(会員) 3月14日 Talking about crime - 中級-上級

会員) 3月14日 Talking about crime - 中級-上級

March 14, 2014
中級-上級
Let's talk about the different types of murder:
1. First Degree Murder is any murder that is willful and premeditated. Felony Murder is typically first degree.
willful=on purpose
premedidated=st that you plan ahead of time, 前もって［あらかじめ］熟考［計画］した
felony=重罪 jūzai
RELATED:
misdemeanor=軽犯罪 keihanzai
First Degree Murder（第）一級殺人、最も罪の重い殺人
felony murder = 《法律》重罪謀殺［致死］

2. Second Degree Murder is a murder that is not premeditated or planned in advance.

3. Voluntary Manslaughter sometimes called a "Heat of Passion" murder, is any intentional killing that involved no prior intent to kill.
heat of passion=激情
voluntary manslaughter=《法律》（故意）故殺

And which was committed under such circumstances that would "cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed." Both this and second degree murder are committed on the spot, but the two differ in the magnitude of the circumstances surrounding the crime. For example, a bar fight that results in death would ordinarily constitute second degree murder. If that same bar fight stemmed from a discovery of infidelity, however, it may be mitigated to voluntary manslaughter.

to mitigate=〔刑罰などを〕軽くする、軽減する

Sometimes "Second Degree Murder" is mitigated to "voluntary manslaughter."

4. Involuntary Manslaughter stems from unintentional, but criminally negligent behavior.
unintentional=【形】 故意でない、意図的でない、何げない
negligent=怠慢な、不注意な、無関心な

A drunk driving-related death is typically involuntary manslaughter. Note that the "unintentional" element here refers to the lack of intent to bring about the death. All three crimes above feature an intent to kill, whereas involuntary manslaughter is "unintentional," because the killer did not intend for a death to result from his intentional actions.
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5. 犯す=to commit (a crime), to violate sb, to break the law

6. 容疑者=a suspect

7. 逮捕する=to arrest, to place under arrest, to apprehend, to bust (casual), to take into custody, to capture, to seize, to nab (slang), to collar, to make a collar

8. to start a fire=
He was arrested for ~.
arson, to commiting arson

9. to steal from a store=
He was arrested for ~.
shoplifting

10. to steal money from a company
He was arrested for ~.
embezzling

11. to lie or fool someone
in order to steal from them
He was arrrested for ~.
fraud

12. to be married to 2 people at the same time
He was arrested for ~.
bigamy

13. to hit someone
He was arrested for assault.


You should know all these words. Do you?
blackmail
bribery
burglary
child abuse
conspiracy
espionage
forgery
genocide
hijacking
homicide
kidnapping
manslaughter
mugging
murder
perjury
rape
riot
robbery
slander
smuggling
treason
trespassing