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The U.S.Supreme Court has ruled that state statutes banning assisted suicide are unconstitutional.

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Nearly all states now have laws criminalizing intentional acts (other than medical abortions) that result in death to a viable fetus.

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The prosecution bears several burdens unique to homicide cases.First, it must establish the__________, or body of the crime.

In many jurisdictions, _____ is a residual classification applied to unlawful homicides not evidenced by malice aforethought or premeditation, not occurring in conjunction with other felonies, and not falling within the statutory definition of manslaughter.

The term "corpus delicti" refers to "strict liability offenses."

Comments made by a murderer before and after killing the victim may help the prosecution in establishing _____________________.

The term "corpus delicti" refers to ______________________.

Which of the following do the authors identify as prosecutorial burdens in all homicide cases?

Explain the difference between excusable and justifiable homicide.Provide an example of each.

When death is inflicted by public officers in obedience to a court judgment or in discharge of certain other legal duties it is considered._________.

At common law, _______________ was the unintentional killing of another by the accused's gross or wanton negligence.

Shooting a firearm into a crowd or into an occupied house or automobile is a classic example of a depraved-heart-or-mind murder.

The Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision (Roe v.Wade) was based on the First Amendment's "free exercise" clause.

Provocation that would cause a reasonable person to lose control may be sufficient to convert an otherwise intentional killing of another to manslaughter.

Describe three instances where a jury can find a defendant charged with murder guilty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter.

English common law defined the offense of manslaughter by degrees, from first-degree to third degree manslaughter.

Which of the following scenarios might suggest an excusable homicide in this instance?

An example of an excusable homicide is where an executioner administers a lethal injection to a prisoner pursuant to a death warrant.

Modern American laws on homicide are based on the English common law, which classified murder and manslaughter as criminal homicide, and classified noncriminal homicide as justifiable or _________________.

Second-degree murder is now frequently defined as "an unlawful killing of a human being by a person having a depraved mind or heart."