Editing Homicide (section)

=== Murder ===
{{main|Murder}}
Murder is the most serious crime that can be charged following a homicide. In many jurisdictions, murder may be punished by [[life imprisonment|life in prison]] or even [[capital punishment]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Federal Laws Providing for the Death Penalty |url = https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/federal-laws-providing-death-penalty |website = Death Penalty Information Center |access-date = 11 September 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204720/https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/federal-laws-providing-death-penalty |archive-date = 11 September 2017 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Although categories of murder can vary by jurisdiction, murder charges fall under [[Murder#Degrees of murder|two broad categories]], or ''degrees'':
* First degree: The [[premeditated]], unlawful, intentional killing of another person.
* Second degree: The intentional, unlawful killing of another person, but without any premeditation.

In some jurisdictions, a homicide that occurs during the commission of a dangerous [[crime]] may constitute murder, regardless of the actor's intent to commit homicide.  In the [[United States]], this is known as the [[felony murder rule]].<ref name="felonymurder">{{cite journal |last1 = Fletcher |first1 = George P. |title = Reflections on Felony Murder |journal = Southwestern University Law Review |date = 1980 |volume = 12 |page = 413 |url = http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/swulr12&div=30&id=&page= |access-date = 11 September 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171208013627/http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fswulr12&div=30&id=&page= |archive-date = 8 December 2017 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> In simple terms, under the felony murder rule a person who commits a felony may be guilty of murder if someone dies as a result of the commission of the crime, including the victim of the felony, a bystander or a co-felon, regardless their intent—or lack thereof—to kill, and even when the death results from the actions of a co-defendant or third party who is reacting to the crime.
==== Preterintentional killing ====
{{Main|Preterintention}}

The preterintentional killing<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Palermo |first1=George B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eoqgC7_NG9cC&q=preterintentionhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.it%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeoqgC7_NG9cC&pg=PA57 |title=Offender Profiling: An Introduction to the Sociopsychological Analysis of Violent Crime |last2=Kocsis |first2=Richard N. |date=2005 |publisher=Charles C Thomas Publisher |isbn=978-0-398-07549-1 |language=en}}</ref> occurs when a person,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asworth |first=Andrew |date=2013 |title=Principles of Criminal Law |url=https://aghalibrary.com/storage/books/1609402608_AghaLibrary.pdf |website=aghalibrary.com }}</ref> with actions aimed at hitting or harming, unintentionally causes the death of a person:<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Reed |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCJ4EAAAQBAJ&q=Alan+Reed+homicide |title=Fault in Criminal Law: A Research Companion |last2=Bohlander |first2=Michael |date=2022-08-22 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-63052-7 |language=en}}</ref> the agent will be liable for objective responsibility (or fault, for the laws that require it)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Horder |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YurbBAAAQBAJ&q=jeremy+horder+homicide |title=Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective |date=2007-12-10 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-84731-385-0 |language=en}}</ref> for the death event.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Reed |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVFtDwAAQBAJ&q=Alan+Reed+homicide |title=Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion |last2=Bohlander |first2=Michael |date=2018-10-03 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-01629-2 |language=en}}</ref>