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  • Criminality
  • Murder
  • Preterintentional killing
  • Manslaughter
  • Lawful excuse
  • By state actors
  • Rates
  • Global
  • Historic European
  • United States
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
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Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “homicide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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