What is the difference between first-degree murder and second-degree murder?

What will be an ideal response?


First-degree murder is the most serious form of murder and requires premeditation, deliberation, and malice aforethought. Second-degree murder is killing with malice, but does not require premeditation.

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_________________ involves people who are in some form of courting relationship while a rape or sexual assault occurs.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The three steps in order of the cycle of violence in a typical battering relationship are:

a. acute battering, honeymoon, tension building b. honeymoon, tension building, acute battering c. tension building, honeymoon, acute battering d. tension building, acute battering, honeymoon

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Which of the following elements are included in the French Dossier?

a. Record of warrants b. Original police report c. Results of searches and of any modes of surveillance d. A and B e. All of the above

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Which state became the first state to require all its municipal police agencies and the state police to collect race data for every police initiated traffic stop?

a. California b. Illinois c. New York d. Connecticut

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