Sentence examples for for a killing from inspiring English sources

Was that the trigger for a killing?

Mr. Hand, prosecutors say, wanted the $150 as a down payment for a killing.

Deadman Pass nearby was named for a killing during the white-Indian conflict in the 1800s.

But it also says foreigners cannot be tried in their absence for a killing abroad, unless it was political.

It must also be just the perfect setting for a killing, a sanctuary that gives you the spooks.

Seven were arrested on murder charges, including one man who was wanted for a killing in Mexico.

Mark Norwood will be led into a Georgetown courtroom Wednesday to face capital murder charges for a killing that took place more than 25 years ago.

But in the trial of Mr. Hooks for a killing three years and nine months earlier, that moment turned the case upside down.

The condemned man, Jeffery Lee Wood, 35, was to be put to death Thursday evening for a killing committed by his partner in a 1996 robbery.

"In a post-9/11 context," Mr. Abrams said, "a call in a mosque for a killing might not be protected by the First Amendment".

If it fails, calls for a mercy killing will be deafening (see next story).