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Reasons for killing
Revenge Financial Gain Illness / Mental
Instability Relationship
Problems Self-protection Organized crime
Types of Murder:
First Degree: – Premeditation!
– Fully conscious of the act.
– Malice Aforethought• Killing deliberately and
intentionally.
Types of Murder:
Second Degree– “Heat of the Moment”
– No premeditation
– SOMETIMES connected to ‘commission of another crime’
Types of Murder
Third Degree Manslaughter in most
states!– Creating a dangerous
situation that leads to death.
– Murder caused without premeditation and willfulness.
– Lack of malice.
Manslaughter divides into two types:VOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER:
You knew that the situation was dangerous.
Manslaughter divides into two types:
Involuntary Manslaughter:– You didn’t necessarily
know the situation was dangerous.
– DEPENDS ON A LOT OF THINGS!
ANSWER: VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER? Joslyn was 17 and
should have known that you NEVER point a gun at another person.
UNUSUAL: “Justifiable” Homicide
Murder committed to protect yourself or someone in your IMMEDIATE area from imminent murder.– Westward Movement
Rule!• The further west you go
across the country the farther away you can be from your attacker!
What do you think? First Degree, Second Degree or Justifiable Homicide?
Michigan woman in a domestic assault situation.
Andrea Yates and her five children. Virginia truck driver finds his wife in bed
with another man.
What kind of penalties are there for murder? First Degree:
– Death Penalty possible• Nebraska insists on
“victim suffering” to be proved before given.
– Life in Prison
– As little as supervised probation.
What kind of penalties are there for murder? Second Degree
– Rare cases: Life
– More usual: 10 years
– “Extreme”: 20 years
What kind of penalties are there for murder? Manslaughter:
– Probation to 10 years is USUAL penalty.