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Criminal Law

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There was a total of 14,196 ____________ crimes in 2013. Murder/non-negligent Homicide
The 3 elements of criminal homicide are what? Actus Reus, Mens Rea, and special mitigating and aggravating circumstances.
Killing another "person" is central to criminal homicide liability because why? It defines who's a victim.
Feticide is what? The crime of killing a fetus.
Killing a person WITHOUT malice aforethought Manslaughter
Killing a person WITH malice aforethought Murder
Justifiable homicide is... Killing in self-defense
Excusable homicide is... Killings done by someone "not of sound memory and discretion"
Extremely reckless killings are called what? Depraved heart murder
Almost all states that divide murder into degrees establish 2 kinds of first-degree murder, which are what? Premediated and felony murders
The two primary arguments against doctor-assisted suicides are... 1) immoral and wrong 2) unacceptable consequences will follow from it
Most crimes and all serious crimes include... A mental element
What is barbaric punishments? Punishments considered no longer acceptable to civilized society.
Punishment has to fit the crime, is the principle of... Proportionality
How many mentally retarded persons were executed between 1976 and 2001? 35
Created by: j.taylor
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