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• n  the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

• deathblow

News & Articles

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• Prosecution readies to wrap up the case
  Federal prosecutors stunned Bulger watchers yesterday by announcing their mass murder case against James “Whitey” Bulger, once forecast to drag into the fall, could wrap next week with the gangster’s sociopath ex-partner Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi as their courtroom coup de grace. “It’s quite possible that by the end of next week we will be in a position to rest,” assistant U.S. Attorney ...
  July 12, 2013 - Boston Herald