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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Define homicide.
- Recognize that all homicides are not criminal.
- Identify the corpus delicti components in a criminal homicide.
- Compare the definition of fetus in criminal homicide and feticide statutes.
- Compare common-law feticide and suicide with modern views.
- Ascertain whether it is constitutional to criminalize assisted suicide.
In this section, you learn the definition of homicide and the meaning of human being, which vary from state to state. You also learn that suicide is not criminal, but assisted suicide might be, depending on the jurisdiction.
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