Ok, here's 1 for you, we often hear or read about someone being 'unlawfully killed' what is meant by unlawful killing? and is there such a thing as 'lawful killing'?
2007-03-06 06:50:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Unlawful - where someone is killed without lawful authority, or through negligence- lawful killings are where someone is acting with lawful powers - soldiers on active service, or Police shooting an armed robber who points a gun at someone & wont drop it on demand
2007-03-06 06:55:16 · answer #1 · answered by skipper409 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
March 6, 2007
hi,
I do not know if there is a "lawful killing". In the military, almost all killed are lawfully killed, sometimes said to be friendly fire, if it is their own. Some people involved in unlawful activity, and killed by the law agencies may be called lawful killings. Executions are considered lawful killings. An act of self defense, where a shopowner being robbed shoots the thief, the killing can be categorized a lawful killing in some places.
Unlawfully killed, which happened here recently, is the person was mistakenly shot because the police shot him thinking he was carrying a weapon, and when they got to his dead body, they found he was carrying a small piece of plastic and it didn't resemble a weapon. Unless it is a fleeing suspect, most people shot in the back are unlawfully killed.
Where the killing is justified in theory and by law, it is categorized a lawful killing. I hope this helps you, and you weren't a victim or relative of something as this. It can be complicated grief, and I hope this uncomplicates some of this for you. Thank you.
2007-03-06 13:39:44 · answer #2 · answered by Marissa Di 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi... Unlawful killings are those where someone has been killed by someone else otherwise than in accordance with the law - eg. murder, war-crimes, etc. etc. UK law says you may use reasonable force to protect yourself and others. If you or someone else is about to be killed by someone else, and it is your genuine belief that this will happen if you don't take action, you can pre-empt that person and kill them first. This is classed as a lawful killing. This also would cover things like the person that presses the button on the electric chair for someone being executed for committing a crime. Hope this helps.
2007-03-06 12:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by ragill_s1849 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unlawfully killed means that someone is killed illegally by murder,infantice or manslaughter.Lawfully killed means state execution,killed in whilst defending oneself or defending another,killing with lawful authority such as police or military,euthanasia and suicide in some countys.
2007-03-06 17:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have opened a bee`s nest with that question.
It covers not only civilian but also military `lawful`, `unlawful`, killings.
Before you decided to inject such a question, forethought should and ought to have prevailed in your mind.
There are many websites on this topic that will probably give varied and maybe wonderous answers to this open question.
Not being a member of the `bar` I await with baited breath for some crazy and wonderous answers/responses to your very interesting question.
P.S. It seems that some have already joined the school of uneducated. What a pity for this country and its innocence.
2007-03-06 13:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
self defense or killing someone in the defense of another who's life is in jeopardy are lawful killings
2007-03-06 07:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by Keith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its lawful to kill somebody in self defence if your own life was in danger, also usually killing in war is lawful
2007-03-06 06:55:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only in self defense.
2007-03-06 06:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋