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(Encyclopedia) murder, criminal homicide, usually distinguished from manslaughter by the element of malice aforethought. The most direct case of malicious intent occurs when the killer is known to…

A Perfect Murder

Director:Andrew DavisWriter:Patrick Smith KellyDirector of Photography:Dariusz WolskiEditors:Dov Hoenig and Dennis VirklerMusic:James Newton HowardProduction Designer:Philip Rosenberg…

Murder By Numbers

Director: Barbet Schroeder Writer: Tony Gayton Warner Bros. and Caste Rock; R; 118 minutes Release: 4/02 Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Gosling, Ben Chaplin Murder By Numbers…

Murder at 1600

Director: Dwight LittleWriters: Wayne Beach and David HodginDirector of Photography:Steven BernsteinEditor:Billy WeberMusic:Christopher YoungProduction Designer:Nelson CoatesProducers:Arnold…

Murder, Inc.

(Encyclopedia) Murder, Inc., name given to the band of professional killers who operated (1930–40) throughout the United States as the enforcement arm of the Syndicate, composed of the national heads…

Brewer's: Killing no Murder

A tract written by Sexby, who was living in Holland at the time of its publication. Probably Sexby was paid for fathering it, and the real author was William Allan. Source: Dictionary of…

The Murder of Medgar Evers

Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers in 1994, 30 years after the fact Related Links Black History Month Encyclopedia: Civil Rights For Kids: Civil Rights Heroes…

Brewer's: Blue Murder

To shout blue murder. Indicative more of terror or alarm than of real danger. It appears to be a play on the French exclamation morbleu; there may also be a distinct allusion to the common…

The Murder of Emmett Till

A "grotesque miscarriage of justice" Related Links Black History Month Black History Time Timeline Encyclopedia: Civil Rights For Kids: Civil Rights Heroes Martin Luther…

Mob murder in a Christian nation

by Ida B. Wells The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people. It presents three salient facts: First, lynching is a colorline…