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Old 05-18-2007, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by wordsmythe View Post
Those situations more closely resemble manslaughter. You didn't mean to kill them but through your negligence or stupidity you took their life.

Second degree murder means you killed them willingly and you meant to do it but you didn't plan it out in advance.

First degree can be VERY difficult to prove.
How would the prosecutor know that he didnt plan it in advance. It seems that pulling a weapon and firing a round into somebody takes some kind of planning..doesnt it
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