Negligent homicide, the Glossary

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1. 16 relations: Aeroperú Flight 603, Anneliese Michel, Criminal negligence, Depraved-heart murder, Driving under the influence, Exorcism, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster, Lesser included offense, Manslaughter, Mens rea, Moral luck, Murder, Recklessness (law), Soviet Union, Statute, U.S. state.

Aeroperú Flight 603

Aeroperú Flight 603 (PL603/PLI603) was a scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, with stopovers in Quito, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru.

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Anneliese Michel

Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel (21 September 1952 – 1 July 1976) was a German woman who underwent 67 Catholic exorcism rites during the year before her death.

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Criminal negligence

In criminal law, criminal negligence is an offence that involves a breach of an objective standard of behaviour expected of a defendant.

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Depraved-heart murder

In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is a type of murder where an individual acts with a "depraved indifference" to human life and where such acts result in a death, despite that individual not explicitly intending to kill.

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Driving under the influence

Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely.

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Exorcism

Exorcism is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed.

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Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster

The Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster occurred on August 7, 1987, at 01:30 in Kamenskaya station in the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky on the North Caucasus Railway in the Soviet Union when a freight train ran into the rear of a passenger train standing in the station, killing 106.

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Lesser included offense

In criminal law, a lesser included offense is a crime for which all of the elements necessary to impose liability are also elements found in a more serious crime.

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Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. Negligent homicide and Manslaughter are homicide.

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Mens rea

In criminal law, mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime.

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Moral luck

Moral luck describes circumstances whereby a moral agent is assigned moral blame or praise for an action or its consequences, even if it is clear that said agent did not have full control over either the action or its consequences.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Recklessness (law)

In criminal law and in the law of tort, recklessness may be defined as the state of mind where a person deliberately and unjustifiably pursues a course of action while consciously disregarding any risks flowing from such action.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, a stage in the process of legislation.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligent_homicide

Also known as Criminally negligent homicide, Negligent manslaughter.