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Someone who has taken another person's life, leaving lasting harm to victims and their families.
means A person who has deliberately killed another human being.
from From 'murder,' tracing back to Old English 'morthor,' deep in the Germanic family tree — related to words meaning secret killing, carrying a sense of hidden, unlawful death from the very start. The '-er' suffix just tacks on 'one who does this,' turning a dark act into an identity.
- legal threshold
- Intent or extreme recklessness separates it from manslaughter
- statute of limitations
- None, almost everywhere, ever
- self defense clause
- Same act, different label, zero prison
- etymology
- From mordor, Old English for secret killing