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BransonMO
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Nov 24, 2006 10:57 PM
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Waving the "crime of passion card" is absolutely the most insane, outrageous, rediculous element that should never have been made part of the criminal justice system. It is being super abused....look at Betty Broderick and others, just like the insanity defense is being abused.
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dcavla
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Re: That's not what it means.
Dec 8, 2005 8:44 AM
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I agree with you. I once took a gun and threatened to shoot my ex-husband, but only because of knowing that he was going to beat me again and I had had enough. The gun sort of backed him off long enough for me to get away from him, but if he would have come at me, I would have shot him. You would be suprised how sensible some of these abusers become when the tables are turned. I was at a snapping point at that time. Unless you have experienced it, you can't understand the feelings of utter dispair and you come to know from experience when it will esculate and you will be hurt again. Too many women are convicted of murder in cases like this and I fully understand how they feel. Even though it may not be a physical fight at the time, you know it will be and you can't take any more!
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Troubleshooter
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That's not what it means.
Dec 1, 2005 4:49 PM
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That's not what "the heat of passion" means. It has nothing to do with romance. Second degree murder has more to do with the body's automatic defense mechanisms taking over in a crisis.
It has to do with either a sudden revelation which is so shocking or angering that the person acts immediatelyh without having time to think, or an action committed when the individual is overpowered by adrenaline.
A common instance of second degree murder is a barroom fight. The person is fighting off one drunken attacker after another, and then grabs and object and swings it at an attacker. Due to his adrenaline, he doesn't know his own strength, and kills the attacker.
Another common instance is finding your spouse in bed with another man. Often it results in both being killed in a few seconds.
If you really think you can keep perfect control in such a situation, you are deceiving yourself.
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Daylight-saving time uses more gasoline.
Message was edited by Troubleshooter at Dec 1, 2005 1:49 PM
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jvysk
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Nov 29, 2005 8:40 PM
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so wait, my boyfriend breaks my heart and i can kill him without hardly any consequences at all because it's in the heat of passion and i'm so distraut? i don't think so. i mean personally, i'd be a little pissed off if someone was upset with me and in the heat of things blew me away, and to turn around and not even get close to adequate sentencing. murder is murder. people are emotional, it's human nature, and losing control isn't an excuse or defense for a crime like murder. next thing you know women will get off with committing crimes if they're PMSing. where do we draw the line?
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