Plenty of criminals get away with murder even in countries with fully developed legal systems.

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Everyone knows that the youngest seems to get away with murder because parents have seen it all before.

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Fascination nationwide with Drew Peterson arose from speculation he sought to use his law enforcement expertise to get away with murder.

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Along with many people here, he feels the problem is "the kids who think they can get away with murder" and thinks the police need to toughen up their stance.

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Highsmith's characters get away with murder all the time.

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You will not get away with murder.

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But Patricia Pearson, author of "When She was Bad: How and Why Women Get Away with Murder, " said mass killings with women as a perpetrator are rare -- and when they do happen, they typically aren't committed with guns.

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But he attacked Labour for allowing the banking sector to get away with "blue murder" while in power.

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He accused Ed Balls, a former adviser to Gordon Brown and now shadow chancellor, of "sucking up" to the banks and letting them get away with "blue murder" during Labour's time in power.

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"You don't just get to murder somebody and get away with it, " she said.

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"Many people think, with this kind of poisoning being rare and something that may not be seen, that this would be a murder someone could get away with, " Geller said.

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