Homicide
DefinitionThe act of a human being causing the death of another human being.
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UnderstandingWhen someone takes the life of another, regardless of intent or other details surrounding the incident, it is called a homicide. Homicide is not always a crime, such as in cases of self-defense or the state-sanctioned execution of certain convicted criminals.
Defensesome states sentence convicted murderers to death but provide psychiatric treatment to those acquitted by reason of insanity.
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