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Killing another human being.
What is homicide?
Unintended killings that occur in the commission of a felony, Depraved heart murder, Intent to cause serious bodily injury.
What are Judge-made types of murder
?
Conscious creation of
a substantial and unjustifiable risk that caused
death.
What is Reckless Manslaughter?
1,434
What is the number of Death Penalty Executions?
Crime of killing a fetus.
What is Feticide?
Justifiable, excusable, and criminal.
What are types of homicide?
Creation of a
substantial and unjustifiable risk that caused
death with defendant should have been, but was
not aware of risk.
What is Negligent Manslaughter?
1,259
What is the number of Lethal Injections since 1976?
Cessation of heart/breathing, Organ transplants, Artificial life support, and Brain dead.
What is when does life end?
A premeditated and intentional killing of another.
What is First Degree Murder?
The US Supreme Court halted all death
sentences.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
158
What is the number of Electrocution Executions since 1976?
Took centuries to develop.
What is the history of Murder Law?
All deaths caused by intentional killings that are not premeditated, justified, or excused.
What is Second Degree Murder?
Argued that Georgia reformed itself.
What is Gregg v. Georgia?
11
What is the number of Gas chamber executions in since 1976?
Original mental state of intentional killing.
What is Malice Afterthought?
Intentional killings committed in a sudden heat
of passion upon adequate provocation.
What is Voluntary Manslaughter?
Mandates that the death penalty decision be made
in two phases.
What is Bifurcation?
3
What is the number of Hanging Executions since 1976?