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second-degree murder

[ sek-uhnd-di-gree mur-der ]

noun

Law.
  1. murder1


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of second-degree murder1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
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Christopher Austin — who was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of Fabio Sementilli — told jurors that he and Robert Baker stabbed the hairstylist to death after his wife left the door to the couple’s house unlocked.

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Curry, 48, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for attempted second-degree murder.

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Austin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Fabio Sementilli’s death and got 16 years to life.

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The 74-year-old Ferguson, who is free on $2-million bail after a jury deadlocked Monday 11 to 1 in favor of convicting him on a charge of second-degree murder, told NBC4 he was “relieved that there was a mistrial†but sobered by how close he had come to incarceration.

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An Orange County jury deadlocked Monday on a charge of second-degree murder against a 74-year-old Superior Court judge who shot and killed his wife after hours of bickering and hard drinking.

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