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- 3. A phrase used in CRIMINAL LAW to describe an intensely emotional state of mind induced by a type of provocation that would cause a reasonable person to act on impulse or without reflection.
- 4. the most serious of all homicide offenses. It involves any intentional murder that is willful and premeditated with malice aforethought
- 6. declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
- 7. with the intention of causing harm; deliberately.
- 11. the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.
- 12. ommonly defined as an intentional killing in which the offender had no prior intent to kill, such as a killing that occurs in the "heat of passion".
- 13. an intentional killing that is not premeditated or planned, nor committed in a reasonable "heat of passion" or 2) a killing caused by dangerous conduct and the offender's obvious lack of concern for human life.
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- 1. a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.
- 2. any defendant in a criminal trial is assumed to be innocent until they have been proven guilty.
- 5. usually refers to an unintentional killing that results from recklessness or criminal negligence
- 8. an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems.
- 9. accuse (someone) of something, especially an offense under law.
- 10. (of an action, especially a crime) thought out or planned beforehand.