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Kansas · Through 2025 legislative session

K.S.A. 21-5403: Murder in the second degree.

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  1. Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
  2. Article 54.—CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS

(a) Murder in the second degree is the killing of a human being committed:

(1) Intentionally; or

(2) unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.

(b) Murder in the second degree as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 1, person felony; and

(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 2, person felony.

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