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felony

(formerly) a serious crime, such as murder or arson. All distinctions between felony and misdemeanour were abolished in England and Wales in 1967
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Regions: Twenty-two of the felonious deaths occurred in the South, 8 in the West, 6 in the Midwest, and 6 in the Northeast.
In the second, In the Line of Fire, published in 1997, they provided the findings from their interviews with offenders who had assaulted law enforcement officers and those with officers who had survived felonious attacks.
Regions: Twenty-nine of the felonious deaths occurred in the South, 21 in the Midwest, 10 in the West, and 10 in the Northeast.
Kendzierski of Cleveland, Ohio, was paroled on March 5th of this year after serving 10 years of a 5-to-25-year sentence for felonious assault and aggravated burglary.
'In fact, respondent was instructed and told to post messages in Telegram by JA against (my) will...which negates felonious intent.'
This climb continued in 1999 with 23 more officers dying accidentally (65 to 42) and culminated in 2000 with 33 more officers losing their lives in accidents than in felonious incidents (84 versus 51).
'Drug traders and consumers resort to felonious acts in pursuit of their dubious drug related activities.' Again, words are being abused, for sheer lack of thought.
Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, In the Line of Fire: A Study of Selected Felonious Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers (Washington, DC, 1997), 35-37.
In the bill he co-authored, Alvarez said there is a need to reimpose the death penalty because 'the national crime rate has grown to such alarming proportions requiring an all-out offensive against all forms of felonious acts.'
In the bill he co-authored with Castro, Alvarez said there is a need to reimpose the death penalty because 'the national crime rate has grown to such alarming proportions requiring an all-out offensive against all forms of felonious acts.'
The felonious deaths occurred in 18 states and Puerto Rico.
Miller III, In the Line of Fire: A Study of Selected Felonious Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers (Washington, DC: Department of Justice, FBI, and the National Institute of Justice, 1997).
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