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I thought that murder is pre-meditated, and if it's not pre-meditated it's manslaughter.
by ZephyrBlu 5y ago
I thought that murder is pre-meditated, and if it's not pre-meditated it's manslaughter.
- jeremyjh 5y agoThere are different crimes that are called murder. Pre-meditated murder with intent is often called first-degree murder but there are other crimes. Killing anyone during the commission of any felony - or even having someone accidentally killed as a result of the felony crime - can be felony murder in some states. In any case there are also other murder charges where there is intent but it was not premeditated (crime of passion - often called second degree murder) and there are may be crimes called murder where there is for example aggravated assault with disregard for human life that kills someone even if death was not the intent. Maybe that is third degree murder.
- Jetrel 5y agoYeah, from reading up on it, this is often classified as "Third Degree" murder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depraved-heart_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depraved-heart_murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(United_States_law)#Degrees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(United_States_law)#Deg...