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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.
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 –
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 ...
This list is categorised by the reason for execution and the year of the execution is included. When a person was sentenced to death for two or more different capital crimes they are listed multiple times.
People paroled from death sentence (11 P) W. Women sentenced to death (1 C, 108 P) Pages in category "People sentenced to death" ... List of exonerated death row inmates;
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 ...
Sumner v. Shuman, 483 U.S. 66 (1987) – Mandatory death penalty for a prison inmate who is convicted of murder while serving a life sentence without possibility of parole is unconstitutional. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for child rape and other non-homicidal crimes against the person.
People sentenced to death by a jurisdiction of the United States. People ultimately executed should be placed in the appropriate subcategory of Category:People executed by United States jurisdictions. For people of American nationality sentenced to death, see Category:American prisoners sentenced to death.