Criminal Law - Homicide

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The unlawful killing of a human being under the King's peace with malice aforethought is ________.
murder
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The guilty act of murder is the unlawful ________ of another person.
killing
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The mental element of murder is ________ aforethought.
malice
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Malice aforethought means intention to kill or cause ________ bodily harm.
grievous
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Murder is a crime of ________ intent.
specific
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The victim of murder must be a living ________.
person
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The prosecution must prove both actus reus and ________.
mens rea
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The unlawful killing must be caused by the ________.
defendant
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The defendant's conduct must satisfy factual and ________ causation.
legal
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A killing that is not authorised by law is ________.
unlawful
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The partial defence reducing murder to manslaughter because of qualifying anger or fear is ________.
loss of control
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Loss of control replaced the old defence of ________.
provocation
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Loss of control is a ________ defence.
partial
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A qualifying trigger for loss of control may be fear of serious ________.
violence
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Another qualifying trigger is things said or done of an extremely ________ character.
grave
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The defendant's reaction must be caused by a qualifying ________.
trigger
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The loss of control need not be ________.
sudden
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The objective test asks whether a person of the defendant's age and sex with ordinary ________ might react similarly.
tolerance
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The second partial defence to murder is ________ responsibility.
diminished
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Diminished responsibility is a ________ defence.
partial
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Diminished responsibility requires an abnormality of mental ________.
functioning
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The abnormality must arise from a recognised ________ condition.
medical
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The abnormality must substantially impair the defendant's ability to understand conduct, form rational judgment or exercise ________.
self-control
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The abnormality must provide an explanation for the ________.
killing
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An unlawful killing without the mens rea for murder is generally ________.
manslaughter
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Manslaughter is divided into voluntary and ________.
involuntary
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Voluntary manslaughter begins as ________ before a partial defence applies.
murder
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Involuntary manslaughter lacks the mens rea for ________.
murder
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Constructive manslaughter is also called ________ act manslaughter.
unlawful
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Constructive manslaughter requires the defendant to commit a separate ________.
crime
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The unlawful act must be objectively ________.
dangerous
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The unlawful act must cause the victim's ________.
death
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Gross negligence manslaughter is based on a breach of a duty of ________.
care
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Gross negligence manslaughter requires a legal ________ owed to the victim.
duty
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The breach must involve ________ negligence.
gross
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The breach must create an obvious risk of ________.
death
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Gross negligence manslaughter requires the breach to cause the victim's ________.
death
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Reckless manslaughter is based on subjective ________.
recklessness
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The defendant must consciously take an unjustified risk of causing ________.
death
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Murder carries a mandatory sentence of life ________.
imprisonment