Homicide

I bet we are all just loving our lives right now.  On the bright side, we are 2/5 of the way done.

Here's a song about homicide.  I don't know if it will help you, but enjoy a study break if anything.  I must say it did feel pretty weird writing and singing a song about murder and manslaughter.  I tried to make it sound as opposite Marilyn Manson as possible.  Guy majorly creeps me out.

Homicide (what a lovely title)

We’re almost halfway thru, I don’t know about you

But I want to go back to bed

And then you realize that would be unwise

So you study crim law instead

Well who needs it?  I guess we shouldn’t say that

These crimes may just save our lives

On the exam

Homicide, it seriously kills me

No pun was intended there

Well then again…

Murder and Manslaughter, they’re the 2 to know

Whether C/L or MPC

In C/L murder malice defines the crime

And in manslaughter it’s lacking

Manslaughter has three types:

One is voluntary, aka intentional

Then two are opposite: untintentional

Just read Dressler for the mouthful

Malice equals any of the 4 kinds

They’re actually mental states, the court has ruled:

Intent to kill, GBI, depraved heart, Felony Murder too

Know through and through

PA is great because they produced a way

To divide murder in degrees

1D has statutory, WPD, and even felony

Murders that are left over but still intentional

They are second degree

We studied cases like Bingham and Carroll

They defined W, P, D

Well who needs it?  I guess we shouldn’t say that

These crimes may just save our lives

On the exam

Homicide, it seriously kills me

No pun was intended there

Well then again…

Last approach is what we call MPC

They just had to do their own thing

Here’s the 411, they have 3 classes

Big M, little m, negligent (homicide)

Here’s where it gets tricky

And I honestly want to tear up all of my notes

They start to sound the same but they’re not

Or maybe they are?

Well who needs it?  I guess we shouldn’t say that

These crimes may just save our lives

On the exam

Homicide, it’s sad we have to know this

Good luck on Saturday

(The chorus melody is from Dave Barne's song"Until You."  Giving credit where credit's due...)