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Homicide
Homicide is the act of a human killing another human. Homicide, or murder, is illegal, with the exception of certain instances such as self defense or involuntary manslaughter.
650 Questions
How much time do you spend in jail for unintentional vehicular manslaughter?
quite some time...maybe 2 years...or less...depends on how good your lawyer is.
What was Charles Smith Sentence For Vehicular Homicide?
He was sentenced to 4 years. He was released after 2 years. The sentence included time for 2 counts of vehicular homicide and 2 counts of leaving the scene of an accident.
What happened to david figlas he murdered Armstrong girl in St. Joseph Michigan in the early 70's?
David LeRoy Figel was convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Susan Armstrong in St. Joseph, Michigan in 1973. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Figel's case was notable for its brutality and the impact it had on the local community at the time. The details of the crime and the subsequent legal proceedings are well-documented in the court records and news articles from that period.
What is the punishment for murder in Japan?
Capital punishment is legal in Japan. The only crimes for which capital punishment is statutory are homicide and treason.
Can you identify a murder of their fingerprint is left on the victims fingerprint?
Maybe. Is one print in blood and one in a different-looking substance like sebaceous sweat? Are the prints oriented differently so that one can follow the ridge flow of each separately? Are there areas that can be used for identification outside of the overlapping area(s)? Are the prints left in a raised material (blood or whatever) that can be lit from an angle showing the top print only? Did the murder apply sufficient pressure that the underlying print is not a problem? (For example, a print in clay pressed hard enough will flatten the previous print so it is no longer interfering.)
What country has the most honor killings?
Middle eastern countries like:-
(1) Pakistan
(2) Jordan
(3) Palestine/Israel
(4) The Balkans
It also happens in Europe like turkey being to of that list.
What happens after you go before the grand jury?
they either find cause to send you to trial or not
Added: You (as the potential defendant), do NOT ever appear before a criminal Grand Jury. The prosecutor presents the state's case in support of the probable cause why you should be charged and brought to trial. You do not get the opportunity to present your side of the case at this point in the legal process.
What is the difference between gang related homicides and other types of homicides?
There is no difference between homicide and gang related homicide; they are both homicide, subject to the same penalties.
Should a man be charged with first degree murder for helping his wife commit suicide?
The question is both worded incorrectly, and is un-answerable - it is not a matter of opinion as to whether he should or should not be charged. The laws of his state will dictate the charge (if any) in this instance.
How many murders in Buffalo NY in 1970?
Don't know but my mother was one of them and i can't find any infomation about the Murder of (Lovey Stafford) Erie County
Is capital murder the same thing as first degree murder?
"Capital" murder means that if the defendant is found guilty, there is the possibility of him or her being executed for the crime (which is called "capital punishment"). "First degree" usually means that the murder was premeditated (planned substantially ahead of time), though there are a number of other things that can make an unpremeditated murder "first degree", such as killing a police officer. In some states, (e.g. California, New York), the premeditation of a crime can "become" the premeditation of the murder if anyone accidently dies during the commission of that crime. For instance, if someone premeditates arson, say, to collect insurance, and somebody else dies as a result of the fire, the death can be considered premeditated murder even though the criminal only premeditated arson. You might think that all capital cases are first-degree murder, but that is only mostly true. I believe Texas will execute rapists under some circumstances (if they rape young children). And of course, some states will not execute regardless of how heinous the crime may be. I guess by the traditional definition of "capital", those states therefore have no capital murders.
Where can you find free information about a murder that took place in Florida in 1956?
If you know the city/county the incident took place in, you might try searching the on-line library of whatever local paper may have reported on the case back then. If the information is not available on-line, perhaps you can get permission to search their library records in person.
What are men's methods of committing murder?
There certainly are countless ways to commit murder, but many times it is true that men murder differently than women. Yet there are also exceptions to all the rules. Men can murder by poison, knife, gun, manual strangulation, or even a 'staged accident'.
One midwestern husband killed several wives by plying them with alcohol and pushing their heads under water in the family hot tub. After the third wife, family members alerted police and he was finally caught. Another got rid of two wives by pushing them over a cliff while on a nature hike.
It is safe to say that the possiblities are only as limited as the killer's minds and imaginations make it. As for serial killers, men are more likely to use a gun, manual strangulation or knife. Women serial killers, many times, are poisoners. But of course, there are always exceptions. Convicted killer Aileen Wurnous killed at least seven men by shooting them, usually in the back, with a 22 caliber handgun. Wurnous died by lethal injection in Florida, 2003.
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, a Scotish-born serial killer from the mid-19th century, used poison on his victims. Lizzie Borden, in a very un-ladylike blitz, hacked to death her stepmother and father on a hot August morning in 1892 in Fall River MA. She was aquitted by a jury of her peers, which in 1892 were all men, due to the fact that men in that time could not imagine a woman being so violent. So we know that when it comes to murder, there are no hard and fast rules.
In Pasadena what is sphinx murder?
Among the clues were letters among his personal affects from women of great social standing in the community. Someone reported to police that a woman was seen hurriedly leaving his office the day of the killing. And it was later discovered that Siever had a date with a Mrs. Cooke for that very night. Could it have been a jealous woman who shot Siever in his head and chest? Yet his ring and watch were taken, and he had been known to carry lots of cash with him, so police rounded up and interrogated 700 hoodlums who were said to be hanging out at a nearby gambling den. No arrests were made.
When did homicide detective career start in society?
It's hard to say. Keep in mind, however, that some jurisdictions don't have homicide detectives, but rather, detectives that investigate all cases within a certain zone or area within the jurisdiction. Many homicide detectives also are detectives of other crimes, such as other crimes of violence or crimes against the person.
What happens if you kill a judge?
If you kill a judge you will most likely be arrested for murder and will probably go to prison for a very long time, potentially the rest of your life. In some places you might even recieve the death penalty.
Does having schizophrenia take away mens rea in criminal homicide?
Probably not. If the person KNEW, or SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, they were suffering from Schizophrenia, they should have sought treatment for their condition. However, this common sense reasoning would probably not stop a criminal defense attorney from arguing that point of view. See also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea
What is the difference between homicide and murder?
Homicide just means killing another man. Normally murder means homicide done with the deliberate intention to kill. Killing, normally following an act of violence, without the intention to kill is known as manslaughter. The legal details depend on the country or State concerned. In the US, manslaughter may be considered a type of murder.
Has anyone lived from getting his or her throat split?
Yes, a surprising number of people have had their throats thoroughly sliced and lived to tell the story. It's amazing what horrendous physical assaults that people have survived to bear witness at the trial of an attempted murderer. Examples:
- Chicago IL, Michael Schmidt was walking his dog near Wrigley Field when an assailant grabbed him from behind and slashed his throat with a ten inch knife. The unidentified attacker stood over Schmidt looking at him, then simply walked away. Schmidt was able to provide the police with information for a sketch of the attacker.
- Hendersonville TN, Lacey Locke was slashed by her estranged husband and survived.
- Camden NJ, Osvaldo "Popeye" Rivera, slashed the throats of a 12 year old girl and her 6 year old brother; the boy lived, his sister died (children's names withheld).
- Bronx NY, 75 year old woman survived an attack in her home by two men who slashed her throat (woman's name withheld).
- Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire UK, Natalie Allman's estranged boyfriend, Jason Hughes, first tried to smother her, beat her with a dumbbell, then slashed her throat. Hughes kept her lying in bed bleeding beside her two year old twins for seven hours. She did survive.
- Alhambra CA, DeQiang Song kidnapped a 21 year old woman for ransom, tied her to a tree, called her father for ransom, then slashed her throat and left her for dead. A woman living near the crime scene found her and she survived (woman's name withheld).
- Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cheryl Cunningham was lured into a car with two men and a woman believing that they were sent by an arrangement with someone she knew. They stopped the car after a while so the woman was supposedly picking up her child. When she left, the two men dragged Cheryl out of the car, one grabbing her from behind, stabbed her and slashed her throat with a ratchet knife. She blacked out and woke to see one of the men grab a machete from the car and began to chop her, two to the head, seven blows in all. Then the woman returned, they jumped in the car, leaving her for dead. After some time Cheryl got help from a passing motorist. In the hospital she needed heart defibrillation and ten units of blood, but she made it. It seems that the woman in the group thought that she was the 'Cheryl' that had been calling her boyfriend and had one of the men pose as someone Ms. Cunningham knew to set up the ruse to pick her. Ms. Cunningham was the wrong Cheryl. Ironically, the female 'mastermind' was herself murdered most horribly before the authorities could track her down.
- Whittier CA, three men beat a 20 year old woman, then slashed her throat and threw her down a canyon along Turnbull Canyon Road. She was able to crawl up the canyon to the road and then to a house where she asked the woman there to call the authorities. She had been out for the evening with the group and was able to identify her attackers (woman's name withheld).
- Bayshore NY, Daphne Beard's husband, Carl, kicked in her door and slashed her throat in front of her two children. Carl was hit by a car and killed while attempting to flee authorities. Daphne lived to tell the story.
- Gallatin Gateway MT, Kelly Zuhlke was arrested for slashing the throat of a man who was relaxing with a group of friends at a transmission shop near Zuhlke's apartment. The victim (name not released) said he had sharpened his knife and laid it on the workbench just prior to sitting down with his friends. Zuhlke walked up to the group, grabbed the victim's knife and slashed his throat, dropped the knife, and ran away. Fortunately, the victim's group of friends were there to render first aid and call the authorities.
Did the homicide rates increase after the death penalty was abolished?
I think that the homicide rates have increased because people knoe that even of they do a crime, they will go to jail so why would they do it?
That sounds like the Forsyth-Napodano case.
On June 14, 1993, in Norwalk, Iowa, Jolene Forsyth (39), her three children, Brian (18), Nikki (17), Jessica (11), and two children visiting the Forsyth's, Martina (9) and Helen (7) Napodano were shot and strangled by Jolene's estranged husband, Rick Wayne Forsyth. Mr. Forsyth was found in the house with the six victims with a critical gunshot to the head, an apparent attempted suicide. Mr. Forsyth was convicted of six first degree murders in April 1994 and sentenced to six life sentences.
