What is Homicide?
'''Homicide''' is when one person [[Killing|kills]] (causes the death of) another person.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Homicide|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/homicide|access-date=2021-03-17|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|publisher=Cornell Law School|language=en}}</ref> Homicide is often a [[crime]] but sometimes it is not. If the killer wanted to cause death, it can be a crime called [[murder]]. If the killer did not want to cause death, but had no care for their own behavior, it can be a crime called [[manslaughter]]. Fighting to keep oneself safe from harm is called [[self-defense]]. If a person needed to kill for self-defense, it is usually not a crime. If a person killed in self-defense when they did not need to kill, it may be a crime.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Larson|first=Aaron|date=2018-04-19|title=What Are Homicide and Murder|url=https://www.expertlaw.com/library/criminal-law/what-are-homicide-and-murder|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-03-17|website=ExpertLaw|archive-date=2017-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910041250/https://www.expertlaw.com/library/criminal-law/what-are-homicide-and-murder}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Crime]] [[Category:Violence]] [[Category:Death]]