Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist

Re:Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist by rocqua on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @06:16AM (#15080127)

The distinction I presume germany makes (because so do the Netherlands) is whether an intentional killing was premeditated (i.e. poisoning a spouse, or lying in ambush with a knife) or was conceived of in the heat of the moment (i.e. you insult my mother, I get so angry I grab a knife and stab you).

I think in America, this is the difference between murder in the first and second degree.

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Re:Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist by germanier on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @10:40AM (#15081848)

Germany has another (unique and different to the neighbours) distinction between "Mord" and "Totschlag" (both are translated to "murder" in my English version of the law). The former requires one additional criterion from a list to be fulfilled. These are dark motives (killing for killing's sake, sexual satisfaction, greed, hate, honour killings, or similar), reprehensible manner (treacherous, cruel, or with means dangerous to the public), and to facilitate or cover up another crime.

This distinction is pretty out of place in German criminal law but plans to change them move very slow.

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