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...murder]]ers who kill their victims by slowly [[torture|torturing]] them to death over a prolonged period of time. It is often a practice of [[serial killers ...the victim to a secluded place. There, the killer will put the victim to death by slow [[torture]], sometimes in very grisly ways.

==The sentence== Convicted of murder, Grossman was sentenced to death. Before his sentence could be carried out, he hanged himself in his cell, having reportedly gone

...aw allowed him to apply for special benefits, including a reduction of his sentence to 22 years and the possibility of an even earlier release for further coop ...he committed. Colombian law originally did not have any way to extend the sentence, as cases of mass murderers like Garavito had no legal precedent in the cou

...He was sentenced to death by firing squad, and executed shortly after the sentence was handed down. ...c.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/84093.stm Indonesian sorcerer sentenced to death] ''BBC News Online'' 27 April, 1998

...had been sexually obsessed with elderly women ever since his own mother's death, began his criminal career by molesting and robbing them at random. He was ...having an affair with; he attempted suicide afterward, and was found, near death, by police officers lying near the body of his victim, Joan Violet Sinclair

...oison arrows. Stepping on an Abatwa by accident is also said to be a death sentence.

...girl. His crimes were then halted by the First World War and an eight-year sentence in prison. In 1921 he left prison and moved to Altenburg, where he married. ...alive. Budlick led the police to Kürten's home. He was concerned over the sentence he would receive for the rape and avoided the police. Kürten told his wife

...estigation, an innocent man was arrested and [torture murder|torture]]d to death for Onoprienko's crimes. ..., but because of Ukraine's intention to join the European Union, the death sentence was commuted to life in prison.

"The judge, in passing sentence of death, remarked how calm Lee's demeanour had been throughout the trial. ...Parliament he could not expect a man to 'twice face the pangs of imminent death'.

...orers. The coroner established that each of the victims had been hacked to death with a machete-like weapon [http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,910481 ==Arrest and sentence==

...codiles with him. Once in the swamps, however, Panzram shot all six men to death, hacked them up and fed them to the crocodiles. ...trying to rob him. He also raped and killed two small boys, beating one to death with a rock and strangling the other with a belt.

The death penalty was abolished just one month after Brady and Hindley were arrested. ...ns and given two life sentences; she also received a concurrent seven-year sentence for harbouring Brady in connection with the murder of John Kilbride.

...murders, sometimes at the behest of a secret [[cult]] called "The Hand of Death" Lucas would recant his confessions, saying he made such statements only t ...ld Tallahassee, Florida, resident Ada Johnson, and received a second death sentence; on appeal, however, both sentences were commuted to life in prison.

...serious doubts about his state of mind remained. Grans received a 12-year sentence. What exactly became of him after his release is not known, only that he co The case stirred much discussion in Germany, not only about the death penalty but also about the correct approach towards mentally ill offenders,

...led by Mark Prothero, were closing a plea bargain that would spare him the death penalty in return for his confession to a number of the Green River murders ...d murderer of 48 people should be spared execution in a state that has the death penalty and imposes it on people who have killed far fewer victims. Deputy

...lade, but the weapon was too blunt, so Brady strangled the crying chlld to death with a piece of string before burying his body, face down, in a shallow gra ...arrangement was different. Myra drove off on her own to select a child for death. She chose a blonde-haired, blue eyed boy, just 4 days passed his 12th birt

The earliest report of the creature known as the "Buru", came from a single sentence in an article by an anthropologist, named Professor von Furer-Haimendorf. D ...deep pools in the bottom of a lake, and that the creatures were stoned to death and the pools filled in. By the time Stonor had arrived the creatures were

...e initial attack, there will be other factors contributing to the cause of death and so break the chain of causation. Subject to the local statute of limita ...he definition of murder and so rejects the idea of a single mandatory life sentence. For those interested, the Report also lists all the main European and comm

...eaded guilty in Harrisonville, Missouri and did not receive a second death sentence from a Missouri court. Robinson could be the first person executed by letha ...e-mail. Whoever this person may be, he/she is a suspect for murder in the death of 56 women (so far) contacted through the Internet.

...he coroner for the South Manchester district, with concerns about the high death rate among Shipman's patients (in particular the large number of cremation ...e. The last person to see her alive had been Shipman, who later signed her death certificate.

...ated that his lawyers were closing a plea bargain that would spare him the death penalty in return for his confession to a number of the Green River murders ...d murderer of 48 people should be spared execution in a state that has the death penalty and imposes it on people who have killed far fewer victims. Deputy

...he lied when giving evidence at his trial. He changed his story about the death of Jessica, having previously admitted to suffocating her in a panic. An au ...there was no evidence of abduction of the two girls. The beginning of his sentence was backdated to October 2002, when he was first remanded in custody — no

...03. But the popular press and certain sections of the public felt that the sentence was too lenient, and the editors of The Sun newspaper handed a petition bea ...awful, and the Home Secretary lost his power to set minimum terms for life sentence prisoners under the age of 18 years (in 2002 the position of Home Secretary

...mmending them on their verdict, claiming that if he had not been given the death penalty, he would probably escape again. ...been tried in several states and, in Missouri in 1997, he was sentenced to death.

...he was sentenced to thirteen and a half years in prison; Martin received a sentence of five years. Showing good behaviour in prison, he was released on parole ...arch 20 1996. It is likely that Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo starved to death during this time.

...h by the state of Florida in 1992. She ultimately received five additional death sentences. She was put to death via lethal injection in 2002.

...serrated blade, but it didn't work, so Brady strangled the crying child to death with a piece of string, and buried his body in a shallow grave. His body wa ...fore she herself was taken into custody. Brady then strangled the child to death with a piece of white string, before burying his body. Hindley stood above

...was in all likelihood innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced to death." [http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR510032000] ...George W. Bush, and Lucas died in prison of natural causes. Though Lucas's death seemed to have removed the possibility of resolution in many instances, the

...t I stripped her naked. How she did kick—bite and scratch. I choked her to death, then cut her in small pieces so I could take my meat to my rooms. Cook and ...The jury found him to be sane and guilty, and the judge ordered the death sentence.

...ntences each without the possibility for parole for 15 years, and one life sentence without the possibility for parole for 40 years. ...sed at the sight of their struggles. Finally, Rader would strangle them to death and masturbate to ejaculation onto the corpse.

...l and simplified language—or even multiple languages during the same sentence. The interpretation of such recordings is often highly subjective and may ...ical interests all his life (especially with the possibility of life after death), and he kept in close contact with leading British psychical researchers.

...In 1936 he was appointed ''médecin d'état-civil'' with authority to write death certificates. The same year, he was briefly institutionalized for kleptoman ==Trial and sentence==

...sochistic themes. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. ...nnounced her plans to leave New Orleans. She cited living alone since the death of her husband and her son's moving out of state as the reasons. "Simplifyi

...case sparked massive public outrage, contributed to the suspension of the death penalty in Britain in 1965 (it was later abolished outright). The case rema ...nce feared. By the time he reached puberty, he already associated sex with death, dominance and violent aggression, rendering impotent unless in complete co

...ing about "other selves" he was trying to appeal his [[death penalty|death sentence]].) Later, friends and acquaintances would remember a handsome, articulate ...in the early hours of Super Bowl Sunday in January 1978, he bludgeoned to death two sleeping women, Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, and seriously wounded tw

...dragged naked into the snow and doused with cold water until they froze to death. ...ced and executed. Of those tried, only Katarina Beneczky escaped the death sentence, exonerated by her fellow defendants and also by the testimony of Zusanna.

...ARGUMENT FROM TIME YOU ANSWER YOU ARE ON A TIME LIMIT IF POLICE OR TRICKS DEATH'' ...nformed that Lesley's body had been found, laid the blame for his sister's death squarely on the considerable publicity garnered by the kidnap.

...che and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in all known soc In the United States death is usually shown as a skeletal figure wearing a midnight black gown with a

...e Chase found guilty of second degree murder, which would result in a life sentence. Their case hinged on Chase's history of mental illness and the lack of pla

...elled Retz). He was an intelligent child, learning fluent Latin. After the death of his parents c.1415, Gilles was put under the tutelage of his godfather, ...he fact that two of several previous marriage schemes were thwarted by the death of the intended bride.

...prostitutes with the supposed aphrodisiac spanish fly, he was sentenced to death for sodomy and said poisoning in the same year but was able to flee to Ital ...imprisoned in the dungeon of Vincennes. He successfully appealed his death sentence in 1778, but remained imprisoned under the ''lettre de cachet''. He escaped

!width="50" align="center"|Age at death ...acDonald (aged 16) was not a prostitute, and in the public perception, her death suddenly made every woman a potential victim. He seriously assaulted Mauree

...Manson was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. He is serving a life sentence but will be up for parole in 2007 at the age of 73. Manson has always maint Manson was paroled in 1958 after serving two years of a three-year sentence. In 1959, he was arrested again for passing stolen checks. Once again, he w

...guilty in exchange for receiving life imprisonment rather than facing the death penalty. Berkowitz was questioned for about 30 minutes, and confessed to th ...fe by a fellow inmate while in prison. His behavior in prison early in his sentence reportedly earned him the nickname of "David Berserkowitz." [citation neede

...s satisfied by guessing the name of the involved party, and the subsequent death of the troll or being whose name is guessed is central to both stories. ...n communal tribes and under strict tennets of laws which include the death sentence for mixing with outside races. They travel the precarious ledges of the mou

...in Whitechapel. There was one clear-cut incision on the neck; the cause of death was massive blood loss from the nearly severed main artery on the left side ...her internal organs, this led to peritonitis, which he deemed the cause of death.