On Sep 11, 2009, at 5:01 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On 11-Sep-2009, at 14:48, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote: > On 11 Sep 2009, at 21:29, LuKreme wrote: >>> And Rape sentences are often higher than murder (12 years is the >>> average in the US for rape, homicide is less than 10). >> >> Homicide? I said Murder. You get life for 1st degree Murder. > > Homicide and murder definitions vary from state to state. The exact > same crime may be murder in one state and manslaughter in another. > Whether or not the word 'homicide' is even used varies as well.
In Ohio, if someone kills someone else it is labeled homicide with some sort of qualifier if needed. If a cop has to shoot a bad guy, for instance, it's legally defined as 'justifiable homicide' =c= _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
