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  2. 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 ...

  3. Murder - Wikipedia

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    Generally, second-degree murder is common law murder, and first-degree is an aggravated form. The aggravating factors of first-degree murder depend on the jurisdiction, but may include a specific intent to kill, premeditation, or deliberation. In some, murders committed by acts such as strangulation, poisoning, or lying in wait are also treated ...

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

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    Second Degree Murder Any term of years or life imprisonment without parole (There is no federal parole, U.S. sentencing guidelines offense level 38: 235–293 months with a clean record, 360 months–life with serious past offenses) Second Degree Murder by an inmate, even escaped, serving a life sentence Life imprisonment without parole

  5. Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States

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    Further, whether the murder is considered first or second degree murder depends on the jurisdiction. [3] The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not prohibit imposing the death penalty for felony murder. The Supreme Court has created a two-part test to determine when the ...

  6. Murder in New York law - Wikipedia

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    Second-degree murder is the second most serious homicide offense in New York. It is defined as when someone commits an intentional killing without a felony under New York's felony murder rule, or an unintentional killing which either exhibits a "depraved indifference to human life" or an unintentional killing caused by the commission or attempted commission of a felony under New York's felony ...

  7. Syed enters plea to two counts of second-degree murder, but ...

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    Syed, 53, pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder in the August 2022 shooting deaths of Naeem Hussein, 25, and Mohammud Afzaal Hussain, 27. Syed was convicted by a jury in ...

  8. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Usually, first-degree murder requires express malice. Any other type of murder reflects implied malice. Felony murder is a crime where a death results from the crime and is typically first-degree, but may be second-degree. [17] Felony murder applies when someone dies during the commission or attempted commission of another violent felony.

  9. A teen is found guilty of second-degree murder in a New ... - AOL

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    A now 18-year-old teenager faces life behind bars after being found guilty of second-degree murder in last year's heinous carjacking and dragging death of a 73-year-old woman in New Orleans.