1. MURDER!
Why do people do it?

2. Reasons for killing Revenge Financial Gain
Illness / Mental Instability
Relationship Problems
Self-protection
Organized crime

3. Types of Murder: First Degree: Premeditation!
Fully conscious of the act.
Malice Aforethought
Killing deliberately and intentionally.

4. Types of Murder: Second Degree “Heat of the Moment” No premeditation
SOMETIMES connected to ‘commission of another crime’

5. 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.

6. Manslaughter divides into two types:
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER:
You knew that the situation was dangerous.

7. Manslaughter divides into two types:
Involuntary Manslaughter:
You didn’t necessarily know the situation was dangerous.
DEPENDS ON A LOT OF THINGS!

8. What do you think? Voluntary or Involuntary Manslaughter?

9. ANSWER: VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER?
Joslyn was 17 and should have known that you NEVER point a gun at another person.

10. 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!

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. What kind of penalties are there for murder?
Second Degree
Rare cases: Life
More usual: 10 years
“Extreme”: 20 years

14. What kind of penalties are there for murder?
Manslaughter:
Probation to 10 years is USUAL penalty.

15. For the QUIZ!
What might be five questions you’d find on the first quiz?