Victim Does Not Inherit Killer’s Property in Murder-Suicide Case
MAY 5, 2003 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 44 The common-law principle that a murderer should not benefit financially from his homicide has been codified in most states. “Slayer statutes,” are laws that prevent one who intentionally kills another from inheriting from the victim’s estate. Do “slayer statutes” permit the victim’s estate to inherit from the murderer’s […]