Sentence examples for had killed before from inspiring English sources
Prosecutors were barred from telling jurors in the trial over Chapman's death that Rankin had killed before.
Mr. Hinrichs said prosecutors chose to seek the death penalty because of the viciousness of the attack and because "the defendant had killed before".
He provided new details of how, during two hours of negotiations, the gunman sang, laughed and asked how many officers he had killed before he was killed by a bomb-equipped robot.
The killing of Chapman was brought to widespread attention by our senior reporter Jon Swaine, who told the story of his life and death and revealed that Rankin, who had killed before, was the officer who opened fire on Chapman.
The inspector tells his officers: "The danger is that there are people out there who have killed before, in other countries".
Far right sympathisers have killed before.
But he has killed before.
Remember: Bates has killed before.
If you don't get chills, you must have killed before, and you probably will again.
And there are other stories of those apparently less innocent – those who themselves may have killed, before in turn becoming victims.
