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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 heartbeat on its own.
feticide the crime of killing a fetus
brain death an individual who has suffered irreversible cessation of all brain functions including those of the brain stem, is dead
justifiable homicide killing in self defense
excusable homicide killings done by someone not of sound memory and decretion
criminal homicide all homicides that are neither justified or excused
malice aforethought originally the mental state of intentional killing with some amount of spite, hate, or bad will/ planned in advanced of the killing
depraved heart murder extremely reckless killings
murder actus reus the act of killing by poisoning, striking, starving, drowning, and other forms by which human nature can be overcome
murder mens rea can include purposeful, knowing, or reckless as the mental element in killing
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