187. (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought. (b) This section shall ...

(1) When resisting any attempt to murder any person, or to commit a felony, or to do some great bodily injury upon any person.

Penal Code Section 187 applies to murders that are premeditated or specified in the criminal statutes.

PC 187 first-degree murder carries 25 years to life in state prison. 32 If it was a hate crime, the penalty is life without the possibility of parole (LWOP).

Violation of Penal Code 187(a) is a very serious charge. Those convicted can face life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

A First Degree Murder conviction under Penal Code Section 187 PC carries a sentence ranging from 25 years to life.

Section 187 (often referred to in slang simply as 187) of the California Penal Code defines the crime of murder.

187. Whoever, being bound by law to render or furnish assistance to any public servant in the execution of his public duty, intentionally omits to give such ...

California Penal Code 187 PC defines murder as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice forethought and includes first and second-degree murder.

(a) Every person guilty of murder in the first degree shall be punished by death, imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole, ...