Is homicide illegal?

To begin with, not all homicides are crimes. Homicides include all killings of humans. Many homicides, such as murder and manslaughter, violate criminal laws. Others, such as a killing committed in justified self-defense, are not criminal. read more

Illegal killings range from manslaughter to murder, with multiple degrees of each representing the gravity of the crime. Murder First degree murder is the most serious criminal homicide. read more

The oldest codified legal system we have, the Code of Hammurabi, sets punishments for a wide variety of transgressions. It has many oddly specific statutes regarding deaths. read more

Culpable homicide in the law of Scotland is any homicide which results from an assault where there was no mens rea of murder, where the death occurred in the course of another unlawful act with reckless mens rea or where death occurred in the performance of a lawful act but was grossly negligent. read more