Justifiable Homicide

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:cause No criminal liability
gptkbp:codifiedIn Penal codes
gptkbp:contrastsWith Excusable homicide
Criminal homicide
gptkbp:definedIn Killing of a person without criminal intent and with legal justification
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justifiable Homicide
gptkbp:mayBeInvokedBy Law enforcement officers
Private citizens
gptkbp:mayOccurDuring Self-defense
Defense of others
Prevention of serious crime
gptkbp:notRecommendedFor gptkb:Manslaughter
Murder
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Common_law
Criminal law
English law
gptkbp:requires Absence of unlawful intent
Proportional response
Reasonable belief of imminent danger
gptkbp:subjectOf Court cases
Legal defenses
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dying_Fetus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6