CRIMES
Crimes are divided into two broad categories – Petty and Criminal Offenses – and then subdivided into traffic and other violations, misdemeanors, and felonies. The type of punishment imposed for a crime determines the category:



CRIMINAL OFFENSES

Homicide is divided into four different types:
  1. Criminally Negligent Homicide (sometimes called Vehicular Homicide): Is an unintentional killing resulting from indifference or reckless disregard for human life, such as speeding through a school zone.
  2. Manslaughter: Is killing someone intentionally in the heat of passion; unintentionally while committing a violation or a misdemeanor; or unintentionally while performing a lawful act in a negligent manner, such as while cleaning a loaded gun.
  3. Second Degree Murder. Involves malice, which means that the killer must have intended to cause death or to inflict severe bodily harm.
  4. First-Degree Murder: The most serious form of homicide, involves both malice and a premeditated decision to kill someone.

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