ST LAW
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- NON CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
- A KILLING THAT IS JUSTIFIABLE OR EXCUSABLE AND FOR WHICH THE KILLER IS DEEMED FAULTLESS.
- NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
- THE CAUSING OF DEATH THROUGH CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.(VEHICULAR,ORAUTOMOBILE,HOMICIDE.
- NEGLIGENCE
- THE FAILURE TO EXERCISE A REASONABLE OR ORDINARY AMOUNT OF CARE IN A SITUATION THAT CAUSES HARM TO SOMEONE.
- INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
- AN UNINTENTIONAL KILLING RESULTING FROM CONDUCT SO RECKLESS THAT IT CAUSES EXTREME DANGER OF DEATH OR BODILY INJURY.
- HOMICIDE
- THE KILLING OF ONE HUMAN BEING BY ANOTHER.(IS THE MOST SERIUOS OF ALL ACTS)
- FELONY MURDER
- ANY KILLING THAT TAKES PLACE DURING THE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN FELONIES,SUCH AS ARSON,RAPE,ROBBERY,OR BURGLARY.
- MALICE
- HAVING THE INTENT TO KILL OR SERIOUSLY HARM OR ACTING IN AN EXTREMELY RECKLESS MANNER WHICH SHOWS A LACK OF REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE(SHOOTING INTO A CROWD)
- SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
- A KILLING THAT IS DONE WITH MALICE,BUT WITHOUT PREMEDITATION OR DELIBERATION.
- VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
- A KILLING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE MURDER,BUT THAT OCCURS AFTER THE VICTIM HAS DONE SOMETHING TO THE KILLER THAT WOULD CAUSE A REASONABLE PERSON TO LOSE SELF-CONTROL OR ACT RASHLY.
- 1RST DEGREE MURDER
- A KILLING THAT IS PREMEDITATED(THOUGHT ABOUT BEFOREHAND), DELIBERATE,AND DONE WITH MALICE(THAT IS,WITH THE INTENT TO KILL OR CAUSE SEVERE BODILY INJURY OR WITH A DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE).