Murder is committed for 3 reasons or motivations. Passion, Profit and Compulsion.People who kill for profit do it very rationally and are always convinced they will not be caught.People who murder from passion have snapped and lost their mind. This kind of murder can not be deterred because they are not thinking rationally.And compulsion is the worst, its just pure compulsion to be violent and murder. Examples: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer and Son of Sam. This kind of murder also cannot be deterred.
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.
Same as the guy that was going to do the murder, life in prison.
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 is premeditated. Second degree murder is intentional but without premeditation. Third degree is criminally negligent.
First Degree Murder
Although the wording may be different in different states, the meaning is the same. The crime of first-degree murder is the act of committing an unlawful killing that is willful or premeditated.
Although the wording may be different in different states, the meaning is the same. The crime of first-degree murder is the act of committing an unlawful killing that is willful or premeditated.
All crimes are illegal. If you're talking about which crime is the most serious, this is a matter of opinion. But most people agree that the most serious crime one can ever commit is first-degree murder with aggravating factors.
1st degree murder is worse.
Mens Rea - the act of a guilty mind. First Degree Murder is a pre-meditated crime. That in itself is indicative of the Mens Rea of the perpetrator. The elements of Mens Rea are that the act was done: purposely - knowingly - recklessly - and negligently.
That would depend on your point of view: Committed against another person, probably First Degree Murder. Against your country/nation/homeland, probably Treason.