homicide cases
Killing crime files
Homicide cases are legal proceedings or investigations involving the killing of one person by another.
The phrase appears in both criminal justice and detective contexts: She's worked dozens of homicide cases in her career, The homicide case went cold after witnesses stopped cooperating.
In police departments, homicide cases are handled by specialized detectives.
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- criminologyScience of unlawful conduct
- victimologyStudy of those harmed
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
first degree · fingerprint analysis · DNA testing · defense attorney · indictment · appeal · forensic expert · detective work · felony murder · crime scene · time of death · sentencing · voluntary manslaughter · judge · moral culpability · witness testimony · restorative justice · jury
- court casestrials, murder trials, verdicts, criminal appeals, judgments
- legal caseslawsuit, litigation, murder trials, criminal trials, lawsuits
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- tribal jurisdictiontribal courts, tribal law, tribal police, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction
homicide casesdeath by misadventure
Unintended fatal outcome from voluntary risk
homicide casesmisdemeanor cases
Prosecutions for minor crimes
petty crimes · minor offenses · traffic violations · civil cases · victimless crimes
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