Maine · Maine Revised Statutes — Title 17-A, Maine Criminal Code
Me. Rev. Stat. (Criminal Code) § 201: Murder
What this law says, in plain English
Murder is defined as intentionally or knowingly causing another's death, engaging in conduct showing depraved indifference to human life that causes death, or intentionally causing suicide through force, duress, or deception. Extreme anger or fear from adequate provocation may be an affirmative defense.
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