Michael Jackson homicide

Michael Jackson homicide ruling by the Los Angeles County Coroner brought a lot of sentiments from the fans of the late King of Pop. Here are some:

"I'm a little bit surprised," Jane Brackley of London told MTV News in Times Square. "Then again, you knew he was taking quite a few prescription drugs, and somebody had to give them to him."

New Yorker Natasha Jane took the news a bit more personally. "It's very disturbing, and the fact that it's a homicide makes it even more devastating," she said. "I'm a singer, so he was one of my inspirations. You just don't expect anything like this to happen to Michael Jackson."

Amara thinks the justice for Murray — and anybody else who may have been complicit in Jackson's death — should be swift and sharp. "They robbed the whole world of the best show ever, and I think prison won't be nearly enough for somebody like that."

But the question still remains if Dr. Murray could be held solely liable for the death of Jackson because it might be argued that Jackson had his consent in the use of propofol despite health warnings. I guess it's still a long way to go for justice to be served.

Homicide | Homicide definition

Homicide is defined by Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary as "a killing of one human being by another".

There are at least four kinds of homicide: murder, manslaughter, non-criminal homicide, and homicide committed by victim or victims (suicide).

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent.

Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by laws as less culpable than murder. It has two distinct categories: voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. Voluntary manslaughter occurs when the defendant kills with malice aforethought (intention to kill or cause serious harm). Involuntary manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.

Non-criminal homicide

Homicides do not always involve a crime. Sometimes the law allows homicide by allowing certain defenses to criminal charges. One of the most recognized is self-defense, which provides that a person is entitled to commit homicide to protect his or her own life from a deadly attack.