<p><strong>Who is to say if someone is 'murdered'</strong> (This is the main question. The sentences marked with '?' are just to help provide motivation and context for the question) <strong>?</strong></p>
<p>Example cases:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Does <em>suicide count</em> as murder?</p>
</li>
<li><p>What if A <em>accidentally or unintentionally</em> (there might be a difference. I talked to a law expert once. not sure though) kills B, whether or not there are witnesses?</p>
</li>
<li><p>What if C kills D in <em>self-defense</em>?</p>
</li>
<li><p>What if some student E <em>trips over and dies</em>, without the death being intended by any of the other students, while there are no witnesses? How do the students know Monokuma would really state that E's death was an accident instead of calling a classroom trial to trick everyone?</p>
</li>
<li><p><em>Who decides</em> if a killing is done in self-defense? <em>Who decides</em> if a killing in an accident? The students? Monokuma?</p>
</li>
<li><p>If one of the students has <em>dissociative identity disorder</em> like in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Identity (2003)</a>, and one of the identities murders another student, what happens to the body containing the multiple personalities?</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Re the self-defense (hardly spoilerous but just in case):</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> There was this one murder claimed by the murderer to be self-defense, but it kinda wasn't.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Or it could be. I think that's kind of why we have juries, law experts, etc.</p>
<p>Oh and I guess '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense" rel="nofollow noreferrer">not guilty by reason of insanity</a>' is not a defense in Danganronpa.</p>
<p>PS I'm done with the anime. Go ahead and spoil other media. But please use spoiler tags for others.</p>

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Who is to say if someone is 'murdered'?
# Who is to say if someone is 'murdered'?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-01-27
**Who is to say if someone is 'murdered'** (This is the main question. The sentences marked with '?' are just to help provide motivation and context for the question) **?**

Example cases:

1. Does *suicide count* as murder?
2. What if A *accidentally or unintentionally* (there might be a difference. I talked to a law expert once. not sure though) kills B, whether or not there are witnesses?
3. What if C kills D in *self-defense*?
4. What if some student E *trips over and dies*, without the death being intended by any of the other students, while there are no witnesses? How do the students know Monokuma would really state that E's death was an accident instead of calling a classroom trial to trick everyone?
5. *Who decides* if a killing is done in self-defense? *Who decides* if a killing in an accident? The students? Monokuma?
6. If one of the students has *dissociative identity disorder* like in [Identity (2003)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(film)), and one of the identities murders another student, what happens to the body containing the multiple personalities?

Re the self-defense (hardly spoilerous but just in case):

> There was this one murder claimed by the murderer to be self-defense, but it kinda wasn't.

Or it could be. I think that's kind of why we have juries, law experts, etc.

Oh and I guess '[not guilty by reason of insanity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense)' is not a defense in Danganronpa.

PS I'm done with the anime. Go ahead and spoil other media. But please use spoiler tags for others.
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