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  2. Murder in Illinois law - Wikipedia

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    Murder in Illinois law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Illinois. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2021, the state had a murder rate somewhat above the median for the entire country.

  3. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    4.5 to 16.5 years (3 to 11 years if crime committed before 2021, 3 to 10 years if crime committed before 2019) Murder (Second-Degree Murder) Life with parole eligibility after 15 years Murder (Second-Degree Murder) (victim under 13 years old and committed with a sexual motivation) Life with parole eligibility after 30 years

  4. 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]

  5. A Chicago Latino was exonerated after spending 25 years in ...

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    José Tinajero was released from a Chicago prison after 25 years and his murder conviction overturned; Tinajero is one of dozens who allege they were coerced into false confessions by a former ...

  6. Loss of rights due to criminal conviction - Wikipedia

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    The Criminal Code contains several offences related to driving a motor vehicle, including driving while impaired or with a blood alcohol count greater than eighty milligrams of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood (".08"), [3] impaired or .08 driving causing bodily harm or death, [4] dangerous driving (including dangerous driving causing bodily harm or death), [5] and street racing. [6]

  7. 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 ...

  8. Finney was charged with armed robbery and murder after her accomplice was shot and killed by deputies, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Finney was found in a shower stall with a plastic garbage bag over her head, and died ten days later. Jail or Agency: Volusia County Branch Jail; State: Florida; Date arrested or booked: 5/29/2016; Date of ...

  9. When the punishment feels like a crime - The Huffington Post

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    He got off with time served: two days in jail. In 2016, Keenan Smith, a football player at the College of San Mateo, was convicted of domestic violence after hitting his girlfriend and punching a bystander who tried to defend her. After he pleaded guilty to misdemeanors as part of a plea deal, he was sentenced to 120 days in a weekend work program.