MURDERMURDER!

Why do people do it?

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!

What do you think? Voluntary or Involuntary Manslaughter?

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.

For the QUIZ!

What might be five questions you’d find on the first quiz?