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What is the difference between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree murders?

What Is The Difference Between First, Second, And Third Degree Murder In the Canadian legal system, the Criminal Code of Canada defines Homicide the act of indirectly or directly causing the death of another human being. Homicide that is non-culpable involves a killing that is not considered criminal because it occurs under circumstances that absolve […]

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The Degrees of Murder

Updated: 2022 Few offenses in the Criminal Code garner as much attention as murder.  There is often confusion between what differentiates first and second-degree murder.  The difference between the two is not complex but making out a case for first-degree murder remains a high bar to meet for the prosecution.  For a person convicted, the […]

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