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| Topic | what exactly qualifies as murder vs manslaughter? |
| Chunkey Simmons 03/15/22 4:47:19 PM #13: | eston posted... Obviously this is the very simplified version, but manslaughter generally applies when the death was not intentional while murder applies when there was a clear intent to killthere is such thing as voluntary manslaughter though Machete posted... They all sound like 2nd degree murder, #2 could be voluntary manslaughter depending on details not covered in scenario (did he beat the dude and the dude happened to die or did he beat him woth the intention of killing him? Did he stop when he realized the guy was in trouble and did he call 911/try and save/help him at that point? Etc.). Scenario #3 is too vague to determine premeditation. More evidence of it would be required to up it to 1st degree.why would #1 be murder and #2 be manslaughter? the only difference is the gun. is it because #1 is more severe? anyone can correct me if im wrong, but determining manslaughter vs murder is not by severity. just because it's more severe, does not mean it gets bumped up to murder. murder is premeditated, manslaughter is not. sure, the guy beat the other one up, and he wanted to harm that person, but he did not previously know the person and did not plan on killing him prior to being riled up by the argument --- The n00b of MBH and CE - and proud of it! President Chunkey Simmons, running for 2016. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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