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  2. Philippine criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Republic Act No. 386, the Civil Code of the Philippines (1949). Act No. 3815, the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines (1930). The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Luis B. Reyes, The Revised Penal Code: Criminal Law 20 (1998, 14th ed.). Antonio L. Gregorio, Fundamentals of Criminal Law Review 50-51 (1997).

  3. Manslaughter - Wikipedia

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    Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th century BC. [1] The definition of manslaughter differs among legal jurisdictions.

  4. Revised Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments thereto. It does not comprise a comprehensive compendium of all Philippine penal laws. The Revised Penal Code itself was enacted as Act No. 3815, and some Philippine criminal laws have been enacted outside of the Revised Penal Code as separate Republic Acts.

  5. Culpable homicide - Wikipedia

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    Culpable homicide is a categorisation of certain offences in various jurisdictions within the Commonwealth of Nations which involves the homicide (illegal killing of a person) either with or without an intention to kill depending upon how a particular jurisdiction has defined the offence.

  6. Why isn't attempted murder charged more often in ... - AOL

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    And in aggravated murder cases, which is the most serious charge a person can face under Ohio law, four of the 24 people charged (16.7%) during that time period also faced an attempted murder ...

  7. Negligent homicide - Wikipedia

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    Negligent homicide is a criminal charge brought against a person who, through criminal negligence, allows another person to die.Other times, an intentional killing may be negotiated down to this lesser charge as a compromised resolution of a murder case, as might occur in the context of the intentional shooting of an unarmed man after a traffic altercation. [1]

  8. ‘Sometimes it’s not illegal to kill someone:’ Defendant ...

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    A Fayette County jury convicted a Mississippi man of second-degree manslaughter, who was accused of shooting and killing a 22-year-old man in Lexington almost two years ago.

  9. Attempted murder - Wikipedia

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    Attempted murder is the same as the offence of murder in Scots law with the only difference being that the victim has not died. [5] The offence of murder was defined in Drury v HM Advocate : [M]urder is constituted by any wilful act causing the destruction of life, by which the perpetrator either wickedly intends to kill or displays wicked ...