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second-degree murder

[sek-uhnd-di-gree mur-der]

noun

Law.
  1. murder1



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of second-degree murder1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
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Karen Read, a US woman charged with running over her police officer boyfriend and leaving him for dead in a snowbank, has been found not guilty of second-degree murder in a case that gripped true-crime fans nationwide.

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Separately, at the state level Mr Boelter is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder at the state level.

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Boleter was subsequently charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the killing of former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

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Brown is charged with the first-degree felony of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm.

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Chauvin was eventually found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.

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