| Language question 16:14 - Feb 7 with 927 views | Sharkey |
The tragic events involving as headteacher at an Epsom private school are being treated by police as subject to a 'homicide investigation', according to The Guardian.
Has the word 'homicide' replaced 'murder' in any legal sense in the UK, or is it just police or newspapers favouring the word more common in America, perhaps because it covers both murder and manslaughter? |  | | |  |
| Language question on 16:18 - Feb 7 with 883 views | Illinoisblue |
A timely reminder that all murders are homicides but not all homicides are murders. |  |
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| Language question on 16:26 - Feb 7 with 841 views | Keno |
| Language question on 16:18 - Feb 7 by Illinoisblue |
A timely reminder that all murders are homicides but not all homicides are murders. |
another timely remember to kill Piers Morgan in countryside |  |
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| Language question on 18:04 - Feb 7 with 713 views | Guthrum |
It's not actually murder until (and if) intent is proven. Homicide is really the more accurate term during an investigation. |  |
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| Language question on 18:15 - Feb 7 with 665 views | factual_blue |
| Language question on 16:26 - Feb 7 by Keno |
another timely remember to kill Piers Morgan in countryside |
Why not kill him in an urban environment?
Why should his presence be inflicted on us rural dwellers? |  |
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| Language question on 18:24 - Feb 7 with 645 views | DJR |
It may sound American but it actually isn't a recent development. There is, after all, the Homicide Act 1957. |  | | |
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