Homicide can be ......... ...... ......... .. ... ... ......... (1) or justifiable, in which case it is a non-criminal act. Some examples of this type of homicide are self-defence, capital punishment ordered by a...........................(2) court of law, or the killing of combatants in accordance with lawful
orders in war. excusable/legitimate excusable/premeditated Legitimate/excusable Legitimate/premeditated Premeditated/excusable Premeditated/legitimated.
Murder, as defined in .. .. ............... ... ............ ..... (3) law countries, is the (4) .......................killing of another human being with intent - or ..... ... (5) aforethought- (...) common/unlawful/malice common/legitimate/premeditated of/unlawful/malice between/excusable/premeditated.
and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder ...... ...... .. .. ..... .......... ......... (6) other forms of unjustifiable homicide, such as ......... .. ..... .. ........ ........ ....... (7). from/manslaugther from/attemped between/manslaugther between/attemped.
British law distinguishes ..... .. ......................... ...... . (8) voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and also recognizes ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. ............. .. ..... (9) malice. For example, where a man fires a gun with the intent to kill person A but the shot misses and kills an otherwise unconnected person B, the intent to kill transfers from person A to person B and a charge of murder would stand. between/transferred of/premeditated between/with of/legitimate.
The accused could also be charged .. .. . .. .... ... .. ........ ..... ..... (10) the .................... . .......... (11) murder of A.
Typically, a convicted murder suspect is given a life sentence or even the death penalty. H with/attempted from/malice of/attempted with/malice.
However, some countries allow special mental conditions to be regarded as . .. ................ ....... (12) circumstances. mitigating excusable legitimate diminished.
This means that a person may be found guilty .... ......... .. .. . (13) manslaughter on the basis of ... . .. ..... ................ .. ... (14) capacity rather than murder, if it can be proven that the killer was suffering from a condition that affected their judgment at the time. of/diminished with/mitigating of/mitigating with/diminished.
The United States nowadays define murder differently in each state. However, "Murder in the First" and "Murder in the Second" are still widely used concepts. In the past, the most commonly used division defined Murder One as a willful or .... ... .. .... .... .. ...... .... .. ...... .. (16) killing. Murder in the Second Degree, however, constituted homicide In the perpetration of a felony, wherea s Murder in
the Third Degree referred to any other murder where the intent was not to kill, but merely to harm the victim. premeditated malice manslaugher legitimate.
Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and medication .... .. .. .. . ...... .... .. .. ...... ..... .... (15) are examples of conditions that may be taken into account when assessing responsibility. side-effects side-affects side-effect side-affect.
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