what's the difference between capital murder and murder in the 1st?
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It depends from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but on a basic, functional level, first degree murder means murder with premeditation (thought, care and planning rather than spur of the moment) and capital murder is a subset of first degree murder that a jurisdiction has designated as particularly heinous and hence death-eligible.  For example, in Texas, murder of a child under 6 or a peace officer is considered capital murder.
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It varies by the state for the specific language, but they are all the same in idea.\n\njustifiable homicide is the taking of another's life when that individual is about to commit a felony or is in the act of commiting a felony.  A defender must take reasonable precaution not to take another's life.  For instance, a defender has a gun, an attacker a knife and there is 100 feet between them (run first).  A homicide is not justifiable when a felony has been committed at an earlier time and no immediate danger exists (someone breaks an entering, then leaves the property, the homeowner chases him down the street and shoots him).  The requirements for defense against the crimes of manslaughter/murder and the civil tort of wrongful death are different because of the hurdle of reasonable doubt for the criminal case.\n\nKeep in mind that police have special protection and a crime against a police officer may be a felony, while the same action against an ordinary citizen may not be (punching, menacing).\n\nAny time that a police officer slays another human being, there is an investigation to determine if the cop acted within the law.\n\nGrand theft auto, and eluding arrest are felonies, which is why police can be seen drawing their weapons while apprehending suspects in the act of these crimes.\n\nThe freedom of information act entitles you to obtain a copy of your specific jurisdiction's rules.
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Capital Punishment is state murder. There were many innocents executed here as there are still being executed in the USA. Capital Punishment is more expensive in real terms then full term Life imprisonment. It is not a deterrent, the murder rate dropped in England after it was abolished and rose in America after it was reintroduced anyway there are lots of supposed Christians here and...Thou shalt not Kill
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Both are same but the voice is different. Second one is in passive voice and sounds more formal.
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In simple words: manslaughter is without malice. Murder is intenionally.
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Murder is a big part of war but they're still different.\n\nWar is when it's declared that people will be slaughtered. Murder is usually unexpected and just like ten deaths at most. War is like tens of thousands of deaths.
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I can think of three major categories, depending on the severity of the crime.\n\nCivil infraction - speeding ticket, etc.  Not really a crime.\n\nMisdemeanor - crime punishable by less than a year in jail.  Some states have 'high misdemeanors' that are punishable by less than 2 years in jail.\n\nFelony - crime punishable by more than a year in prison.  Capital crimes are those felonies that are punishable by death (or life in prison).  Murder is the big one here.\n\nI guess you could also categorize crimes by victims/results splitting them up into property crimes, white collar crimes, violent crimes, vice (so called victimless crimes), etc..\n\nNot all criminals are created equal.
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It's called a murder.
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Having served on a murder jury already, I would choose to be on a case where there's a parking dispute or someone didn't pay their rent. Murder is hard. If you have the power to send someone to death, it is not as fun as it might seem.
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Depending on when you check and who you believe,it can be Washington D.C. or New Orleans,Louisiana. Washington,D.C. generally is known as "The Murder Capital"
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Dunno..Why is it when a pregnant woman is murdered, it's double murder?
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No difference.  Death penalty has limited deterrence because it takes so long for the actual execution.
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Life.. or better yet.. the death penalty (for Murder 1)
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Murder is the crime where one human being causes the death of another human being\n\nDerees of murder\n(New York and other states): \nFirst Degree Murder: Murder involving special circumstances, such as murder of a police officer, judge, fireman or witness to a crime, multiple murder, the use of torture or especially heinous means, or means requiring great preparation, such as poison or lying in wait. \n\nSecond Degree Murder: Any premeditated murder or felony murder that does not involve special circumstances. \n\nThird Degree Murder: All other murder. \n\n(Pennsylvania and other states:) \nFirst Degree Murder: All premeditated murders, and (in some states) murders involving certain especially dangerous felonies, such as arson or rape, or committed by an inmate serving a life sentence. \n\nSecond Degree Murder: Any felony murder not a first degree murder. \n\nThird Degree Murder: All other murder. \n\nThe maximum penalties for murder are:\nfirst degree murder (mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25-35 years )\nsecond degree murder (mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 10-25 years)\nthird dergee murder 10 years
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Murder is a part of common law, so it has been illegal since before Parliament. There is no law that defines it, since it is defined through common law, but the Criminal Justice Act of 2003 lists it as one of several crimes.
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Certainly:  The first letter of a question is always a capital:  I, the first person, is also always a capital.\nAnything else?
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As far as I understand it, there is only one 'type' of homicide.  That is a human killing another human.  If you mean DEGREES of homocide, then that's a whole different story.\n\nModern codifications tend to create a genus of offenses, known collectively as homicide, of which murder is the most serious species, followed by manslaughter which is less serious, and ending finally in justifiable homicide, which is not a crime at all. Because there are 51 jurisdictions, each with its own criminal code, this section treats only the crime of murder, and does not deal with state-by-state specifics.\n\nAt base, murder consists of an intentional unlawful act with a design to kill and fatal consequences. Generally, an intention to cause great bodily harm is considered indistinguishable from an intention to kill, as is an act so inherently dangerous that any reasonable person would realize the likelihood of fatality. Thus, if the defendant hurled the victim from a bridge, it is no defense to argue that harm was not contemplated, or that the defendant hoped only to break bones.\n\nThe intent to commit murder is often called malice aforethought, and can be inferred when the defendant commits an act that shows depraved indifference to human life, or (in federal court and those states that apply the felony murder rule) whenever a victim is killed during the commission of another felony, whether or not the defendant intended the killing, or even committed the fatal act. In this case, the intention to place the victim in great bodily harm is inferred from the defendant's intent to commit the felony. Some states also require the underlying felony to be an 'inherently' dangerous one.\n\n\n[edit] Degrees of murder\nBefore the famous case of Furman v. Georgia in 1972, most states distinguished two degrees of murder. While the rules differed by state, a reasonably common scheme was that of Pennsylvania, passed in 1794: "Murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of the second degree."[10] "Murder one", as the term was popularized by novels and television, carried a penalty of death, or life in prison, while the penalty for "murder two" was generally around 20 years in prison.\n\nAfter the Supreme Court placed new requirements on the imposition of the death penalty, most states adopted one of two schemes. In both, third degree murder became the catch-all, while first degree murder was split. The difference was whether some or all first degree murders should be eligible for the most serious penalty (generally death, but sometimes life in prison without the possibility of parole.).\n\nThe first scheme, used by Pennsylvania among other states: \nFirst Degree Murder: All premeditated murders, and (in some states) murders involving certain especially dangerous felonies, such as arson or rape, or committed by an inmate serving a life sentence. \nSecond Degree Murder: Any felony murder not a first degree murder. \nThird Degree Murder: All other murder. \nThe second scheme, used by New York among other states, as well as the Model Penal Code: \nFirst Degree Murder: Murder involving special circumstances, such as murder of a police officer, judge, fireman or witness to a crime; multiple murders; and torture or especially heinous murders. Note that a "regular" premeditated murder, absent such special circumstances, is not a first-degree murder; murders by poison or "lying in wait" are not per se first-degree murders. \nSecond Degree Murder: Any premeditated murder or felony murder that does not involve special circumstances. \nSome states, such as California, simply preserved the o