1.   But he also expressed the view that the killings were not spontaneous.

2.   Colleagues fear her killing was an extrajudicial execution carried out by the security forces.

3.   I believe the killing was an act of desperation.

4.   Marris told the police the killing was an accident.

5.   Reformists allege that the killings were part of a campaign by state-sponsored death squads to silence dissent.

6.   Such killings are only the most dramatic outward manifestation of the powerful social forces that keep women trapped in dangerous situations.

7.   The defense claim that the killing was not premeditated.

8.   The investigator said the killings were the result of poor procedure by trigger-happy police rather than premeditated murder.

9.   The jury has to Decide whether the killing was an intentional act.