第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じん

noun

second-degree murder

Legal term used primarily in the context of US and other common-law jurisdictions; not a Japanese criminal law category.

• アメリカでは、第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じんは第だい一いっ級きゅう殺さつ人じんより刑けいが軽かるい。

  In the US, second-degree murder carries a lighter sentence than first-degree murder.

• 被ひ告こくは第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じんで起き訴そされた。

  The defendant was charged with second-degree murder.