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"The Apple" – an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series which sees the crew visit an idyllic planet under the guardianship of a godlike machine. "Bem" – an episode of the animated series Star Trek where a primitive planetary society is cared for by a god-like alien entity whom an Enterprise captain must contend with over what is just.
Law in Star Trek refers to the legal procedures and processes as seen in the Star Trek fictional universe.In several TV episodes and films since its inception in the 1960s, Star Trek has used fictional legal constraints and consequences as a plot device both as a parable for contemporary society in the real world, and to explore the society and politics of the future.
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]
In 2005, the United States Supreme Court held that offenders under the age of 18 at the time of the murder were exempt from the death penalty under Roper v. Simmons. In 2012, the United States Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is currently streaming on Paramount+. It will return to theaters on Sept. 4th, 5th and 8th as part of Fathom Events and TCM's Big Screen Classics series . Show comments
Most jurisdictions in the United States of America maintain the felony murder rule. [1] In essence, the felony murder rule states that when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.
Back on Deep Space Nine, Keiko and Commander Sisko are informed that O'Brien has been declared guilty and sentenced to death, and will have a ceremonial "trial" in which the verdict is read. DS9's security chief Odo uses a legal technicality to get himself appointed to the team representing O'Brien. He and Keiko depart for Cardassia.
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 ...