Essays on Grievous Bodily Harm

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Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground

In self defense, the basic philosophy is that the amount of force to ward off the threat must be proportionate to the force that was being threatened to be used. In essence, lethal force is only permitted to be used in cases in stopping the infliction of grievous bodily harm that can result in possible death, the death of the person or loved ones, or rape or “sexual assault” in Michigan. The person using deadly force legally must possess a reasonable belief that by using such force, one if not all three of these scenarios will be prevented, and ...

Describe Malice Aforethought and how we show/prove it. If they (the criminal) doesn't tell you their man endangering state of mind how can you prove it? Malice aforethought in common law and fourteenth century law in England had been associated with murder as an act of killing with “malice prepense”. Under common law, there had been no “degrees” murder. The term “malice aforethought” literally meant to indicate an intentional, preplanned, deliberate murder motivated by ill will (malice) toward the victim. Several centuries later, judges started defining “malice aforethought” to cover killings of any kind not only preplanned killing ( ...

The System its bases is common law practiced in England and Wales.

Murder Murder is the most serious crime known to the criminal law which is punished by mandatory life sentence though it is also accepted that deaths can be a result of a unintential act. Murder is described as the unlawful killing with intention to kill a living human being though it can be reduced to manslaughter. Homicide is categorised in three main ways which are murder, manslaughter and infanticide whose sentencing varies. The English common law has no definition in a statute though its punishment can be prescribed in law. The definition continues to be a matter of the common law. The ...