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Texas also executed Kent Sprouse, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia by a court-appointed psychiatrist who said he was “psychotic, paranoid, believed people were persecuting him, and did not understand the wrongfulness of his conduct.”

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2016

She ranted not only against the people she claimed were persecuting her but also against anyone who acted in a way she considered to be against her interests.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2012

Both before and after that year he rallied Egyptians about him with the cry � he is a peerless orator � that the British were persecuting him � as indeed they were.*

From Time Magazine Archive

When all the other colonies were persecuting every one that did not believe in their own peculiar religious doctrine and making the most invidious social distinctions, Maryland—the Ever Faithful—was a haven of refuge for all.

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon

The Arian Vandals were persecuting Catholics in Africa, Corsica, and Sardinia, and an Arian Gothic king ruled Italy from Ravenna, his capital.

From Our Day In the Light of Prophecy by Spicer, William Ambrose