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chapter 9 review
Question | Answer |
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How many states still follow the born-alive rule? | Eighteen |
What is murder? | Killing a person with malice aforethought |
What is manslaughter? | killing a person without malice aforethought |
The term used for killing someone out of self defense | Justifiable homicide |
Killing that is done by someone not of sound memory or discretion | excusable homicide |
What type of homicide is neither justified nor excused? | criminal homicide |
extremely reckless killings can be defined as | depraved heart murder |
What are the two kinds of first degree murder? | 1. premeditated, deliberate intent to kill 2. felony murders |
The death penalty can be imposed on which degree of murder? | First Degree |
Which degree of murder is treated as a default category of murder? | Second Degree |
An intentional murder that wasn't premeditated or deliberate | Second Degree |