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Mattera pointed specifically to the fatal shooting of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller in Queens last month, allegedly at the hands of a career criminal who had been arrested 21 times prior.
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Emma Colton, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
Outrage over Polly’s murder by a career criminal helped drive California to adopt a series of tough-on-crime laws.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Brad Pitt plays an unconventional career criminal whose quest to retrieve a briefcase of cash is sidelined by gangsters, assassins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), and fancy toilets.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors said Washington was a career criminal who had been in and out of prison for much of his adult life.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
He was identified as Thomas Martin Elliot, a career criminal who spent much of his life in and out of prison.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
Throughout Highsmith’s novels, Ripley plays a career criminal who is nearly caught or killed but manages to escape all perils.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
Authorities have named career criminal Jesse Lee Calhoun, 38, a person of interest in four other Portland-area murders that took place between February and May.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2023
Based on the Chuck Hogan novel Prince of Thieves, Ben Affleck's The Town is a tale of a career criminal torn between love and and a life of crime.
—Nina Derwin, Redbook, 10 Aug. 2023
Emma Colton, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
Outrage over Polly’s murder by a career criminal helped drive California to adopt a series of tough-on-crime laws.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Brad Pitt plays an unconventional career criminal whose quest to retrieve a briefcase of cash is sidelined by gangsters, assassins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), and fancy toilets.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
Prosecutors said Washington was a career criminal who had been in and out of prison for much of his adult life.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
He was identified as Thomas Martin Elliot, a career criminal who spent much of his life in and out of prison.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
Throughout Highsmith’s novels, Ripley plays a career criminal who is nearly caught or killed but manages to escape all perils.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
Authorities have named career criminal Jesse Lee Calhoun, 38, a person of interest in four other Portland-area murders that took place between February and May.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2023
Based on the Chuck Hogan novel Prince of Thieves, Ben Affleck's The Town is a tale of a career criminal torn between love and and a life of crime.
—Nina Derwin, Redbook, 10 Aug. 2023
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“Career criminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career%20criminal. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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