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Hear Professor Robert Hanlon discuss a brutal homicide case described in his book Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer
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Famous Serial Killers
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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
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What Are the Differences Between First-, Second-, and Third-Degree Murder?
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., April 14th, 1865; from a lithograph by Currier and Ives.
9 Infamous Assassins and the World Leaders They Dispatched
Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)
5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects
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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.
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History of Technology Timeline
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
The Largest Islands in the World

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Add new Web site: Journal on Contemporary Issues of Law - Culpable Homicide and Murder – The Overlapping Offences. Sep 10, 2024
Add new Web site: FBI: UCR - Murder. Jul 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - Criminal Law - Murder. Mar 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Business LibreTexts - Murder. Apr 26, 2023
Infogram added. Feb 16, 2023
Article revised. Feb 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute - Murder. Jun 14, 2020
Article revised. Sep 15, 2017
Media added. Jul 15, 2016
Added new Web site: Free Advice - Murder. Dec 04, 2007
Added new Web site: Johnson law group - Murder / Manslaughter.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Feb 19, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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