In the common law system, a felony is a crime generally punishable by more than one year's imprisonment and enCriminal Laws the defendant to a jury trial.
Murder is the intentional killing of a human being.
It includes causing serious physical injury leading to the death of a human being. For example, if a person attacks another person with a hammer, intending only to injure rather than kill, the attacker can be prosecuted for murder if the attack results in the victim's death. Generally, murder carries a term of imprisonment between 10 and 30 years, or life imprisonment. Manslaughter is the killing of a human being, but without the type of intent required for murder. The provocation must be sufficiently grave to overcome the person's reason.