[alexander_busek]

I agree. I’m just arguing a legal technicality. In layman’s terms, second degree murder means you did it on purpose. 1st degree murder means you did it on purpose and it was pre-meditated. Generally speaking...

What would you call it if I wired my front doorknob with 10,000 volts, then hung a sign there saying: WARNING! HIGH-VOLTAGE! LETHAL DANGER! DO NOT TOUCH!

Would I be guilty of murder if someone - a competent adult who could read and understand the sign - nevertheless scoffed and grabbed that doorknob?

Or would I be guilty only of Manslaughter?

How about if I set up the high-voltage rig INSIDE my house - so that only someone who broke down the door illegally would be zapped?

Regards,

[cuban leaf]

What would you call it if I wired my front doorknob with 10,000 volts, then hung a sign there saying: WARNING! HIGH-VOLTAGE! LETHAL DANGER! DO NOT TOUCH!

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I dunno. Is there a dog in this hypothetical?

;-)