Word info

capital murder

Noun

Meaning

An act of murder of a particular quality.

(law) The crime of murder of a particular quality.
(under New Hampshire law) The crime of (while over 18) knowingly causing the death of a law enforcement or judicial officer in the line of duty; or of another person (not including a fetus) before, after or during actual or attempted commission of kidnapping, sexual assault, burglary or certain other offenses, or after being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, or by criminally soliciting a third person to cause the death or as a result of having been solicited by a third person.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office accepted charges of Capital Murder against Luna for the death of his daughter. Source: Internet

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