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Typically a person who murders three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial killing as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone". Wikipedia

Any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural lives or until pardoned, paroled or otherwise commuted to a fixed term. Crimes for which, in some countries, a person could receive this sentence include murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, blasphemy, apostasy, terrorism, severe child abuse, rape, child rape, espionage, treason, high treason, drug dealing, drug trafficking, drug possession, human trafficking, severe cases of fraud, severe cases of financial crimes, aggravated criminal damage in English law, and aggravated cases of arson, kidnapping, burglary, or robbery which result in death or grievous bodily harm, piracy, aircraft hijacking, and in certain cases genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, certain war crimes or any three felonies in case of three-strikes law. Wikipedia

Intentional unlawful killing of another human without justification or plausible/moral intent, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Wikipedia

Consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Estimated population of 390,144 in 2019, it is the most populous city in Louisiana. Wikipedia

Largest city in California. Estimated population of nearly four million people, it is the second most populous city in the United States and the third most populous city in North America (after Mexico City and New York City). Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Coast region of the United States. Most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area, as well as the world's thirty-fourth-most-populous subnational entity. Wikipedia