The County Corner has already ruled her death a homicide.
The County Corner has already ruled her death a homicide.
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Do you have a link to verify that? Not challenging. Just want to see it.
In law, homicide simply means the killing of a person. But, not all homicides are crimes. Homicides include all killings of humans. Many homicides, such as murder and manslaughter, violate criminal laws. Others, such as a killing committed in justified self defense are not crimes.
“The County Corner has already ruled her death a homicide.”
FYI - “homicide” just means “the act of killing another person”. It does NOT indicate fault/guilt (e.g., murder, manslaughter, etc.).
IOW - if you kill a person in self-defense, their death would still be a “homicide” (albeit ‘justifiable’).
All that being said, I am VERY interested in hearing how the officer “justified” this shooting of an unarmed woman. My guess is that he will claim that he thought her cell phone was a gun.
Of course it was a homicide. It wasn't a suicide. She didn't die of cancer.
"Homicide" only means "killed by another person" and is not necessarily criminal.
What kind of homicide? Homicides range from justifiable to murder 1.