Question: what crime is defined at california penal code section 187
Answer: murder

title: 187 (slang)
text: bail for murder is $750,000. The standard bail for first-degree murder with special circumstances (that is, circumstances under which the district attorney is seeking the death penalty) is "NO BAIL." 187 (slang) Section 187 (often referenced in slang simply as 187) of the California Penal Code defines the crime of murder. The number is commonly pronounced by reading the digits separately as "one-eight-seven", or "one-eighty-seven", rather than "one hundred and eighty-seven." The number "187" has been used by gangs, the police, and the criminal/justice system throughout the United States as a synonym for murder; this usage was recorded in Florida,