Mariticide (not to be confused with matricide); from the Latin maritus (married) & cidium (killing), literally means the murder of one's married partner, but has become most associated with the murder of a husband by his wife. Etymology: Latin homicidium, from homo- human being + caedere- to cut, kill Homicide is the intentional or negligent killing of another human being by one or more persons. ... The felony murder rule is a legal doctrine according to which anyone who commits, or is found to be involved in, a serious crime (a felony), during which any person dies, is guilty of murder. ... Consensual homicide refers to a killing in which the victim wants to die. ... Negligent homicide is a charge brought against persons, who by inaction, allow others under their care to die. ... Vehicular homicide is in most places a criminal act involving the killing of a life by hitting it with a vehicle. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this section may require cleanup. ... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ... Ritual murder is murder performed in a ritualistic fashion. ... A proxy murder is a murder in which the murderer does so at the behest of another, acting as his or her proxy. ... Torture murder is a loosely defined legal term to describe murderers who kill their victims by slowly torturing them to death over a prolonged period of time. ... A murder suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before, or while killing himself. ... A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous rampage. ... The murder of children is considered a particularly abhorrent crime in most societies; they are perceived within their communities and the state at large as being vulnerable and therefore especially susceptible to abduction and murder. ... Lynch mob redirects here. ... A lust murder is a homicide in which the offender stabs, cuts, pierces, slashes, or otherwise mutilates the sexual organs or areas of the victims body. ... This article deals with mass killings which are not considered genocide. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Human sacrifice was practiced in many ancient cultures. ... See also: List of assassinated persons, List of people who became famous only in death, List of famous people responsible for a death Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W... For a discussion of the law in other countries, see manslaughter In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder with the the law differentiating between levels of fault based on the mens rea (Latin for a guilty mind). Manslaughter may be either: Voluntary where... The concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law stands on the dividing line between an excuse and an exculpation. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally causing the death of an infant of a given species, by members of the same species - often by the mother. ... Fratricide (from the Latin word frater, meaning: brother and cide meaning to kill) is the act of a person killing his or her brother. ... Sororicide is the act of killing ones own sister. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Patricide. ... Matricide is the act of killing ones mother. ... The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a king, or the person responsible for it. ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Democide is a term created by political scientist R.J. Rummel in order to create a broader concept than the legal definition of genocide. ... Matricide is the act of killing ones mother. ...

Notable instances

Uxoricide - the act of murdering one's wife.

Historical

• Heather Osland drugged and had her son kill her husband in 1991, creating a test case for the 'battered woman syndrome' defense in Australia.^[1]

• In 1995, Lilian Getkate shot her husband dead while he slept.^[2]

• Thao Thi Tran was spared a jail sentence for stabbing her husband to death for the sake of her three children.^[3]

• Liysa Northon shot her husband in the head during a camping trip and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2001. The motive was apparently to collect on her husband's life insurance policy. For years leading up to the murder, Liysa concocted a series of stories and self-inflicted injuries to support the idea that she was being abused by her husband.^[4]

• Katherine Knight murdered her de facto husband by stabbing him, then skinned him and fed pieces of him to his children.^[5] She was sentenced to life in prison, but her rejected appeal said that the sentence was too severe for the crime.^[6]

Katherine Mary Knight (born 1956) is the first Australian woman to be jailed for the term of her natural life. ...

Fictional and mythological

• In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra murders her husband Agamemnon as an act of vengeance for the murder of their daughter Iphigeneia, and to retain power after his return from Troy. In Aeschylus' Oresteia the Erinyes consider Orestes' matricide a greater crime than Clytemnestra's mariticide since the killing of a spouse does not shed familial blood.

• In Greek mythology, the amazons were said to kill men they partnered with after conceiving.

• In the musical Chicago, the killing of husbands is humorously celebrated by the incarcerated women in the song "Cell Block Tango".

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References

1. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2005/s1420450.htm
2. ^ http://www.fact.on.ca/newpaper/oc981111.htm
3. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/husband-killer-freed-for-childrens-sake/2005/06/24/1119321902679.html
4. ^ Heart Full of Lies, by Ann Rule, ISBN 0743410130
5. ^ http://www.australian-news.com.au/Media/Regina_v_Knight.htm
6. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Knight-life-sentence-appeal-fails/2006/09/11/1157826846642.html