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'''Child murder''', or '''pedicide''' is the [[homicide]] of an individual who is a minor.
'''Child murder''', or '''pedicide''' is the [[homicide]] of an individual who is a minor. There is also '''filicide''' which is the murder of an individual's own child.  


It is one of the fatal and most devastating crimes commited against children and types of murder. Several U.S. states have included child murder to their list of aggravating factors that may make a murder punishable by the death penalty, but the victim’s age under which the crime is a capital crime varies between them. In 2011, Texas raised this age from six to ten.
It is one of the fatal and most devastating crimes commited against children and types of murder. Several U.S. states have included child murder to their list of aggravating factors that may make a murder punishable by the death penalty, but the victim’s age under which the crime is a capital crime varies between them. In 2011, Texas raised this age from six to ten.
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