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Emotional Killing Equals Unintentional

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 22284_father_shoots_elder · CRIMINAL · Choice ASecond-degree murder.

    Why it's attractive

    Second-degree murder is the default intentional murder, but premeditation upgrades it to first-degree

    Why it's wrong

    Second-degree murder is the default intentional murder, but premeditation upgrades it to first-degree

  • 22284_father_shoots_elder · CRIMINAL · Choice BInvoluntary manslaughter.

    Why it's attractive

    Involuntary manslaughter is unintentional; this father aimed and shot deliberately

    Why it's wrong

    Involuntary manslaughter is unintentional; this father aimed and shot deliberately

  • 22284_father_shoots_elder · CRIMINAL · Choice DVoluntary manslaughter.

    Why it's attractive

    The father waited overnight and planned the meeting — that's cooling off, not heat of passion

    Why it's wrong

    The father waited overnight and planned the meeting — that's cooling off, not heat of passion

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