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Re:Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist by bitwize on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:10AM (#15080094)
No, murder requires premeditation under United States law. Even a heat-of-the-moment killing (e.g., someone pisses you off in a bar, you beat them, they die) may be prosecuted as manslaughter depending on circumstances; if the prosecution can establish that you intended your victim to die, it becomes a murder.

Below manslaughter, we have negligent homicide, which is when you cause an accident through negligence that kills someone. If you are driving recklessly and kill someone, this warrants the stiffer charge of "vehicular manslaughter" in some juristictions.

Note: IANAL, IANYL.

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Re:Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist by pluma on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:38AM (#15080982)
Yeah, I think that was what I was getting at. There's a difference between "I hate you so much, I'm going to kill you right now" and "I'm going to kill you dead, like, permanently". I'd think most people killing someone in the heat of the moment didn't really intend a permanent outcome even if the injuries were obviously life-altering/lethal.
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Re:Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist by pvg on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @12:52PM (#15083065)
Murder does not require premeditation in many variants of US Law.

Take a look at:

http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/second-degree-m...

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