释义 |
murder n. Unlawful homicide that does not fall into the categories of manslaughter or infanticide. The mens rea for murder is traditionally known as malice aforethought—an intention to kill or an intention to cause grievous bodily harm where as a result the victim dies. The punishment (since 1965) is life imprisonment. Murder is subject to the special defences of diminished responsibility, suicide pact, and loss of control, which serve to reduce the defendant’s conviction from murder to voluntary manslaughter. |