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I agree with wow, "The officer was shot there and later died of his wounds" is the best description of the events. [rant]The issue is not whether the act constituted murder under our laws, which it clearly did. The issue is whether or not that particular location deserves full credit for hosting the action, as in "Ann Bolyn was executed in the Tower of London." In this instance, the sentence implies that the act of killing was carried out to completion in a single place. Likewise, to say "So and So was murdered on this very spot" or words to that effect implies to me that the victim died there. The news reporter was sensationalizing the location. [/end rant]
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what exactly is an "unborn quick child"?
Can't give you a technical answer, but "quickening" is the term used to refer to feeling the child move in the womb. I assume, therefore, that an "unborn quick child" would be a pregnancy advanced enough for the mother to be aware of the child's movements.
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<<and one additional murder was added to the statistics for the year>>
Returning us to Brandon's original question. That the express difference is temporal is insignificant, since it strongly suggests a change of place.
So where *does* the murder occur, in *both* places?
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Well, not quite the same thing, but in one episode of The Practice (and who knows how accurate that is) a pregnant woman who was a heavy drug user was going to be charged with administering drugs to a minor.
In Winnipeg last year there was a very controversial case about a pregnant woman who had a glue-sniffing problem, and whether or not she should be forced into treatment for the sake of the unborn baby. In the end, I believe they did force her into treatment.
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