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HOMICIDE
In any society, it is of utmost importance that its citizens feel safe and secure so that it can continue to work properly and without any disruptions. This is ensured by devising laws and regulation to safeguard the lives and properties of its citizens.
Under the Constitution of United States, Homicide is a crime that is defined as the "killing of one human being by another human being" (Homicide, n.d.). It is then further categorized into Murder -- 1st and 2nd degree, and then Manslaughter, although the law categorically expels suicide as a murder from its clause.
Murder, to be categorized as 1st degree needs to be committed with a motive and with a predetermined frame of mind, or in "cold blood" or by "lying in wait" (Stevens, 2003). The crime must have taken place while the accused is committing a felony crime, which include among other, sexual abuse, child abuse, burglary, armed robbery. Some of the possible defenses in this regard, and one very popular is self-defense or mostly an effort will be made by the defender's lawyers to present the crime as in a fact a 2nd degree charge.
For a murder in the 2nd...
The crime is punishable by law for either imprisonment for life or by death and by imprisonment for any term of years or for life respectively (U.S. Federal Law: Homicide, n.d.). Self-defense is the most accepted defense against this sort of crime, where the defendant can argue that he committed the crime as a step to stop a felony being committed against him (Hornsby, n.d.).
Manslaughter can either be categorized as voluntary or involuntary, where a voluntary manslaughter is defined as committed in the "heat of passion," usually during a quarrel; an involuntary manslaughter, considered the least offensive charge in homicide, is when the death is caused by an accident and without any direct confrontation between the accused and the victim (Stevens, 2003). A voluntary manslaughter is punishable by not more than ten years or a fine, or both, whereas, involuntary manslaughter is punishable by not more than six-year or a fine, or both. Since the name of the crime…
Works Cited
Foundation, D. (n.d.). Related Accidents and Injuried: Vehicular Homicide. Retrieved September 21st, 2011, from DUI Foundation: http://www.duifoundation.org/drunkdriving/accidents/vehicularhomocide/
Homicide. (n.d.). Retrieved September 21st, 2011, from Free online Law Dictionary: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/homicide
Hornsby, R. (n.d.). Second degree murder in Florida. Retrieved September 21st, 2011, from Richard Hornsby, Orlando Criminal Defense Attorny: http://www.richardhornsby.com/crimes/homicide/second-degree-murder.html
Stevens, M. (2003, June 19th). The Law of Homicide. Retrieved Sept 21st, 2011, from North Carolina Wesleyan College: http://faculty.ncwc.edu/mstevens/293/293lect07.htm
U.S. Federal Law: Homicide. (n.d.). Retrieved September 21st, 2011, from the U.S.S. Liberty Inquiry: http://www.usslibertyinquiry.com/law/homicide.html#1112
Voluntary Manslaughter Defenses. (n.d). Retrieved September 21st, 2011, from FindLaw: http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/voluntary-manslaughter-defenses.html
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