Identify and briefly explain the criminal homicide categories found in the traditional American System of Classification
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary but the key points are:
• Murder is divided into two, or occasionally three, categories referred to as degrees.
o First degree murder
? Intent-to-kill murders involving malice and premeditation
? Felony murder rule deaths
o Second degree murder
? Not-designed-to-kill deaths
? Depraved heart killings
• Manslaughter is divided into two forms
o Voluntary manslaughter
? Intentional killing arising from sudden passion based on adequate cause
? Imperfect self-defense
o Involuntary manslaughter
? Deaths caused by reckless or criminally negligent behavior
? Deaths caused by intoxicated drivers
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