CLJ 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Depraved-Heart Murder, Fetus, Murder
13 Sep 2016
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Murderer kills; the rapists, if no more than that, does not. Criminal homicide: all homicides that are neither justified nor excused. Premeditation: the act was thought out beforehand for some length of time. Malice aforethought: an intent to kill with an ill will or hatred. Judges gradually expanded malice aforethought to include various types of murder that have little relationship to the original definition. Aforethought requires that the intent to kill is undertaken with a design to kill: malice aforethought came to be divided into several different mental states, each of which is subject to the death penalty: The first is intent to kill or murder. The second category of murder entails knowingly causing grievous or bodily harm. The third category is termed depraved heart murder. Definition: killing as a result of extreme recklessness, wanton unconcern, and indifference to human life with malice aforethought. Killing committed with extreme recklessness or negligence.
