Unlawful killing of a human by another human with malice aforethought. Related tags might be "homicide" or "manslaughter."
Questions tagged [murder]
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Justification for shooting a suspect in the back
IANAL. I am puzzled by today's headline in the media. As I understand it, civilians are sometime able to invoke self-defense if they have a reasonable belief of immediate life-threatening harm. However, if the suspect is retreating and not…
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What legally would happen if you murdered your conjoined twin vs your twin?
Has there been a case where a conjoined twin murdered their other half and survived? What was the out come?
One of the twins have control of the body and the other one is intelligent but can only communicate by blinking or lip smacking.
Lets say…
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Does charging one with premeditated murder weaken the case if the murder was not premeditated?
This and this are articles about an Indian Engineer being shot dead in a Kansas Bar.
According to these -
The suspected gunman, US Navy veteran Adam Purinton, 51, has been charged with the premeditated murder in
Olathe, just outside Kansas…
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Imaginary potential murder situation
My friend and I were discussing moral and legal aspects of an interesting hypothetical situation, but since neither of us are lawyers we would like to ask somebody here how it would be treated from the legal perspective. So here is our imaginary…
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The Princes in the Tower
This (long) argument about the murders of the boy-king, Edward V, and his brother, Richard (Duke of York) in (around) September 1483 continues. Many opine (including members of "The Richard III Society") that Richard of Gloucester/ Richard III was…
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Multiple perpetrators: who is guilty?
Suppose Alice commits arson, setting fire to a store which is completely empty of people (and which she verifies at the time she sets the fire). Suppose Bob happens to be running past the store, which is visibly engulfed in flames. Suppose further…
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Russian Roulette Case
Husband and wife are playing Russian Roulette. Husband killed himself.
His wife should be guilty of 1) First degree murder 2) Second degree murder or 3) Conspiracy to commit murder.
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If Ryan Holle lend shoes or combs instead of car would he be convicted?
Ryan Holle lend a car to his friends.
What about if instead of lending a car he lend socks or combs that are latter used in a crime.
So a robber uses the socks and rob someone. Or a robber uses the comb to well, comb his hair, and rob someone.
I…
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Why was Ryan Holle convicted based on supposedly knowing a crime?
In this question, someone asked if someone told you that he committed a crime, that doesn't mean that you know it's true.
Can anything be done when people admit to crimes through an online game?
If you have knowledge of a serious crime then you can…
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a murder in death penalty us state but the culprit was'nt caught until 45 years later during which that state had since abolished capital punishment
as said if a murder was committed in a US state that had the death penalty for that offence at the time but the person who committed it was'nt caught until 45 years later(during which the death penalty for murder in that state had been…
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Double Jeopardy?
A woman is thought to have been murdered (corrected this first sentence from a previous comment). A man is arrested for it. He is offered a plea bargain deal that will get him 15 years or he can take his chances in court but would get life if found…
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Will cheering death thieves, burglars, or robbers carry murder charges?
Why was Charles Manson convicted of murder?
Says that encouraging murder means being an accessory for murder.
Say I got my stuff stolen. Say I hate all thieves and think they're vermin.
One day, I read something on the web. A thieve got shot by …
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What charges can be filed against a get away driver in a murder
Person is murdered but someone else’s drives the get away car. What charges can be filed on driver.
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Can a person go to jail for murdering a person that killed him before?
This is a very hypothetical situation that has a very slim chance of occurring in real life. Suppose a person got murdered. Then, he/she gets revived and comes back to life and takes revenge on the murderer and kills the murderer. Can that person go…
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