justifiable homicide

noun

1. lawful killing, as in self-defence or to prevent a crime

Example Sentences

The shooting was deemed a “justifiable homicide, not a criminal homicide,” and the younger son wasn’t arrested.

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According to Eisenman, the shooting is a “justifiable homicide, not a criminal homicide” and the younger son was not booked.

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According to some analyses, there are substantial racial disparities in rulings of justifiable homicide under the laws.

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Mr. Kelly tries to maintain the pretense that he hasn’t prejudged issues coming to the court, but he has previously written that abortion is “a policy deadly to children,” and he spoke virtually at an event this month that featured a pastor who has advocated for creating an antiabortion militia and has called the murder of abortion providers “justifiable homicide.”

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Protasiewicz and her backers have also faulted Kelly for speaking online this week at an event attended by Brookfield pastor Matthew Trewhella, who has called the murder of an abortion provider “justifiable homicide,” supported the creation of anti-abortion-focused militia and compared pandemic-related mask mandates to the Holocaust.

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