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Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer.He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 284 victims over a period of roughly 30 years.
Michael Joseph Swango (born James Michael Swango, [1] October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues in the United States and Zimbabwe, although he admitted to causing only four deaths.
John David Moor (1947 – 14 October 2000) [1] [2] was a British general practitioner who was prosecuted in 1999 for the euthanasia of a patient. He was found not guilty but admitted in a press interview to having helped up to 300 people to die. [3] He was the first doctor in Britain to be tried solely for the mercy killing of a patient. [4 ...
R v Adams [1957] is an English case that established the principle of double effect applicable to doctors: that if a doctor "gave treatment to a seriously ill patient with the aim of relieving pain or distress, as a result of which that person's life was inadvertently shortened, the doctor was not guilty of murder" where a restoration to health is no longer possible.
If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer is a book by O.J. Simpson and Pablo Fenjves, in which Simpson puts forth a hypothetical description of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. According to Fenjves, the book is based on extensive discussions with Simpson. [2]
A California fertility doctor who prosecutors said strangled his wife and then tried to make it appear a s id she’d died from accidentally falling down stairs was found guilty of murder Tuesday ...
Will Chavez go to prison after pleading guilty? Despite taking a plea deal, Chavez still faces up to a 10-year prison sentence and $500,000 fine when he is sentenced on April 2, 2025.
John Bodkin Adams (21 January 1899 – 4 July 1983) was a British general practitioner, convicted fraudster, and suspected serial killer.Between 1946 and 1956, 163 of his patients died while in comas, which was deemed to be worthy of investigation. [1]