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Criminal law

Chapter 9 & 10 review

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Born-Alive rule the rule that to be a person, and therefore a homicide victim, a baby had to be "born alive" and capable of breathing and maintaining a heart beat on its own.
Feticide Law defining when life begins for purposes of applying the law of criminal homicide.
What is murder? Killing a person with "malice aforethought"
What is manslaughter? Killing a person without "malice aforethought"
Justifiable homicide Self defense, capital punishment, and law enforcement use of deadly force.
excusable homicide Killings done by someone "not of sound memory and discretion"
criminal homicide all homicides that are neither justified nor excused.
What is Malice Aforethought? killing on purpose after planning it
what is recklessness? knowingly creating a sustainable and unjustifiable risk
What are the central elements in involuntary manslaughter? Actus reus and mens rea
Since the 1970s, rape laws have been reformed by eliminating or moderating the promo reporting rule
What is statutory rape? Rape that involves an adult having sex with a child, even if the child consented
Homicide by accident excusable
What bible verse says homicide by government is justifiable? Romas 13:4
Corpus delicti means the body of the crime
Without evidence that death was caused by an unlawful act, what cannot be proved? Corpus delicti
Primary sources of criminal law Constitutional law and Statutory law
What are the three classifications of crime? Misdemeanors, felonies, and enhanced penalty crimes
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