美国刑法中的谋杀罪

The murder crime in the criminal law of United States

谋杀罪是美国刑法中仅次于叛国罪的一种最为严重的犯罪,美国模范刑法典、各州刑法以及司法判例都对该罪作出了细致详尽的规定。根据其规定,谋杀罪分为蓄意谋杀、故意重伤谋杀、极端轻率谋杀、重罪谋杀四种情形,并分为一级谋杀和二级谋杀两个等级。关于生命的起始,相较于"生而活"和心脏停止跳动的传统观点,司法实践中也出现了一些不同的解释。

Murder crime is one of the most serious crimes of American criminal law after the treason in the United States, the model penal code, criminal law and judicial cases states have provisions detailed in this crime. According to the regulations, murder is divided into attempted murder crime, intentional injuries, depraved murder, felony murder four kinds of situations, and divided into the first-degree murder and second-degree murder. The beginning of life, compared with the traditional view on "live" and the heart stops beating, there are some different interpretations in judicial practice.