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Criminology
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Term | Definition |
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Homicide | Killing another human Being |
Feticide | crime of killing a fetus |
8th Amendment | Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” |
born alive rule | homicide law once said that to be a person, and therefore a homicide victim, a baby had to be “born alive” and capable of breathing and maintaining a heartbeat on its own |
manslaughter | killing a person without malice aforethought |
Justifiable homicide | killing in self-defense |
Criminal Homicide | all homicides that are neither justified nor excused |