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Murder Act

6 October, 2015 - 17:36

Most jurisdictions define the criminalacelement of murder as conduct that causes the victim’s death. 1The criminal act could be carried out with a weapon, a vehicle, poison, or the defendant’s bare hands. Like all criminal acts, the conduct must be undertaken voluntariland cannot be the result of a failurto acunless a duty to act is created by common law or statute.