(adj) most important or serious
Murder is classified as a capital crime.
Murder is a serious crime. (This is probably not the answer your looking for but I posted it anyway).
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Capital crimes are punishable by death. Murder of a Law Enforcement officer, murder in a particular gruesome or heinous nature. Murder during the commission of a crime etc. It largely depends on the legislation of the country. What may be considered a 'capital' crime in one country may not be in another. There are many countries that have abolished capital punishment completely.
In Bridgeport CT, as in all other jurisdictions in the US, Murder is a Felony capital crime.
Oakland, California has never been officially designated as the murder capital of the US. While the city has experienced high rates of violent crime in the past, it has not held the title of murder capital.
it has to be a capital crime. murder/kidnapping ,murder/rape, murder/robbery. those are capital murder issues and can get the death penaly oh and murder as means of gaining monies, eg insurance. multiple murders aswell.
Felony results in imprisonment. A Capital Crime, which is a type of felony, can result in the death sentence.
I think it is morally wrong to murder someone because they have previously carried out a murder or other crime punishable by death.
The offenses that can apply to a capital murder conviction (a death sentence) vary from state to state; there are various designated elements to a murder that elevates the crime to qualify for the death penalty. Some of these might be torture with murder, murder of a law enforcement officer, multiple murders, etc.
"The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse." This is potentially the law of Arkansas. I don't know. However, capital murder varies greatly by state. Typically, it is premeditated killing. Then, the jury can decide in sentencing whether they should punish with the state's 1st degree murder non-capital or their capital. There is typically no real definition and it is just a crapshoot.
A capital crime is quite simply, one that can be punished by death- hence capital punishment. For many years New York State had a mandatory law that the deliberate murder of a police officer was a capital crime- no questions asked. For somewhat unstated motives, former New York Governor Hugh Carey was able to strike down this measure, which provoked the literary pun that he had become ( a Saving Grace to killers of Cops!) Murder is nearly always held as a capital crime- but there are discretionary angles for judges.
The city often considered the "murder capital" of the world is San Pedro Sula, located in Honduras. It has one of the highest murder rates globally, primarily due to gang violence and drug-related crime.