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Tag Archives: Death

13Feb/18

The science of escaping from a vicious predator

February 13, 2018ScienceAcinonyx, Biological pest control, Botswana, Cheetah, Death, Environment, Felids, Fiction, Human Interest, Lion, Mammals, NEXT MEDIA, Predation, Predator, Pursuit predation, Throat clamp, Zebrasmbale

A years-long study has revealed how predators hunt in the African wild, and what tactics their prey use to outmaneuver them. Continue reading →

09Oct/17

Potentially disturbing video: Police shoot black man as he runs away

October 9, 2017CrimeBlack Lives Matter, Body worn video, Crime in the United States, Death, Harmon, Killing of Patrick Harmon, law enforcement, Law/Crime, Linda, Linda So, officer, Ohio, Patrick Harmon, Race and crime in the United States, Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, Shooting of Samuel DuBose, Taser, The United States, United States, University of Cincinnatismbale

Newly released bodycam video shows a Salt Lake City police officer shooting and killing a black man as he ran away after the officer attempted to arrest him. Linda So reports. Continue reading →

06Mar/16

Japan rethinks right to “die with dignity”

March 6, 2016HealthcareAdvance healthcare directive, Ageing, Articles, Asako, Assisted suicide, Belgium, Chiho Yamaguchi, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: Japan, Death, Dignity, Euthanasia, Euthanasia in New Zealand, France, Gerontology, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Japan, Legality of euthanasia, Masako Yoshida, Netherlands, Palliative care, Right to die, Shoji Nakanishi, Social Issues, Suicide, Switzerland, Tarou Tanzawa, Terminal illness, Tokyo, United States, Voluntary euthanasiasmbale

Ageing, indebted Japan rethinks right to ‘die with dignity’.
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12Feb/16

Santa Muerte

Pope Francis faces shadow of ‘Saint Death’ cult in Mexico

February 12, 2016ReligionAngels in Christianity, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in Mexico, Catholicism in the United States, Christian folklore, City: Mexico City, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: Mexico, Culture, Death, Ecclesiology, Folk saints, Francis, Humans, Mario, Mexico, Mexico City, Muerte, Pope, Pope Francis, R. Andrew Chesnut, Religion, Religion/Belief, Roman Catholic Church, Santa Muerte, Temple, United States, Yolanda Holansmbale

Mexico’s Saint Death cult makes in-roads with local Catholics, posing new challenges for the Church in the country ahead of Pope Francis’ visit.

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07Jan/16

Texas state trooper Brian Encinia pointing stun gun at Sandra Bland during her arrest

Texas trooper indicted for perjury in Sandra Bland case

January 7, 2016CrimeAmerican society, Black Lives Matter, Bland, Brian Encinia, Death, Death of Sandra Bland, Grand jury, HEMPSTEAD, Hempstead, Texas, Houston, Jury, Perjury, Race and crime in the United States, Sandra Bland, Shawn McDonald, Texas, United Statessmbale

Texas grand jury indicts state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland over for perjury. Continue reading →

26Jul/15

Hundreds mourn for woman found dead in Texas jail cell

July 26, 2015CrimeAmerican society, Bill Foster, Black Lives Matter, Bland, Bland family of Virginia, Chicago, Death, Death of Sandra Bland, Dick Durbin, Geneva Reed-Veal, Houston, Human Interest, Illinois, James Miller, LISLE, officer, Race and crime in the United States, Reed-Veal, Sandra Bland, Social Issues, Texas, United States, Vealsmbale

Hundreds of family and friends gather in Illinois for the funeral of Sandra Bland who was found dead in a Texas jail cell.

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17Jul/15

Sandra Bland found dead in Texas jail cell

July 17, 2015CrimeAmerican society, Bail, Bail bondsman, Black Lives Matter, Bland, Bondsman, Death, Death of Sandra Bland, Government, I (Almost) Got Away With It, Law/Crime, NEXT MEDIA, Police brutality, Race and crime in the United States, Rawstory, Sandra Bland, Sheriffs in the United States, Sureties, Texassmbale

USA (Next Media) – African American civil rights activist Sandra Bland was found dead in her Waller County jail cell on Monday in what has initially been ruled a suicide.
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09May/15

Patz jurors explain verdict problem

May 9, 2015CrimeDeath, Disappearance of Etan Patz, Etan, Etan Patz, HARVEY FISHBEIN, Hung jury, Jennifer, Juries, Law, Law/Crime, Legal procedure, Missing people, New York, New York City, Pedro Hernandez, Presumption of death, Stan Patz, Trial, Violence, Violence against childrensmbale

(REUTERS/NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT) – Etan Patz vanished in 1979 in New York on his first walk alone to the school bus stop.

He’s thought to have been killed at what was then a deli.

His body’s never been found. He was officially declared dead in 2001.

Thirty-six years later a man on trial for his murder has walked free after jurors failed to agree a verdict.
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09Mar/15

France debates ‘deep sleep’ option at end of life, no euthanasia

March 9, 2015MedicineAnimal euthanasia, Assisted suicide, Belgium, Death, Disability rights, Ethics, Euthanasia, France, François Hollande, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Homicide, Jean Leonetti, Jean-Luc Romero, Legality of euthanasia, Medicine, Netherlands, pain, Palliative care, Palliative medicine, Palliative sedation, Right to die, Sedation, Social Issues, Stephane Mercier, Suicide, Switzerland, Terminal illness, VILLEJUIF, Vincent Lambert, Voluntary euthanasiasmbale

Some say it’s euthanasia, others say it’s not enough, French legislators are to start examining a draft law which would give the right to “deep and ongoing sedation” until death for terminally ill patients.

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