Killing people, even people you know are heinous criminals, is a gruesome business, and it takes a harsh toll.

Some of the most heinous criminals of recent years, serial killers, have looked for their victims on the highways and stalked them there.

The first is obvious: the heinous criminals who walk free after their confessions have been suppressed because of a technical Miranda violation.

Negotiating with General Noriega might open Mr. Bush to charges that he is dealing with a heinous criminal.

Note to editors: Enough with the automatic full-three-name treatment of heinous criminals.

More heinous criminals were punished "bottom up", starting with the legs, and sometimes being beaten for hours.

The Emperor would write his own distorted history, falsely painting Dominic as a heinous criminal who had been at large for decades.

The informers at the center of "Black Mass" are among the most heinous criminals in modern Massachusetts history.

"You have lost the most heinous criminal on the Plat," he accused.