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American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.
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Gary Ridgway
American serial killer (born 1949)
Gary Leon Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer or the Green River Strangler, is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering forty-nine women between 1982 and 1998 in the northwestern United States. At the time of his arrest in 2001, he was believed to be the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Murder in United States law
Aspect of American law
In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)