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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Banfield’s defense attorney has accused prosecutors of offering Peres Magalhães a way out of prison in exchange for a false story to pin the murders on Banfield.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
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When murders are down, reinforce the teams and solve the older cases.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The city saw fewer than 100 homicides in 2025, which hadn’t occurred since 2019.—
Jozsef Papp,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Today’s massacres, whether one believes the most conservative or liberal casualty estimates, are on an order of magnitude deadlier in every conceivable aspect.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The phrase evokes memories of the mass executions of political prisoners during that decade, culminating in the 1988 prison massacres, for which no official has ever been held accountable.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Mercy killings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercy%20killings. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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