Though one would think murder and homicide would be one in the same there is actually a difference between the two. For one, a murder involves intent. Meaning, a person was intended for death by another person. A homicide is determined by the death of a human, including deaths caused accidentally.
News Article
I've used this article previously in this blog for the topic of hate crimes, and I think it applies to the topic of murder as well. The article was about 47 year old James Craig Anderson who was murdered in Mississippi by a man named Deryl Dedmon and possibly others by beating Anderson and then running him over in the early hours of the morning with a truck. Dedmon was driving the truck.
James Anderson died on June 26, 2011. Deryl Dedmon was given life in prison. James Anderson was portrayed as a helpless victim, which I'm certain he was. Deryl Dedmon and the others involved were deemed as monsters.
The media, of course, was in a frenzy. The realty of murder and hate crimes occurring as a result of racism in the millennium is just absurd. Yet, it clearly can and does occur.
Here is a link to this particular article:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/justice/mississippi-hate-crime
Media
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I've chosen this particular video since it is not only relative to the state of Florida, but also because the discussion in the video emphasizes the "reasoning" leading up to the murder of Treyvon Martin by George Zimmerman which was profiling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkANrwUT7Qw
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This is a link to a youtbue video about the case against Jodi Arias. She was suspected of murdering her boyfriend. It relates to the discussion of murder because I think her case highlights on the fact that anyone could be responsible of murder no matter how seemingly innocent or harmless.
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