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aforethought in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Malice aforethought is the "premeditation" or "predetermination" (with malice) required as an element of some...

On a Wound by Premeditation is a speech by the ancient Greek orator and speechwriter Lysias. Lysias is one of the "Canon of Ten" Attic orators He is known...

process of use, repetition, and change without conscious planning or premeditation. It can take different forms, typically either a spoken language or...

sees that they have the chance to commit the act at that moment and seizes it. Such acts have little or no premeditation. This theory focuses on the right...

First-degree murder constitutes the intentional killing of a person with premeditation. For adult offenders, it is punished by either the death penalty or...

Court and charged with two felony counts of murder with premeditation and special circumstances, to which he pleaded not guilty. Because of the intense publicity...

committed under one of the following circumstances: Committed with premeditation or lying in wait Committed with torture of the victim Committed by means...

killer" and sentenced her to life imprisonment with an additional order that she should never be released due to the premeditation of each murder. Spencer...

execution of the intent to kill. The courts broadened the scope of murder by eliminating the requirement of actual premeditation and deliberation as well...

instinctive reaction and although deliberate not made with malice or premeditation, it was a serious error." Initially feeling wronged, Schumacher accepted...

prosecutors changed the charge to involuntary manslaughter, as no evidence had been presented at trial to support premeditation (which was required for a murder...

time by Hamlet himself. According to Miles', the "Hoist with his own petard" speech is indicative of premeditation from Hamlet: it outlines future events...

serious bodily harm to that person. Because lying in wait involves premeditation, some jurisdictions have established that lying in wait is considered...

the premeditation required for a murder conviction, and instead convicted him of voluntary manslaughter. Public protests over the verdict led to the White...

Rumelt wrote in 2011 that three important aspects of strategy include "premeditation, the anticipation of others' behavior, and the purposeful design of...

Chapman to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Meanwhile, Chapman was charged with second-degree murder of Lennon, as premeditation in New York...

The intentional, unlawful killing of another person, but without any premeditation. In some jurisdictions, a homicide that occurs during the commission...

shooters were actually more likely to have histories of suicidal ideation and were slightly more likely to premeditate the act. However, like the APA, the...

his actions. They produced several witnesses to testify to his premeditation and the efforts he took to escape detection. Those doctors refuted the defense...

Killer" due to the food to which the poison was added. The case is of note due to the cruel method of killing and the degree of premeditation, with Singh...