as in murders
the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering
Some called her death a mercy killing.
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Authorities later sought to retry Springsteen and Scott, but, in 2009, a judge dismissed the charges after advances in DNA testing, technology unavailable at the time of the murders, identified another male suspect.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026 -
The letter to Hull in which Pender allegedly confessed to committing the murders was later deemed a fake, with Hull himself admitting that his cellmate wrote it.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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Nineteen people connected to Philadelphia street gang violence were charged in connection with several shootings and homicides in the city, prosecutors and police announced Wednesday.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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There have been nine homicides in the Nation's capital this year compared to 27 murders at the same time last year.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Back-to-back massacres have reignited allegations from conservative pundits that transgender ideology and individuals are more prone to violence and the reason transgender people engage in mass shootings is explicitly tied to their incongruent gender identity.—
Elaine Mallon,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately massacres seems to have become quite timely.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Mercy killings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercy%20killings. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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