reckless homicide

{{homicide}}

{{Criminal law}}

{{Short description|Homicide caused by the recklessness of another}}

Reckless homicide is a type of homicide and crime in which the perpetrator was aware that their act (or failure to act when there is a legal duty to act) creates significant risk of death or grievous bodily harm in the victim, but ignores the risk and continues to act (or fail to act), and a human death results.{{citation|title=Criminal Law - Cases and Materials|edition=7th|year=2012|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Law & Business|author1=John Kaplan|author2=Robert Weisberg|author3=Guyora Binder|ISBN=978-1-4548-0698-1|url=https://law.stanford.edu/publications/criminal-law-cases-and-materials-7th-edition/}} It is contrasted with negligent homicide, in which the perpetrator did not have the awareness of the risk, but should have had it.