premeditation

This is an aggravated offense, in that there was some level of premeditation in other words, not a random testosterone fueled engagement between two meatheads over a girl and due to the 6 on 1 engagement...again, not “boys being boys” but a beatdown.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Should We Be Blogging About the “Jena 6″?: 2007

His playing suggests precision without premeditation, which is one reason for his success along a certain

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His playing suggests precision without premeditation, which is one

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It's the "premeditation" of a crime or the killing itself that governs most "murder" charges.

"I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified." Ann Althouse 2007

What you think is "premeditation" and what actually counts as such under law are likely two very different things.

"I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified." Ann Althouse 2007

Any judge would always take into account, when sentencing, issues such as premeditation, provocation, and those actions and events which lead to the actual injuries sustained, and there are appeal proceduresif they do not.

Comment on: Killing a gay man is no worse than killing a disc jockey 2006

Any judge would always take into account, when sentencing, issues such as premeditation, provocation, and those actions and events which lead to the actual injuries sustained, and there are appeal proceduresif they do not.

Comment on: Killing a gay man is no worse than killing a disc jockey 2006

But responsibility should be calibrated on a scale, and this is not a Mafia hit case, this not the kind of premeditation or motivated killing.

CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2001 2001

Clearly, although it may not be fair to point to these actions as "premeditation" for murder, it is certainly worth noting that the kid had a temper problem out of his realm of control.

Baltiblogs 2010

Sanzone said the judge ruled there was not evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to show the boy acted with malice or premeditation, meaning that he would have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter if he had been older.

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