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  2. Manner of death - Wikipedia

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    An unnatural cause of death results from an external cause, typically including homicides, suicides, accidents, medical errors, alcohol intoxications and drug overdoses. [6] [7] Jurisdictions differ in how they categorize and report unnatural deaths, including level of detail and whether they are considered a single category with subcategories, or separate top-level categories.

  3. Judicial override - Wikipedia

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    The last death sentence imposed by override in the state was in 1999. [1] [5] [6] In January 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a part of Florida's capital sentencing scheme in Hurst v. Florida. The Court held that "The Sixth Amendment requires a jury, not a judge, to find each fact necessary to impose a sentence of death.

  4. Legal death - Wikipedia

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    Unlike cardiopulmonary death which sometimes involves a decision not to resuscitate the heart, brain death is a determination that the brain biologically cannot be resuscitated. If a clinically dead person has suffered injuries so severe that resuscitation is obviously impossible, then in some jurisdictions first responders may make a legal ...

  5. What does it mean to commute an execution? Here's what ... - AOL

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    As of January 2024, there were nearly 2,200 prisoners facing the death penalty in state cases, according to the center, which states the death row population has been declining over the last 20 years.

  6. Outline of death - Wikipedia

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    An example of a type of accident that can cause death is a traffic collision. List of accident types; Biological aging – Disease – Terminal illness; Injury. Wound. Mortal wound; Killing – causing the death of a living organism, usually for the purpose of survival, including the defense of self and or others. Predation – Homicide –

  7. Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over ...

  8. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Originated from a remixed video of Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street and a Kermit the Frog doll falling off a building. [15] Kick the bucket [2] To die Informal In suicidal hanging. [16] Also 'kick off' . [1] Kick the calendar To die Slang, informal Polish saying. 'Calendar' implies somebody's time of death (kicking at particular moment of time)

  9. Cause of death - Wikipedia

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    Experiencing fear, extreme stress, or both can cause changes in the body that can, in turn, lead to death. For example, it is possible that overstimulation of the vagus nerve—which decreases heart rate in a mechanism related to the behavior of apparent death (also known as "playing dead" and "playing possum")—is the cause of documented ...