Homicide can be used as a synonym for murder.
Homicide is a term that comes from the Latin homicidium and refers to the death of a human being caused by another person. The term can therefore be used synonymously with murder or crime .
For example: “Investigators believe that the homicide was committed by a left-handed person,” “The homicide of the child shocked the people, who still cannot overcome their astonishment at the brutality of the crime,” “Ramírez was sentenced to twenty years in prison.” prison after being found guilty of the murder of his ex-partner.”
What is homicide
A more extensive analysis of the etymological origin of the concept reveals that the Latin word homicidium derives from the combination of a Greek term that can be translated as "similar" and caedere ( "kill" ). Homicide, therefore, is killing a fellow human being (that is, another person).
Homicide is an action condemned by society that is contrary to what is legal. Therefore, whoever is found guilty of having committed murder is sentenced in accordance with the provisions of the law . The penalties vary according to the classification of the homicide, since certain homicides are considered more serious than others (when the victim is a family member or has a link with the murderer, etc.).
There are cases, however, in which the murderer is unimpeachable (he cannot be held criminally responsible for his actions). This occurs when the attacker suffers mental disorders or is a minor, among other causes. In such cases, the murderer receives some type of treatment as a way to try to modify his behavior.
John Lennon died in 1980, the victim of a homicide.
Historical cases
John Kennedy
After Theodore Roosevelt , John F. Kennedy was the youngest president of the United States , beginning his term in 1961 . On November 22, 1963, he was the target of a homicide that would go down in history . After arriving from a short flight to the city of Dallas , the presidential motorcade began heading towards the center, on a trip with more than one stop scheduled so that the president could greet his people.
Around 12:30 pm, in the middle of the journey, the limousine was passing in front of the Texas School Book Warehouse building when the first of three shots supposedly planned by the killers was fired, one of which fatally wounded to Kennedy and produced an indelible shock to the American people.
John Lennon
One of the most recognized singer-songwriters of his time worldwide, mainly for having been one of the members and founders of the group The Beatles , John Lennon was the victim of a homicide that left tens of millions of people in mourning. On December 8, 1980 , around 10:50 pm, Mark David Chapman fatally wounded the English musician with five shots in the back as he entered his apartment in New York City. Curiously, hours before, the murderer had received an autograph from the musician.
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was responsible for an important fight for civil rights for African Americans. In addition to his work as a pastor of the Baptist church, he was an activist in countless protests against poverty and, more precisely, the Vietnam War .
In March 1968 , he traveled to the state of Tennessee to support African-American garbage collectors, who were demanding the same working conditions as their white colleagues. A few days after his arrival, on April 4 , Martin Luther King was shot in the throat and took his life.