Typically, it is a break-in, carjacking, robbery or murder close to home that clinches a family's long mulled-over decision to leave.
Most of the victims have been accused of rape, robbery or murder.
For example, the greatest risks even in some of the scariest parts of the world are not of kidnap or murder, but of illness, traffic accidents or violent crime.
So in absence of an autopsy that proved that the wounds during the assault were related to Abdul Wali's death, prosecutors said they didn't feel comfortable pursuing a manslaughter or murder case.
There was overwhelming support for the idea of police taking DNA samples from people charged with sex offences or murder, but less than half wanted samples taken from people convicted of drink-driving or shop-lifting.
Police have yet to declare the death a suicide or murder, but newspapers immediately speculated that it may have been linked to the fight for control of the family fortune, which has left three members killed and one missing over the last three decades.
Once again, only a truly crazy person would or could murder or be needlessly violent toward an innocent.
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In December the UK Border Agency said it had met the "tough target" set to remove at least 5, 000 foreign criminals a year - including 50 convicted of either murder or attempted murder - and had staff working in prisons to speed up deportations.
They say high profile prisoners - usually on trial or convicted in murder or terrorism-related cases - are often kept under suicide watch and given more protection as they face massive media coverage and are deemed to be at risk from other inmates.
This month Erik Prince, Blackwater's founder and chairman, was accused of facilitating or committing murder.
These laws provide harsher punishments or additional murder counts for those whose actions result in the death of a foetus.
After hearing argument from both sides, the magistrate ruled that Mr Pistorius should indeed face a charge under the so-called "Schedule 6", or premeditated murder.
And when Stephen Hawking announced that micro black holes must exist, science fiction writers enthusiastically wrote stories using them as garbage disposal energy generators, or perfect murder weapons.
Mr Chavez accuses the media of distortion, and of promoting a coup or even his murder.
In the meantime, Italians assume Knox will never set foot in Italy again, whether she is ultimately found responsible of Kercher's murder or not.
"We're preventing crimes before someone is killed and before someone else has to go to prison for murder or other serious crimes, " he said.
Hampshire Constabulary's Supt David Powell said he maintains an "open mind" about what happened to the teenager and is not ruling out murder or foul play.
Mr Harvey was fired after admitting the attack at All Saints' Roman Catholic School in Mansfield but was cleared of attempted murder or intending to cause serious harm.
"We will start with those bereaved victims whose lives have been torn apart by the murder or manslaughter of a loved one, " Mr Straw told the Labour conference.
Sir John has so far found no evidence to tie Stakeknife to either the Gibraltar bombings or the Notarantonio murder, but is understandably keen to talk to him.
Previous theories on Ben's disappearance have included murder or abduction.
Since a law was passed in 2009, a judge can impose death in Maryland only if one of three factors exists: DNA evidence, a videotaped confession or a videotaped murder.
Because the Justice Department did not charge him with murder or manslaughter, and they said that the complication in the case was that Abdul Wali's family would not agree to have an autopsy.
When there is a complicated murder or, as happened recently, a turf war among drug dealers who had fled a better-policed city outside his patch, Mr Burbeck must draw officers away from the fight against bread-and-butter criminality.
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At times the report uses some debatable assumptions: For instance, Miron assumes a single figure for every type of arrest, for example, but the average pot bust is likely cheaper than bringing in a murder or kidnapping suspect.
It is no good in determining whether a hair sample matches that of the murder defendant or whether Vioxx caused a heart attack.
The amendment would have given judges the right to deny bail in certain murder cases, including those accused of premeditated murder, or killings committed during home robberies, sexual assaults or drive-by shootings.
Detective Inspector Pete Pendle had been as popular with his men as any supervisor is likely to be, and they did not take kindly to his murder, or their own failure to prevent it.
But this Julian Sanchez post is an excellent reminder that Zimmerman might have committed no crime while doing something that was morally wrong, or might have committed murder even if Martin was not entirely without moral culpability.
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