Prohibition of Homicide - Revision history

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	In spiritual terms, the reason for the great concern and strictness concerning the wasting of a man's seed is that it is considered the willful destruction of his life‑giving force and equated with life itself. Therefore, the destruction of a man's seed is related closely to murder, and more, to the murder of his own children.		In spiritual terms, the reason for the great concern and strictness concerning the wasting of a man's seed is that it is considered the willful destruction of his life‑giving force and equated with life itself. Therefore, the destruction of a man's seed is related closely to murder, and more, to the murder of his own children.
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		+	===Rabbi Yoel Schwartz (Jerusalem Court for Bnei Noah)===
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		+	Every man must safeguard the most important deposit given in the custody of humanity, the lives of human beings, be it his own life or that of others. It is therefore prohibited for a person to endanger himself and, even more so, others. He should be careful to guard his own health and that of society and not do those things that are likely to cause harm like driving with excessive speed, etc.
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		+	A person is prohibited from murdering any person, adult or child, man or woman and even the fetus in a womb. However, abortion is allowed if it will save the life of the mother.
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		+	It is prohibited to kill a sick person although he is dying of a terminal disease, and there is no possibility of saving his life and even if the patient himself requests to die. Taking organs from such a person while he is still alive, although it may save another person’s life, is also prohibited. If it is known that there is no chance of saving life, there is no need to prolong suffering by artificial means since the patient is dying anyway. However, we are not allowed to directly disconnect the equipment that allows the dying person to breathe.
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		+	It is forbidden to kill a criminal before he is brought to trial and sentenced by a court. A person is not allowed to commit suicide or to shorten his own life in any way. If he is being forced to commit idol worship, he is allowed to commit suicide to sanctify the name of G-d. If a person is being forced to kill another person or be killed, he is still not allowed to kill others. However, if the killers are demanding that one person be handed over to them or they will kill everyone, it is allowed to hand over that one person to save the lives of all the others. However, in the case of terrorists, it should be considered that such demands by terrorists have only proven to encourage the killers to take more hostages and kill more people.
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		+	If a person is running after you or chasing you to do you harm but not to kill you, then you are not allowed to kill him. However, if his purpose is to kill, and you have no other way in which to save your life but to kill him, you are allowed to do so in self-defense. But if there is any other way that you can save your life, perhaps by injuring him just enough to stop him from chasing you, then you are not allowed to kill him. If you do slay the murderer, you are guiltless and may save other people’s lives who the murderer might otherwise kill later. Thus if the killing is to save your life or someone else’s life, you are allowed to kill him. It is even a mitzvah to do so as Abraham went out to war to save Lot, his nephew and others. Here Abraham was saving life, not killing one who is trying to kill him.
		+	It is prohibited to declare war on another nation since you will be involved in killing and you are endangering the lives of your people too. You are allowed to go out to war if you are being attacked. You are allowed to kill the attackers, but you are not allowed to kill prisoners of war if they are no longer endangering life.<ref>[http://www.jewishanswers.org/ask-the-rabbi-1806/seven-noahide-laws/ Noahide Commandments by Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, Translated by Yitzhak A. Oked Sechter, Reviewed and corrected by Yechiel Sitzman in consultation with Rabbi Yoel Schwartz]</ref>

	==Homicide in Noahide Law==		==Homicide in Noahide Law==

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	As for the Genesis 9:5 and 9:6 verses, these never achieve formulation into a command, but rather it is the verse, "Do not murder," in the Ten Commandments, that results in Negative 289. However, Negative 289 has already been included in the list of the present study - it is listed fourteenth under justice - in the following guise: ". . . against the court killing an innocent man," this being Charles Chavel's rendition in English of Negative 289. On the other hand, Chaim Heller, in his critical edition of the Book of Divine Commands, which is based on an early Hebrew manuscript of Moses ibn Tibbon's translation of the original Arabic, renders Negative 289, "...against any person murdering anyone."<ref>Maimonicies, Sefer Ha-Mizwoth (Kritische Ausgabe). Edited by Chaim</ref>		As for the Genesis 9:5 and 9:6 verses, these never achieve formulation into a command, but rather it is the verse, "Do not murder," in the Ten Commandments, that results in Negative 289. However, Negative 289 has already been included in the list of the present study - it is listed fourteenth under justice - in the following guise: ". . . against the court killing an innocent man," this being Charles Chavel's rendition in English of Negative 289. On the other hand, Chaim Heller, in his critical edition of the Book of Divine Commands, which is based on an early Hebrew manuscript of Moses ibn Tibbon's translation of the original Arabic, renders Negative 289, "...against any person murdering anyone."<ref>Maimonicies, Sefer Ha-Mizwoth (Kritische Ausgabe). Edited by Chaim</ref>
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		+	:1. "...Against any person murdering anyone." (Negative 289)

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 In the United States, many jurisdictions have abolished the rule as well.  Abolition of the rule has been accomplished by enactment of statutory criminal codes, which had the effect of displacing the common-law definitions of crimes and corresponding defenses.  In 2001's ''Rogers v. Tennessee'', ussc 532 451 2001 , the Supreme Court of the United States held that retroactive application of a state supreme court decision abolishing the year-and-a-day rule did not violate the [[Ex post facto law|Ex Post Facto]] Clause of Article I of the United States Constitution.
 ==Murder in English Law==
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 Life imprisonment has been the only option that judges have had when sentencing murderers since the death penalty was abolished in 1965, and the average life sentence prisoners spends 14 years behind bars. More serious cases, which included aggravating factors such as a rape or robbery, have seen murderers spend as much as 20 or even 30 years in prison. A handful of notorious multiple murderers have remained in prison until their death; these include Myra Hindley, Harold Shipman and Ronnie Kray. An estimated 20 prisoners in Britain have been recommended for lifelong imprisonment; these include Mark Hobson, Donald Neilson, Dennis Nilsen and Jeremy Bamber. Lengthy minimum terms have also been imposed on high profile killers including Ian Huntley (40 years) and Robert Black (35 years).
 ==Manslaughter in English law==