No, if you'd had the fore-thought to kill 'someone', that's premeditation.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:22,
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And yes, in common law fore-thought does count as that even though you don't have a specific target in mind.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:24,
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I could cite wikipedia, but we've all lost interest already.Who has something shiny we can play with?
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:25,
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I'm pretty sure it only counts as murder if you aimed to kill a specific personalthough I suppose "specific" can be rather vague
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Photoshop Bitch 2014 edition,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:27,
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Oh he's got premeditated intent just by intending to shoot people. Intent to commit the crime is enough.The four states of mind recognized as constituting "malice" are:
Intent to kill,
Intent to inflict grievous bodily harm short of death,
Reckless indifference to an unjustifiably high risk to human life (sometimes described as an "abandoned and malignant heart"), or
Intent to commit a dangerous felony (the "felony-murder" doctrine).
His actions were practically the definiton of malicious fore-thought.
(Intent to kill,
Intent to inflict grievous bodily harm short of death,
Reckless indifference to an unjustifiably high risk to human life (sometimes described as an "abandoned and malignant heart"), or
Intent to commit a dangerous felony (the "felony-murder" doctrine).
His actions were practically the definiton of malicious fore-thought.
Mu Dinofiddler,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:32,
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Which is funny, because meditation is supposed to make you calmer
the wub - guide onion for the blind,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:30,
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Aw man, I recently switched to Buddhism. Is Buddha going to try and kill me? I'm so fucking tired of my gods trying to kill me.
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 21:34,
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