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This was first-degree puppetry. – Stephen Colbert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Never ever judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad deeds or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back up on his/her conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts. – Merlin Figama Worshipper	added by legerfig 2 years ago
Never judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad actions or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back to his conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts. – Merlin Figama Worshipper	added by legerfig 2 years ago
Never judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad actions or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back to his conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts. – Merlin Figama Worshipper	added by legerfig 2 years ago
I don’t think anyone’s ever happy when they’re indicted for first-degree murder, so he’s sad and confused. – Juni Ganguli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder. – Police Superintendent David Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Great work by our Traffic Homicide Unit led to Ashley Ricks pleading guilty to four counts of first degree manslaughter, we hope the outcome of the court case brings a measure of comfort to the victims’ families. – Oklahoma Highway Patrol	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This [first-degree murder] charge derived because Baltimore can’t get gun violence under control, so they bigfoot every gun case, whether it’s a shooting or possession. – Michael Stark	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we do know is : very suspicious, highly irregular and could lead to criminal charges, both cases, at a value of greater than $ 300,000, are first-degree felonies. – Carmen Roe	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was surprised that the charge of first degree murder was brought because legally that would be difficult to prove. But I'm cheering for the district attorney, and I hope he wins. – Bruce Castor	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It almost always gets you first-degree murder because premeditation can be formed in an instant, you put your hands around the neck, that’s an unwanted touching, that’s simple battery or assault. Then you start to squeeze, your argument could be, ‘Well, I just wanted to scare them.' But then you contuse to affix pressure… There’s a certain amount of minimal time that someone needs to do that before somebody is dead. – Mark Eiglarsh	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The attack and ambush [were] perpetrated by a violent, career criminal, with a history of 40 charges for crimes including drug trafficking, aggravated assault while discharging a firearm, battery on a law enforcement officer, and attempted first-degree felony murder. – Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If we look at soy production, it's second to beef in environmental damage — we're replacing first degree murder with second degree murder. – Douglas Murray	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This plea to Robbery in the First Degree is consistent with our client's limited role in this tragic event. He did not touch Ms. Majors or take any of her property. Furthermore, no DNA evidence exists linking him to the events, his acceptance of responsibility is an important first step ; it provides an opportunity for this now 14-year-old to achieve a successful future. – Legal Aid statement	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When the police arrived, Anthony Prate was taken into custody and is currently being held in CookCounty Jail without bond. Daniels grisly death has put the spotlight back on the bizarre events leading up to the death of Anthony Prate first wife, Bridget Prate, who died in 2011. CHICAGO TODDLER UNHURT AS FATHER AND ANOTHER MAN DIE IN GUNFIRE EXCHANGE In that incident, Anthony Prate claimed Anthony Prate overheard Anthony Prate wife talking to another man and said they were plotting to kill Anthony Prate. Anthony Prate dialed 911 and demanded that both Anthony Prate wife of nearly 20 years and the man she was talking to be arrested. When authorities arrived, Bridget Prate told them it had all been a big misunderstanding and the officers left. Anthony Prate was charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 23 death of Anthony Prate girlfriend Malgorzata Daniel, a 48-year-old nurse who authorities said was stabbed 30 times in her home. ( Cook County Jail) Less than a week later, she was dead. Police found Bridgets crumpled body under the dashboard of a car that crashed while Prate was driving. Anthony Prate told the police that Anthony Prate wife had unbuckled Bridget Prate seat belt to look for Bridget Prate purse and a water bottle just seconds before Anthony Prate lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center line, and hit an oncoming car and a tree before coming to a stop. When paramedics arrived, three bystanders had surrounded the car while Anthony Prate attempted to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Anthony Prate wife. Bridget Prate didnt have a pulse and Bridget Prate wasnt breathing. One of the bystanders said Anthony Prate, who had suffered only minor injuries, looked frantic and shocked. – Chicago Tribune	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Just recently, Mecklenburg Countyset free an illegal alien charged with first-degree rape and crimes against a child, support for sanctuary cities is disloyalty to American cities -- and McCready wants sanctuary cities, with all of their protections for people who are serious criminals. Tomorrow is your chance to send a clear message to the America-hating left. – President Trump	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Let me be clear, I'm not criticizing the Me Too movement. I'm criticizing the DA's office, they had evidence that the victim had repeatedly lied under oath about virtually everything and, rather than presenting that evidence, they -- given the climate -- brought forth first-degree rape charges. – Michael David	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The defendants ruined lives so I think its just and fair that the sentence be equivalent to first-degree murder. – Riverside District Attorney Mike Hestrin	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I would’ve never guessed I would’ve been a teacher, i started out my first degree program, computer science, wanted to work in computers, worked at Wells Fargo for eight years. In that time, during my service in the National Guard, I was put on the border mission in 2006. That’s when I started working a lot with the students at an elementary school and it just kind of touched me. It made me realize that here I am serving the country but there’s other ways that I can serve the country, as well, and serve the community. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Therefore, the first-degree accused is sentenced to 25 years in prison as member of an organized crime group. – Judge Janos Jadi	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We learned during this investigation that this was a carjacking gone bad, these four individuals that were arrested for first-degree homicide had planned this, premeditated this. – Randy Smith	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
From the beginning, we have said this was a tragedy not a first-degree murder, we believed Jason Van Dyke was overcharged for political reasons. We are hoping the new prosecutor will recognize that it was overcharged as well. – Dan Herbert	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In the state of New York he is charged with manslaughter in the first degree, which requires intent to cause serious bodily injury and I do not believe there was any intent. – Don Gerace	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It encourages people diagnosed with celiac disease to have a serious, in-person, one-on-one conversation with relatives, it doesn’t just mean your first-degree relatives, it means all of your entire family, including second degree-relatives. – Alice Bast	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

This was first-degree puppetry.

– Stephen Colbert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Never ever judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad deeds or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back up on his/her conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.

– Merlin Figama Worshipper

added by legerfig
2 years ago

Never judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad actions or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back to his conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.

– Merlin Figama Worshipper

added by legerfig
2 years ago

– Merlin Figama Worshipper

added by legerfig
2 years ago

I don’t think anyone’s ever happy when they’re indicted for first-degree murder, so he’s sad and confused.

– Juni Ganguli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder.

– Police Superintendent David Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Great work by our Traffic Homicide Unit led to Ashley Ricks pleading guilty to four counts of first degree manslaughter, we hope the outcome of the court case brings a measure of comfort to the victims’ families.

– Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This [first-degree murder] charge derived because Baltimore can’t get gun violence under control, so they bigfoot every gun case, whether it’s a shooting or possession.

– Michael Stark

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we do know is : very suspicious, highly irregular and could lead to criminal charges, both cases, at a value of greater than $ 300,000, are first-degree felonies.

– Carmen Roe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was surprised that the charge of first degree murder was brought because legally that would be difficult to prove. But I'm cheering for the district attorney, and I hope he wins.

– Bruce Castor

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It almost always gets you first-degree murder because premeditation can be formed in an instant, you put your hands around the neck, that’s an unwanted touching, that’s simple battery or assault. Then you start to squeeze, your argument could be, ‘Well, I just wanted to scare them.' But then you contuse to affix pressure… There’s a certain amount of minimal time that someone needs to do that before somebody is dead.

– Mark Eiglarsh

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The attack and ambush [were] perpetrated by a violent, career criminal, with a history of 40 charges for crimes including drug trafficking, aggravated assault while discharging a firearm, battery on a law enforcement officer, and attempted first-degree felony murder.

– Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If we look at soy production, it's second to beef in environmental damage — we're replacing first degree murder with second degree murder.

– Douglas Murray

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This plea to Robbery in the First Degree is consistent with our client's limited role in this tragic event. He did not touch Ms. Majors or take any of her property. Furthermore, no DNA evidence exists linking him to the events, his acceptance of responsibility is an important first step ; it provides an opportunity for this now 14-year-old to achieve a successful future.

– Legal Aid statement

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When the police arrived, Anthony Prate was taken into custody and is currently being held in CookCounty Jail without bond. Daniels grisly death has put the spotlight back on the bizarre events leading up to the death of Anthony Prate first wife, Bridget Prate, who died in 2011. CHICAGO TODDLER UNHURT AS FATHER AND ANOTHER MAN DIE IN GUNFIRE EXCHANGE In that incident, Anthony Prate claimed Anthony Prate overheard Anthony Prate wife talking to another man and said they were plotting to kill Anthony Prate. Anthony Prate dialed 911 and demanded that both Anthony Prate wife of nearly 20 years and the man she was talking to be arrested. When authorities arrived, Bridget Prate told them it had all been a big misunderstanding and the officers left. Anthony Prate was charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 23 death of Anthony Prate girlfriend Malgorzata Daniel, a 48-year-old nurse who authorities said was stabbed 30 times in her home. ( Cook County Jail) Less than a week later, she was dead. Police found Bridgets crumpled body under the dashboard of a car that crashed while Prate was driving. Anthony Prate told the police that Anthony Prate wife had unbuckled Bridget Prate seat belt to look for Bridget Prate purse and a water bottle just seconds before Anthony Prate lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center line, and hit an oncoming car and a tree before coming to a stop. When paramedics arrived, three bystanders had surrounded the car while Anthony Prate attempted to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Anthony Prate wife. Bridget Prate didnt have a pulse and Bridget Prate wasnt breathing. One of the bystanders said Anthony Prate, who had suffered only minor injuries, looked frantic and shocked.

– Chicago Tribune

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Just recently, Mecklenburg Countyset free an illegal alien charged with first-degree rape and crimes against a child, support for sanctuary cities is disloyalty to American cities -- and McCready wants sanctuary cities, with all of their protections for people who are serious criminals. Tomorrow is your chance to send a clear message to the America-hating left.

– President Trump

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Let me be clear, I'm not criticizing the Me Too movement. I'm criticizing the DA's office, they had evidence that the victim had repeatedly lied under oath about virtually everything and, rather than presenting that evidence, they -- given the climate -- brought forth first-degree rape charges.

– Michael David

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The defendants ruined lives so I think its just and fair that the sentence be equivalent to first-degree murder.

– Riverside District Attorney Mike Hestrin

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I would’ve never guessed I would’ve been a teacher, i started out my first degree program, computer science, wanted to work in computers, worked at Wells Fargo for eight years. In that time, during my service in the National Guard, I was put on the border mission in 2006. That’s when I started working a lot with the students at an elementary school and it just kind of touched me. It made me realize that here I am serving the country but there’s other ways that I can serve the country, as well, and serve the community.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Therefore, the first-degree accused is sentenced to 25 years in prison as member of an organized crime group.

– Judge Janos Jadi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We learned during this investigation that this was a carjacking gone bad, these four individuals that were arrested for first-degree homicide had planned this, premeditated this.

– Randy Smith

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

From the beginning, we have said this was a tragedy not a first-degree murder, we believed Jason Van Dyke was overcharged for political reasons. We are hoping the new prosecutor will recognize that it was overcharged as well.

– Dan Herbert

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In the state of New York he is charged with manslaughter in the first degree, which requires intent to cause serious bodily injury and I do not believe there was any intent.

– Don Gerace

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It encourages people diagnosed with celiac disease to have a serious, in-person, one-on-one conversation with relatives, it doesn’t just mean your first-degree relatives, it means all of your entire family, including second degree-relatives.

– Alice Bast

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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