Murder

1.      The act of killing a person whether deliberately or unintentionally, is known as homicide. This is then broken down further into different types/degrees such as justifiable homicide, or criminally negligent. Manslaughter is a type of criminal homicide without malice or premeditation.

Murder unlike manslaughter, does require malice, either express or implied. Murder can be categorized by the degrees first, second, and third however not all jurisdictions use these classifications.

2.      http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/jodi-arias.htm

The article I found is one which is very popular presently and being televised on every news station, the Jodi Arias case. Arias is 32 and is accused of first degree murder in the death of her former boyfriend Travis Alexander. Prosecutors say that in the summer of 2008, after the couple had broken up she stabbed him 27 times slit his throat and shot him in the head as he showered. Arias plead not guilty and remained in jail. Since the trial began the premise that she was simply a victim of domestic violence who finally snapped has been suggested. If convicted she will face the death penalty. Her case has been very publicized similar to that of Casey Anthony’s, so far it will have cost tax payers 1.4 million.

 

3.       http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/world/europe/italy-amanda-knox-timeline

Another popular trial is that of Amanda Knox. She was studying abroad in Italy when her roommate a British college student was found dead in November 2007, her throat slashed in an Italian villa that she shared with Amanda, as well as Amanda’s then boyfriend. The two were then tried for murder. This case been ongoing since 2007 and recently the Italian Supreme Court has demanded a retrial of the case although they had found the two not guilty and Amanda has already returned home to Seattle.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-trial-prosecutor-accuses-attorney-johnnie-cochran/story?id=17194970

The most famous trial of all might be the O.J. Simpson trial where in 1995. He was acquitted of the 1994 murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman after a lengthy and internationally publicized criminal trial, the People v. Simpson.

However since then In September 2007, Simpson was arrested in Vegas and charged with numerous felonies including armed robbery and kidnapping. He now faces 33 years imprisonment with a minimum of 9 years without parole.