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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