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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse and committed with the necessary intent as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the…

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Murder

Nodes268
Edges267
Triples165
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007463
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related to Rates by country · 26
Murder → Belize, Caribbean, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, In, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Latin America, Nevis, Saint Kitts, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, The
related to Degrees · 10
Murder → Canadian, Florida, For, Generally, In, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Some, Some US, The
related to Felony murder rule · 10
Murder → Canada, England, Felony, French, German, Italian, Ryan Holle, Supreme Court, The, USA
related to Historical variation · 9
Murder → According, AD, Europe, In, Pieter Spierenburg, The, They, United States, World War II
related to Victim · 9
Murder → All, And, California, California's, Firstly, In, Justice Stanley Mosk, Supreme Court, This
related to Definition · 8
Murder → At, Commentaries, Edward Coke, England, English, Laws, The, William Blackstone
related to Etymology · 8
Murder → English, German Mord, Latin, Old English, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, The, There
related to Slavery · 8
Murder → Arthur Hodge, For, In, Mississippi, Oliver, Southern, State, Virgin Islands
related to Common law · 7
Murder → According, An, Blackstone, English, However, In, Some
related to Incidence · 7
Murder → An, Another, Because, In, October, The World Health Organization, Two-fifths

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law killing states may crime manslaughter countries death committed united common homicide person rates criminal jurisdictions kill intent defendant one

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Murderis aunlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse and committed with the necessary intent as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction0.90text
Murderis aoffense which always requires premeditation.Common lawAccording to Blackstone0.90text
Murderis apreterintentional homicide0.90text
Murderis aoffense which always requires premeditation0.90text
Murderis aleast likely crime to go unreported0.90text
Murderis aleading cause of death for African American males aged 15 to 340.90text
assaultinstance ofthe underlying felony cannot be a lesser included offense0.80text
otherwise all criminal homicides would be murder as all are felonies.In Spanish criminal lawinstance ofthe underlying felony cannot be a lesser included offense0.80text
asesinatoinstance ofthe underlying felony cannot be a lesser included offense0.80text
strangulationinstance ofmurders committed by acts0.80text
poisoninginstance ofmurders committed by acts0.80text
or lying in wait are also treated as first-degree murderinstance ofmurders committed by acts0.80text

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