Conclusively prove you did not and could not have done the murder.
A first degree murder charge gets you life w/o parole in most cases.
no they can not as far as i know
First degree murder is premeditated. Second degree murder is intentional but without premeditation. Third degree is criminally negligent.
In Canada if a person still has three prior assault charges pending,what happens when he gets a new charge of second degree murder? could he get out on bail,and how much jail time is he looking at?
The open murder charge means that a judge or jury will have to decide whether the killing was committed in the first or second degree.
Yes. States that do not have capital punishment still prosecute persons for homicide in the first degree.
Sentences are case specific. In some states, first degree murder can be punished with death.
For a reduction in the charge of a crime that serious there must have been good legal reason behind it. But what that information might be, is not disclosed in the question, so there is no way of speculating on the answer.
First degree murder: premeditated and intentional killing of another, and culpable mental state. Second degree murder: knowingly killed someone.
First-degree murder is premeditated and intentional, while second-degree murder is committed without premeditation but with malice aforethought. First-degree murder typically carries a higher level of intent and planning than second-degree murder.
1st degree is worse because you get a longer prison sentence and you plan on the murder, you go into the crime intentionally killing that person.
First Degree Murder