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murderer

perpetrator of a murder

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murderer

perpetrator of a murder

Not who you're looking for? Others named murderer: 2009 Hong Kong film directed by Roy Chow Hin Yeung · 2014 film · play by Anthony Shaffer · song

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Overview

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse and committed with the necessary intent as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of malice, such as in the case of voluntary manslaughter brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. Involuntary manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness.

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Notable quotes

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
— Bible, Book of Genesis 9:6 (World English Bible version)
“It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.”
— Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
“If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.”
— Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
“Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.”
— Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”
— George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.

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No public IJR answers mention murderer yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

Not who you're looking for? Others named murderer: 2009 Hong Kong film directed by Roy Chow Hin Yeung · 2014 film · play by Anthony Shaffer · song

Notable quotes

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
— Bible, Book of Genesis 9:6 (World English Bible version)
“It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.”
— Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
“If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.”
— Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
“Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.”
— Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”
— George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse and committed with the necessary intent as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of malice, such as in the case of voluntary manslaughter brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. Involuntary manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).