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How to use the word Perpetrator in a Sentence?

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We want the public’s help to bring the second perpetrator to justice.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It appears in this case that they’re not particularly happy with the agreement, because obviously, if you’re the victim, or you’re the descendant of a victim, you really want the perpetrator to be held accountable, it’s not just about money.

Lauren Richardson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When our team determined the age of the Nyayanga evidence, the perpetrator of the tools became a ‘whodunnit’ in my mind. There are several possibilities, and except for fossilized hand bones wrapped around a stone tool, the originator of the early Oldowan may be an unknown for a long time.

Rick Potts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At this time, our perpetrator grabs (Fayaz) in a headlock, points the gun at his head, and demands the money.

Detectives James Essig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In this case, since the identity of the perpetrator is a critical element that must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, evidence of motive may be used in an attempt to meet that burden.

Clifton Newman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You can’t even imagine the horror that the victim’s family is going through, as well as the perpetrator’s family.

Tim Alexander

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With the significantly increased reward, we urge those who may have previously hesitated to contact us – or who may not have realized they had important information – to review the information on our website and come forward with anything relevant, despite the unprecedented volume of data review involved in this case, the FBI and our partners continue to work relentlessly to bring the perpetrator of these dangerous attempted attacks to justice.

David Sundberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I supported bail reform. Under my plan, dangerous people don't get to buy their way out of people. Senator Johnson may have not encountered a problem he couldn't buy his way out of, but that is not the reality for a majority of people in this state, under my plan, the perpetrator would not have been able to get out whether he paid a $1000 or $100,000.

Mandela Barnes

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Albuquerque is on edge right now, and I want to be clear that we, and our partners across law enforcement, are directing every possible resource to these cases. We will protect our community and bring the perpetrator of these crimes to justice. We unequivocally denounce these senseless killings and stand with our Muslim community against intolerance and violence in every form, we have heard from the community that the fear is so strong, there is a concern about even things like groceries and getting meals for certain folks in certain areas of town.

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This incident, caught on video, shows the perpetrator sitting on a bench for approximately 30 minutes while our victim is sleeping along the building line, the perpetrator then puts on a Covid mask, walks over and stabs our victim one time.

Detectives James Essig

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Ramesh Sunny Balwani is not Ramesh Sunny Balwani. Ramesh Sunny Balwani's a perpetrator of the fraud. . Ramesh Sunny Balwani knows that the biggest threat to fraud is the truth.

Jeffrey Schenk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

How does the dissent account for the fact that one of the mass shootings near the top of its list took place in Buffalo ? The New York law at issue in this case obviously did not stop the perpetrator.

Samuel Alito

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are also in touch with police authorities and have underscored the importance of our request for them to bring the perpetrator of this incident to justice.

Elmer Cato

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

She's been forced to pay her perpetrator, to give up custody of the child that was a product of rape. It is absolutely one of the most shocking cases we’ve seen.

Stacie Triche

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's a shame that people of malicious intent would mark such a solemn day with hate. What they don't realize is that these kinds of attacks against the Jewish people will only serve to make us stronger. We are confident that the DC police department will do all it can to find the perpetrator(s).

Roz Rothstein

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They fear that the police or the criminal justice system or society is going to view them as the perpetrator and they'll be criminalized even harsher than the kinds of abuse and violence that they suffer.

Tommy Curry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In my case, as a privileged woman, my perpetrator is in jail, we received a settlement. I'm White, and I come from an expensive, per se, sport : you have to have money to have to be in that sport.

Trinea Gonczar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

With #MeToo, women are now coming out and naming the men who raped them, even if they haven't pressed charges against them, and many people are like :' Whoa, whoa, whoa ! You can not do it like this, you have to do it the right way,' there's a lot of pressure on survivors to do the' correct thing' and press charges and try to have the perpetrator convicted, but the' right way' isn't working, the vast majority of cases, they don't even make it to the judge. So they don't get any judgment on whether the perpetrator is guilty or not. It's just a mess.

Steinunn Guðjónsdóttir

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was good to see officials in Michigan decide to hold these parents accountable. We should be doing it every time someone uses a gun, especially in cases when the perpetrator is someone who can't legally buy a gun on their own.

Cassandra Crifasi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This ‘ journalism of omission ’ is being done consciously and does a disservice to the news consuming public, context in news stories is important and the background of the alleged perpetrator is part of that context.It provides a sense of causation for why an event happened.Thesenews topics are sensitive, of course, but it does society no good when news outlets want to sanitize content in order to massage public perception.

Wisoncin DOJ -RRB- McCall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What happened to Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their daughter in Loudoun County is absolutely abhorrent and unacceptable. It is a nightmare no family should have to endure, yet it has happened twice in Loudoun Schools in the same year by the same perpetrator. This is outrageous.

Bill Stanley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The perpetrator has carried out horrific acts against several people. It is a very dramatic situation that has hit Kongsberg society hard, and the events shake us all.

Erna Solberg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Seconds do matter, if it's a police call, it can mean the difference between finding a perpetrator or not.

Ty Wooten

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am glad that our police officers have already been able to eliminate a perpetrator. We will never allow ourselves to be intimidated by terrorism and will fight these attacks resolutely by all means. it can not be said at the moment whether the city temple was one of the goals.

Oskar Deutsch

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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