homicide is to kill another. suicide is to take your own life.
A suicide is where someone kills themselves and a homicide is when someone is killed by another person.
suicide is the killing of oneself and homicide is the killing of man (homosapiens) you cannot, by definition, commit homicide by suicide
There is no difference between homicide and gang related homicide; they are both homicide, subject to the same penalties.
Intent.
He committed suicide.
Suicide is taking of one's own life and homicide is murder, or killing someone else.
There isn't a special name for this situation; most just call it a homicide/suicide.
Cleopatra killed herself, so she would have had to commit suicide. Homicide is when a person kills another person. Suicide is when a person kills himself.
"Homicide" means the killing of a human being; "murder" means the premeditated, intentional killing of a human being. "Homicide" suggests possible accidental killing, self-defense, lack of premeditation, mental incapacity to form intent.
The police are investigating the homicide that occurred last night in the downtown area.
Trick question. If a suicide is unsuccessful, no one dies - therefore - no homicide either. And, yes, "Attempted Suicide" IS a crime on the books in some jurisdictions.
Homicide, Suicide, and Genocide.
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