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  2. Justifiable homicide - Wikipedia

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    According to Black's Law Dictionary justifiable homicide applies to the blameless killing of a person, such as in self-defense. [1]The term "legal intervention" is a classification incorporated into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, and does not denote the lawfulness or legality of the circumstances surrounding a death caused by law enforcement. [2]

  3. List of types of killing - Wikipedia

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    Homicide – the act of killing of a person (Latin: homo "man"). Justifiable homicide – a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide). Human sacrifice – the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons. Lynching - the public killing of an individual without due process.

  4. Murder in United States law - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder [1] are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states, third-degree murder, which in other states is divided into voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter such ...

  5. Two recent shootings in Lexington are being considered ... - AOL

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    Two recent shootings in Lexington are being considered ‘justifiable’ or ‘self-defense’ ... The police department says it investigated 44 homicides in 2022, which was an annual records.

  6. Homicide - Wikipedia

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    Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm. [1] It is separate from suicide.

  7. Albuquerque police investigating stabbing death as possible ...

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    Gilbert Gallegos of the Albuquerque Police Department said the incident is being investigated as a "possible justifiable homicide." Officers responded at 10:15 p.m. to a call about a stabbing at a ...

  8. Justification and excuse - Wikipedia

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    Justification and excuse are different defenses in a United States criminal case. [1]: 513 Both defenses admit that the defendant committed an act proscribed by law.[1]: 513 The proscribed act has justification if the act had positive effects that outweigh its negative effects, or is not wrong or blameworthy.

  9. Woman who zipped boyfriend in suitcase, suffocating him ... - AOL

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    A Florida woman who said she was playing a game with her boyfriend when she zipped him up in a suitcase and left him to die has been sentenced to life in prison.