{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5403","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-5403","heading":"Murder in the second degree.","body":"(a) Murder in the second degree is the killing of a human being committed:\n(1) Intentionally; or\n(2) unintentionally but recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.\n(b) Murder in the second degree as defined in:\n(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 1, person felony; and\n(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 2, person felony.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 54.—CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_054_0003.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:10Z","sha256":"17c701003f5d1536b77e329f14c61b5c716aa23ee241b428ab44f7303f1f9632","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5402","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}