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Question: If you get really angry at someone in the middle of an argument, lose control and kill them, does that constitute murder?

Answer:

Yes, it would still be murder, but it would be considered a lower category of murder such as 2nd degree or negligent/reckless homicide since it was not planned in advance.  These lower catergories of murder carry less prison time than 1st degree murder, which could result in the death penalty.
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On 02/24/05
from AL said:
is it illegal to put a drug in someone's drink.
On 02/06/05
Danielle from WA said:
It hink that it would be murder eaither way you slice it. Murder is wrong and someone should be punished for it. "It says in many places thou shall not kill" So of course i t is mmurder!
On 01/30/05
Michael from Othr said:
Of coarse it would still be murder! The comandment says: Thou shall not kill. It doesn't say Thou shall not kill unles thou is angry. I mean SERIOUSLY people actually think about what you ask before you sask it!
On 12/14/04
Mikey from SC said:
yes of course it should still be murder b/c my mother was killed with manslaughter and yes it was planned and of course he still got manslaughter but u know what he might have got away with it down here but he didnt get away with it with god
On 11/20/04
dora from GA said:
Wouldn't that be manslaughter?
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