career criminal
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career criminals
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While her portrayal of Dailey is agonizing, Ms. Colloff’s rendering of Paul Skalnik, a career criminal and the other man at the center of the book, is chilling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
James Earl Ray, a career criminal, pleaded guilty to the killing, but later renounced his plea.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
That is a little like complimenting a career criminal for pleading guilty instead of insisting on a jury trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
By its very nature the justice system is glacial, methodical, punctilious, and backward-looking in ways that make keeping up with the well-resourced, wealthy career criminal supremely challenging.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2024
Hanson also is serving a life sentence for several federal convictions, including being a career criminal, that predate his state death sentence.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
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