what parricide refers to. It is the killing of one’s: father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, first cousin on the father’s side, first cousin on the mother’s side, paternal or maternal uncle, paternal [or maternal] aunt, first cousin (male or female) by mother’s sister, wife, husband, father-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law, [daughter-in-law], stepfather, stepson, stepdaughter, patron or patroness . . . And a mother who kills her son or daughter suffers the penalty of the same statute, as does a grandfather who kills a grandson; and in addition, a person who buys poison to
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