Ch 13 Terminology Flashcards
Capital Crime
A crime that is punishable by death
Corpus Delicti
A body on which a crime has been committed
Corpus Delicti
A body on which a crime has been committed
Euthanasia
An active procedure to hasten the death of one who is terminally ill or in immense suffering
Felon
a person who has committed a felony
Felony Murder
Murder committed while in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life
Felony Murder
Murder committed while in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life
First-degree Murder
Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforthought, or with extreme atrocisty or cruelty, or while in the commission of a crime punishableby life in prison
First-degree Murder
Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforthought, or with extreme atrocisty or cruelty, or while in the commission of a crime punishableby life in prison
Genocide
the killing of a racial or political group
Genocide
the killing of a racial or political group
Imminent Danger
The situation that exist when an unlawful attack is about to happen
Infanticide
The killing of an infant soon after birth
Infanticide
The killing of an infant soon after birth
Justifiable Homicide
the taking of a human life when an excuse exists
Justifiable Homicide
the taking of a human life when an excuse exists
Manslaughter
the unlawful killing of one human being by another without malice aforethought
Matricide
killing one’s mother
Matricide
killing one’s mother
Patricide
the killing of one’s father
Patricide
the killing of one’s father
Proximate Cause
the dominant or moving cause
Proximate Cause
the dominant or moving cause
Second-degree Murder
Murder that is not found to be in the first degree
Second-degree Murder
Murder that is not found to be in the first degree
Suicide
deliberate, lethal self destruction
Suicide
deliberate, lethal self destruction
Uxoricide
the killing of one’s wife
Voluntary Manslaughter
the unlawful killing of another without malice, when an intention to kill exists, but through the violence of sudden passion
Voluntary Manslaughter
the unlawful killing of another without malice, when an intention to kill exists, but through the violence of sudden passion
Year-and-a-Day Rule
the rule stating that death must have occurred within a year and a day after the blow occurred in order for a defendant to be convicted of homicide
