MURDER AOS2

Question 1

Indictable offences

Answer 1

Serious offences usually heard in supreme or county courts.

Question 2

Elements of the crime of murder are?
(For a person accused of murder to be found guilty of the crime, the prosecution in the case must prove each of the following)

Answer 2

• the killing must be unlawful
• victim is a human-being
• accused must be over age of discretion
• the accused caused the death of the victim
• the accused was a person of sound mind
• no malice aforethought

Question 3

Defences for murder?

Answer 3

• self-defence
• mental impairment
• accident
• duress

Question 4

Possible sanctions for murder?

Answer 4

Life imprisonment or 25 years of imprisonment (manslaughter)

Question 5

Common law

Answer 5

All elements of murder have been developed through common law

Question 6

IMPACT OF INDIVIDUALS DUE TO MURDER?

Answer 6

Family and friends feel unsafe and upset
- victims family may suffer if victim were the main source of money
- people who use to engage with accused may suffer through depression or PTSD

Question 7

IMPACT ON SOCIETY DUE TO MURDER?

Answer 7

distrust in others and confidence in police and legal system to protect us