.
The law generally differentiates between levels of criminal culpability based on the mens rea, or state of mind. This is...
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| Manslaughter of Maria Colwell | Cathy Smith | ||||
| Purple Aki, Bogeyman of North West England | Karla Homolka | ||||
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| John Martin Crawford | |||||
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| x Assault | Tupac 1994 assault | Tupac Shakur |
Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the...
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| Charles Sumner congress assaut | Vincent Cianci | ||||
| Reginald Denny incident | William Joyce | ||||
| John and Lorena Bobbitt incident | Fred Phelps | ||||
| Amy Fisher Shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco | Jules Bonnot | ||||
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| x Arson |
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Daegu subway fire | Kim Dae-han | Homicide |
Arson is the crime of deliberately and maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires caused by lightning for example. The study of the causes...
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| Reichstag fire | Marinus van der Lubbe | ||||
| Kent State shootings | Andreas Baader | ||||
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| Rod Coronado | |||||
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| x Blackmail | Charles Bronson |
Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand made upon the victim is met. This information is usually of an embarrassing and/or socially...
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| x Burglary |
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Elle Macpherson's attempted extortion | Omar August Pinson |
Burglary (also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking) is a crime, the essence of which is entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others...
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| Michael Mischler | Extortion | ||||
| x Embezzlement | Dane Cook Embezzlement Case |
Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets, usually financial in nature, by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted.
Embezzlement is a kind of financial fraud. For instance, a clerk or cashier...
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| x False pretenses |
False pretenses or obtaining property by false pretenses is when a person or persons obtains property by lying about a past or existing fact. In English law, these were deception offences defined in the Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978, although...
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| x Fraud | Neil Havens Rodreick Fraud Case | Neil Havens Rodreick II | Child pornography |
In the broadest sense, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and is also a civil law violation. Many hoaxes are...
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| Scott Rush | Forgery | ||||
| Larry Davis | Illegal drug trade | ||||
| Barry Minkow | Theft | ||||
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| x Handling |
In English criminal law, handling stolen goods (formerly, under the Larceny Act 1916, known as receiving stolen goods) takes place after a theft or other dishonest acquisition is completed and may be committed by a fence or other person who helps...
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| x Larceny | John Bobbitt |
Larceny is a form of theft. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law. It has been abolished in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and...
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| x Vandalism |
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Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture: ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable. Such action includes criminal damage, defacement, graffiti and crass erection of an...
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| x Drug possession | 2009 Ex-Jaguars WR Smith charged with drug possession | John Lennon |
Drug possession is the crime of having one or more illegal drugs in one's possession, either for personal use, distribution, sale or otherwise. Illegal drugs fall into different categories and sentences vary depending on the amount, type of drug,...
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| Mitchell Johnson | Unlawful Possession of a Firearm | ||||
| Mitchell Johnson | Theft | ||||
| Tony Eveready | Identity theft | ||||
| Ryan O'Neal | Felony Possession of firearm | ||||
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| x Tax avoidance and tax evasion |
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Al Capone |
Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the tax regime to one's own advantage, to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. By contrast tax evasion is the general term for efforts to not pay taxes by illegal means....
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| Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski | |||||
| Boris Becker | |||||
| Lester Piggott | |||||
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| x Espionage |
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Watergate scandal | Roxana Saberi |
Espionage or Spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, as the legitimate holder of the information may...
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| x Treason | Anthony Enahoro |
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife (treason...
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| James Croft | |||||
| Metin Kaplan | |||||
| Louis Darquier de Pellepoix | |||||
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| x Robbery |
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O.J. Simpson Las Vegas Robbery | Thomas James Holden |
Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. At common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear. Precise...
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| Perth Mint Swindle | Omar August Pinson | ||||
| Great Bookie Robbery | Caryl Chessman | Rape | |||
| Air France Robbery | Caril Ann Fugate | Kidnapping | |||
| Lufthansa heist | Joseph Merlino | Murder | |||
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| x Conspiracy | Charles Manson | Murder |
In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. There is no limit on the number...
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| James O'Brien | Kidnapping | ||||
| Eldred Walker | Second Degree Murder | ||||
| Timothy O'Brien | Third Degree Murder | ||||
| Michael Fortier | Kidnapping | ||||
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| x Terrorism |
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1993 Cosa Nostra Bombings | Matteo Messina Denaro |
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. At present, there is no internationally agreed definition of terrorism. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear ...
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| x Homicide | Daegu subway fire | Kim Dae-han | Arson |
Homicide (Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut, kill) refers to the act of a human killing a human being. A common form of homicide, for example, would be murder. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though...
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| Smiley Face Killings | Karl Bishop | ||||
| Gettysburg Stabbing | Ali Boulala | ||||
| Murder of Sandra Cantu | Gabriel Cardona | ||||
| Stabbing of Rob Knox | Rosalio Reta | ||||
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| x Sexual assault |
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Tupac 1994 assault | Anand Jon |
Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may be by a man on a man, woman on a man or woman on a woman. Approximately one in six American women will be a...
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| Fritzl case | |||||
| Alex da Silva Sexual Assaults | |||||
| Manslaughter of Rachel Nickell | |||||
| Jennifer Lea Burton Felony Sexual Assault of and Improper Relationship with Students | |||||
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| x Witchcraft |
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Witchcraft, in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers. Witchcraft can refer to the use of such powers in order to inflict harm or damage upon members of...
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| x Armed Robbery | Enema Bandit Case | Mutulu Shakur | |||
| Phil Markoff Crime Spree | Charles Bronson | ||||
| Enema bandit | |||||
| Ralph Greene | |||||
| x Attacks on a Federal Facility Resulting in Death | Osama bin Laden | Murder of US Nationals Outside the United States | |||
| Conspiracy to Murder US Nationals Outside the United States | |||||
| x Conspiracy to Murder US Nationals Outside the United States | Osama bin Laden | Murder of US Nationals Outside the United States | |||
| Attacks on a Federal Facility Resulting in Death | |||||
| x Murder of US Nationals Outside the United States | Osama bin Laden | Conspiracy to Murder US Nationals Outside the United States | |||
| Attacks on a Federal Facility Resulting in Death | |||||
| x Unlawful flight across state lines | Thomas James Holden | ||||
| x Assisting Escape | |||||
| x Prison escape |
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A prison escape or prison break is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part of authorities to recapture them and return them to their original detainers....
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| x Unlawful flight | Omar August Pinson | ||||
| x Bank robbery |
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Frankie Fraser |
Bank robbery is the crime of stealing from a bank. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, robbery is, "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or...
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| x Slush fund | Watergate scandal |
Slush fund is a colloquial term which has come to mean an auxiliary monetary account or a reserve fund. However, the term has special meaning within a context of corrupt (including but not limited to) political dealings by governments, large...
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| x Illegal Wiretapping | Watergate scandal | ||||
| x Campaign fraud | Watergate scandal | ||||
| x Money laundering | Watergate scandal | Bernard L. Madoff | Ponzi scheme |
Money laundering is the process of creating the appearance that large amounts of money obtained from serious crimes, such as drug trafficking or terrorist activity, originated from a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions with...
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| Thomas Petters Investments Fraud | Eddie Nash | Securities fraud | |||
| Perjury | |||||
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| Investment Advisor Fraud | |||||
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| x Sabotage | Watergate scandal |
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening another entity through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. In a workplace setting, sabotage is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency generally directed at causing some change in...
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| x Bribery |
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Watergate scandal |
Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption, is an act implying money or gift given that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any...
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| x Smuggling |
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Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other...
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| x Insider trading | Rene Rivkin |
Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities (e.g. bonds or stock options) by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company. In most countries, trading by corporate insiders such as...
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| Ivan Boesky | |||||
| Simon Hannes | |||||
| Jeffrey Skilling | |||||
| Eugene Plotkin | |||||
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| x Racketeering | John Connolly |
A racket is an illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime. Engaging in a racket is called racketeering.
Several forms of racket exist. The best-known is the protection racket, in which criminals demand money from businesses in exchange...
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| William Hanhardt | |||||
| Kirtanananda Swami | |||||
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| x Gunrunning |
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Mexican Drug Trafficking and Violence | Nahum Manbar |
For the fictional character see Gunrunner (Transformers).
Illegal arms trafficking, also known as Gunrunning, is trafficking in (smuggling) contraband weapons and ammunition.
Arms trafficking is most widespread in regions of political turmoil, but...
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| Colm Murphy | |||||
| Gerry McGeough | |||||
| Martin Ferris | |||||
| x Mass murder |
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Aramoana massacre | Colin Ferguson |
Mass murder (in military contexts, sometimes interchangeable with mass destruction) is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically over a relatively short period of time. Mass murder may be committed by individuals or organizations....
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| Columbine High School massacre | Andrew Golden | Attempted murder | |||
| 1993 Long Island Rail Road Massacre | Mitchell Johnson | Unlawful Possession of a Firearm | |||
| Jonesboro massacre | Aggravated Assault | ||||
| x Kidnapping | The Disappearance of Johnny Gosch | Caryl Chessman | Robbery |
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or asportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. This may be done for ransom or in furtherance of another...
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| Rahul Missing Case | DP Yadav | Rape | |||
| Faraday School kidnapping | Veerappan | ||||
| Bega schoolgirl murders | Vinson Filyaw | ||||
| Graeme Thorne kidnapping | Gary Krist | ||||
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| x Attempted robbery | Jan Erik Olsson | ||||
| x Computer crime | The Morris Worm | Mixter |
Computer crime can broadly be defined as criminal activity involving an information technology infrastructure, including illegal access (unauthorized access), illegal interception (by technical means of non-public transmissions of computer data to,...
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| Blaster | Simon Vallor | ||||
| Conficker | Matthew Bevan | ||||
| Conficker C | Mark Abene | ||||
| Jeanson James Ancheta | |||||
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| x Spam |
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Alan Ralsky |
Spam is commonly defined as unsolicited bulk and/or commercial messaging (UCE / UBE). This is most widely known for email, but first came to wide attention in a usenet context. Spam has now diverged to cover new and emerging...
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| Howard Carmack | |||||
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| Edward Davidson | |||||
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| x Causing death by dangerous driving |
In English criminal law, the offence of causing death by dangerous driving is currently defined by the Road Traffic Act 1991 but, following Adomako (1995) 1 AC 171, the offence of motor manslaughter may now be the preferred charge.
Road Traffic Act...
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| x Corporate manslaughter |
Corporate manslaughter is a criminal offence in English law, being an act of homicide committed by a company. In general, in English criminal law, a juristic person is in the same position as a natural person, and may be convicted for committing...
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| x Assassination |
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Anwar el-Sadat assassination | Khalid Islambouli |
An Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure.
Assassinations may be prompted by ideological, political, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by financial gain, revenge, personal public recognition, or mental...
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| Assassination of Alfred Duraiappah | |||||
| x Child murder |
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Atlanta child murders |
The murder of children is considered a 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...
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| x Contract killing |
Contract killing is a form of assassination in which one entity hires another entity to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for...
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| x Honor killing |
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An honor killing (also called a customary killing) is the murder of a family or clan member by one or more fellow family members, where the murderers (and potentially the wider community) believe the victim to have brought dishonor upon the family,...
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| x Lust murder |
A lust murder is a homicide in which the offender searches for erotic satisfaction by killing someone. Commonly this type of crime is manifested either by murder during sexual intercourse and/or by mutilating the sexual organs or areas of the victim...
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| x Lynching |
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Mississippi civil rights worker murders |
Lynching, "as a systematic localized expression of western imperialism when wedded to mob driven political terrorism, was commonly practiced as an accepted form of suppressing human beings of African descent engaged in resisting overwhelming...
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| x Murder-suicide |
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2008 attack at Beijing Drum Tower during Olympics |
A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before killing him or herself.
The combination of murder and suicide can take various forms, including:
Many spree killings have ended in suicide, such as...
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| Red Lake High School massacre | |||||
| Marie Moore Shooting | |||||
| Henry Ford Community College Shooting | |||||
| 2009 Parente murder-suicide | |||||
| x Proxy murder |
A proxy murder is a murder in which the murderer does so at the behest of another, acting as his or her proxy.
The archetypal example of this would be taking a contract out on someone else, in which a hit man commits the act of murder on a specified...
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