Murder in Mississippi law

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In the law of the U.S. state of Mississippi, murder constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had the highest murder rate in the country, just ahead of Louisiana.^[1]

Classifications

Murder in Mississippi encompasses the premeditated killing of a person or an unborn child, as well as killing "in the commission of an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved heart, regardless of human life".^[2]

A murder is elevated to the level of capital murder based on certain circumstances of the perpetrator, victim, location, or means by which it is committed, including:^[2]^[3]

It was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment.
The defendant was previously convicted of another capital offense or of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person.
The defendant knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons.
It was committed while the defendant was engaged, or was an accomplice, in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit, any robbery, rape, arson, burglary, kidnapping, aircraft piracy, sexual battery, unnatural intercourse with any child under the age of 12, or nonconsensual unnatural intercourse with mankind, or felonious abuse or battery of a child, or the unlawful use or detonation of a bomb or explosive device.
It was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape from custody.
It was committed for pecuniary gain.
It was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the enforcement of laws.
It was committed to influence the policy of a governmental entity by intimidation or coercion, or to affect the conduct of a governmental entity by mass destruction or assassination.
It was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel.
It was committed to intimidate or coerce a civilian population.

Penalties

Offense	Mandatory sentencing
Manslaughter	Up to 20 years in prison
Child homicide	Up to 30 years in prison
Second-degree murder	20 to 40 years in prison, or life-with-parole
First-degree murder	Life-with-parole
Capital murder	Death or Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or Life-with-parole

References

^ "National Center for Health Statistics: Homicide Mortality by State". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 16, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Miss. Code § 97-3-19". April 21, 2023.
^ "Mississippi Code § 99-19-101". April 21, 2023.

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