homicide
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Trickler-McNulty, the former senior ICE official, said that instance was the first immigrant death linked to a homicide involving ICE staff that she could recall in at least 15 years.
From Salon
“I don’t think that’s enough for probable cause for a homicide,” she said in asking Robert J. Totten, the Juvenile Court commissioner, to dismiss the case.
From Los Angeles Times
Arevalo said the one month state of emergency delivered "resounding" results, including a 50 percent drop in homicides and a 33 percent fall in extortion compared with the same period last year.
From Barron's
Sir Sadiq promised that he and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley would reduce the number of phone thefts, in the same way the Met had reduced homicide rates.
From BBC
Police initially sought charges of aggravated murder but later downgraded them to negligent homicide.
From Barron's
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