murder case
C10146
concept
A murder case is a legal investigation and prosecution concerning the unlawful killing of one person by another, encompassing evidence collection, suspect identification, and judicial proceedings to determine guilt and assign punishment.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| murder case canonical | 12 |
| homicide case | 4 |
| American murder case | 1 |
| child murder case | 1 |
| double murder case | 1 |
| family murder case | 1 |
| murder conspiracy case | 1 |
| murder prosecution | 1 |
| organized crime-related murder | 1 |
| poisoning case | 1 |
| true crime case | 1 |
| unsolved crime | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: murder case
Generated description
A murder case is a legal investigation and prosecution concerning the unlawful killing of one person by another, encompassing evidence collection, suspect identification, and judicial proceedings to determine guilt and assign punishment.
Instances (21)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| United States v. Marcello et al. (Family Secrets) | murder conspiracy case |
| Affair of the Poisons | poisoning case |
| Moors murders | — |
| Clutter family murders | true crime case |
|
Crime of the Century
surface form:
Crime of the Century (Lindbergh kidnapping)
|
— |
| Hudson family murders | family murder case |
| Thaw–White murder case | — |
| 2007 Knoxville murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom | — |
| Murder of Laura Foster | homicide case |
| West Memphis Three case | — |
| Nechayev affair | — |
| Lindbergh kidnapping | — |
| murder of Joseph Rosen | organized crime-related murder |
| murder of Albert Snyder | — |
|
Benjamin Nathan
surface form:
murder of Benjamin Nathan
|
unsolved crime |
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Charles Starkweather killing spree (loosely)
surface form:
Charles Starkweather killing spree
|
— |
| Soham murders | double murder case |
| People v. Pratt | murder prosecution |
| Van Breda family axe murders | — |
| Beulah Annan murder case | — |
| Belva Gaertner murder case | homicide case |