Murder
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A Murder is an unlawful human killing.
- AKA: Homicide.
- Context:
- It can be attributed to a Murder-Related Statistic, such as a: Murder Rate.
- It can range from being a Single-Person Murder to being a Group Murder (such as a genocide).
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Manslaughter, Euthanasia.
References
2016
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder
- Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.[1][2][3] This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is a killing committed in the absence of malice, brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. Involuntary manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent (mens rea), recklessness.
Most societies consider murder to be a very serious crime, and thus believe that the person charged should receive harsh punishments for the purposes of retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, or incapacitation. In most countries, a person convicted of murder generally faces a long-term prison sentence, possibly a life sentence where permitted.
In many common law jurisdictions, a person convicted of murder will receive a mandatory life sentence. In jurisdictions where capital punishment exists, the death penalty may be imposed for such an act; however, this practice is now less common.
- Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.[1][2][3] This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is a killing committed in the absence of malice, brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. Involuntary manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent (mens rea), recklessness.
- ↑ West's Encyclopedia of American Law, (2d ed., The Gale Group, 2008): "The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse." Via thefreedictionary.com. Accessed 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Murder". Merriam-Webster. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ↑ "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. 2011)". via TheFreeDictionary.com. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/murder. Retrieved 2014-10-23. "The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life."