mercy killing

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Recent Examples of mercy killing DJ Anne Harris is largely focused on mercy killing her relationship with Siobhan for Siobhan’s own good. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2021 The doctor carried out the mercy killing with her family’s consent and support. Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019 The woman later gave mixed signals about her desire to die, but the doctor, in close consultation with the woman’s family, decided to go ahead with the mercy killing. Mike Corder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019 In the Bollinger case, a handicapped baby was refused a lifesaving operation in Chicago in 1915, touching off a national debate over mercy killing the mentally disabled. Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018 After both of those mercy kill eliminations, there's only one more woman cut at the actual rose ceremony this week: poor Bibi. Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 16 Jan. 2018 In fact, the roots of mercy killing in modern times are lodged in the unsavory and downright savage practices of the last century. Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018 Spirit Airlines has since come out to deny any wrongdoing, saying that while Aldecosea was misinformed initially by the airline initially, a gate representative did not suggest mercy killing Pebbles. Sarah Weldon, Cosmopolitan, 8 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercy killing
Noun
  • That changed in February, when the state located the necessary drugs and planned to execute Thomas Creech, who was convicted of five murders in three states.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Additionally, authorities say Gonzalez-Nunez associated himself with Norteño gang members who were responsible for murders around the area.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Kamp previously worked as a shift commander, gang enforcement sergeant and homicide detective for the Phoenix Police Department.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The vehicular massacre on the road toward Illinka has helped drive up Russian losses to record levels.
    David Axe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Yet after Hamas's October 7 brutal massacre of 1,200 innocent Israelis, many were shocked to find that the Left no longer had an affinity for Jews.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • President of Sarco's operator, assisted suicide organization The Last Resort, Dr Florian Willet, was arrested after the woman's death and remains in custody, along with several others, whilst police investigate what transpired.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Now 77, Nitschke first explored the idea of delegating assisted suicide to machines in the 1990s.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024

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