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For instance, although the overall rate of positive first-degree family history (19%) among cases is similar to that reported in other recent series [ 16 17 ] , the controls in this population had rates of family history comparable to those of the cases.
Legal analysts' spin: The jury's rejection of first-degree murder shows they were sympathetic to McKinney . Gay activists' spin: The judge's rejection of "gay panic" means that hate crimes won't be excused .
Blood samples were collected from affected individuals and their first-degree relatives.
If the fetus is a person under the 14 th Amendment, an abortion must be treated exactly like the premeditated killing of an adult--that is, like first-degree murder.
The district attorney plans to charge him with six counts of first-degree assault, and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says "he should be prosecuted for attempted murder."