justifiable homicide
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In September, nearly two years after the shooting, Las Vegas detectives concluded the shooting was a justifiable homicide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
George Barnhill Sr., a prosecutor from nearby Waycross, was given the case, but told investigators the killing was a justifiable homicide.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2020
The Clark County prosecutor ruled the killing a justifiable homicide, The New York Times reported.
From Fox News • Mar. 8, 2019
Big Little Lies is only very loosely a legal procedural but one that pretty clearly shows why the charge of justifiable homicide exists.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2017
The jury found a verdict of "justifiable homicide," upon which the judge very properly sent them back to their room, as the verdict was flatly against the law and the evidence.
From The Bread-winners A Social Study by Hay, John
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