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Old 07-04-2011, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by raynan View Post
As I Understand it, even if she got careless with the chloraform it is still 1st degree murder in the state of Florida.
Florida Statute 782.04 defines First Degree Murder as a killing that is "perpetrated from a premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed or any human being." The Florida Criminal Jury Instructions explains that a defendant is not guilty of First Degree Murder unless the State of Florida proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing was a premeditated murder, a "killing after consciously deciding to do so."

Based on this, I will have to disagree...
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