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It is a gross overstatement to label Peltier a 'cold-blooded murderer' on the basis of the minimal proof that survived the appeals in his case." [61] On January 18, 2017, two days before President Obama left office, the Office of the Pardon Attorney announced that Obama had denied Peltier's application for clemency. [14]
The popular expression "revenge is a dish best served cold" suggests that revenge is more satisfying if enacted when unexpected or long-feared, inverting traditional civilized [20] revulsion toward "cold-blooded" violence. [21] The idea's origin is obscure.
Celestina Sommer (née Christmas; 1 July 1827 – 11 April 1859) was a Victorian murderer, notorious as much for her escape from the death penalty as for the murder of her only daughter. [ citation needed ] Known as the Islington Murderess, she became an international cause célèbre, examined in the world's press, both houses of the British ...
Former supermarket worker Serkan Kaygusuz, 42, was found guilty of murdering Norma Girolami.
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Kemper showed particular disdain for Mullin, who committed his murders at the same time and in the same area as Kemper. He described Mullin as "just a cold-blooded killer... killing everybody he saw for no good reason." [60] Kemper manipulated and physically intimidated Mullin, who, at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), was a foot shorter than he ...
Sunday marked 134 years since a "brutal, cold-blooded massacre" of the Indigenous Lakota Sioux people of the Great Plains, a tragedy that drew more scrutiny from the U.S. government in recent months.
Barbara Kopple's 1976 documentary Harlan County USA included a segment on Yablonski's murder and its aftermath. It also includes the song "Cold Blooded Murder" (also known as "The Yablonski Murder"), sung by Hazel Dickens. The complex problem of the coal mining industry and the distribution of profits between the corporation and its labor force ...