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The teenager was found with severe abdominal injuries and burns, and the shooting was described as a "mercy killing." [1] Alban was sentenced to one year's confinement, demoted to Private and given a bad conduct discharge. Johnny M. Horne Jr. pleaded guilty in the same case.
A coup de grâce (/ ˌ k uː d ə ˈ ɡ r ɑː s /; French: [ku də ɡʁɑs] ⓘ 'blow of mercy') is a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person or animal. [1] [2] It may be a mercy killing of mortally wounded civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the sufferer's consent. The meaning has extended to refer ...
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The most unsettling part of these pardons, however, is that they are giving mercy a bad name. The purpose of the pardon is to allow for a fudge when the legal system has misfired or overshot the mark.
A mercy shot is a final shot delivered in an execution. It follows after at least one original shot intended to mortally wound or kill the victim. [ 1 ] It is considered "merciful" in the sense that it ends the physical suffering of the person being executed.
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A car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday, leaving five people dead and more than 200 injured, dozens of them critically.A 9-year-old boy was among those killed ...
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