Word: seriality
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...tell the truth, I think they're probably right. I remember the vicious crowd waving signs outside serial killer Ted Bundy's execution--signs of the "Burn, Bundy, Burn" and "Bundy BBQ" variety. Even more than Faces of Death, killing bad guys appeals to our basest instincts. That's why Bernie Goetz became such a hero. That's why Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA), an opponent of the death penalty, has decided that his political ambitions would be destroyed by granting clemency to convicts on Death...
...serial numbers of the recovered aircraft have not yet been verified, but one of them carries the number 28 on its side, which was the number of the flight leader's plane. The Navy may yet stake a claim, but the salvage company, Scientific Search Project, has already received a $150,000 offer for the find's location. If it proves to be the final resting place of the Lost Squadron, it should also put to rest part of the mystique of the Bermuda Triangle...
That ability comes from experience. This year the unit, known more formally as the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, will assist law- enforcement officials on more than 1,000 cases. These are not typical assaults but the most savage, perverse or bizarre offenses, ranging from serial killings, rapes and child abductions to arson, bombings and product tampering. "We see the worst of the worst," says agent Kenneth Lanning...
...unit also draws on formal research. In the past decade it has interviewed scores of incarcerated sexual killers, serial rapists, sexual sadists and child molesters, analyzing and classifying their behavior so that future cases might be cracked more swiftly. Such research has led Lanning to conclude, for instance, that there are two distinct categories (and seven subtypes) of child molesters. "About 90% are what we call situational molesters," he says. "They have no real sexual preference for children and have relatively few victims apiece. They may turn to a youngster because an adult woman isn't available." The remaining...
...case, there is not, or there should not be, such a thing as killing without guilt -- especially not mass killings without guilt. When people kill without remorse, we call them insane. We call them maniacs, serial murderers...